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“Stella, you took everything from me, and now you want to see me reduced to nothing but a beggar. Don’t even think about it.“I’m going to live well. I’m going to live brilliantly. So what if you won for now?“I’ll make sure my very existence reminds you that you were a failure too. I saw the miserable life you lived. I watched you live like less than nothing.”Summer’s voice grew harsher with every word, the hatred in it completely undisguised.She truly hated Stella.Before she found a place to stay, all she could think about was finding some stability.But now that she had it…All she could think about was how to make Stella lose to her again.Stella said nothing.At Summer’s words, Stella’s expression darkened further.Less than nothing.So that was what her life after marrying Evan had looked like to other people.“I’m not letting this go,” Summer said through gritted teeth. “Everything you did to me these past months, I’ll pay you back piece by piece.”The hatred in

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Throughout breakfast, Felix was nothing but gentle with Stella.With him acting so warm and attentive, it was hard to connect him to the phone call she had overheard at the airport yesterday.But she had heard it.When Felix saw that she had gone quiet, he reached over and lightly squeezed her hand.“What are you thinking about?”“Oh, nothing.”Stella wanted to ask about that phone call.But when the question reached her lips, she did not know how to say it.Some questions, once asked, only made everything more complicated.Still, after thinking it over, Stella said, “Aaron mentioned last night that if Evan really is in Seaborne, bringing him back may not be easy.”Felix went still.For a brief moment, his expression froze as he ate.Then he said, “It is complicated.”Stella said nothing.Complicated?Before, she had thought that once they confirmed Evan was in Seaborne, finding him would only be a matter of time.But now Aaron said it was difficult.And Felix was sayi

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But Summer clearly had no intention of giving her that chance.Breakfast ended.Leah stepped forward to remind Stella, “Miss, it’s time to go.”“Where are you taking her?”When Felix saw that Leah, one of Aaron’s people, was about to take Stella away, his brows drew together.Stella said, “Aaron told me to go with Lea—”“There are a few places within the family that Miss needs to become familiar with,” Leah said, cutting her off. “Mr. Hogarth asked me to take her today.”Stella glanced at Leah instinctively.Leah smiled at Felix.“Actually, I’m the one accompanying Miss.”Stella said nothing.Leah was accompanying her?But Aaron had clearly said Stella was supposed to go with Leah.It sounded like a small difference, but it was not.If Leah was accompanying Stella, Leah was there to follow Stella’s lead.If Stella was going with Leah, then Stella was expected to follow Leah’s instructions all day.But since Leah had put it that way to Felix, Stella did not say anything

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Leah said, “Some things should not be shared too freely, even with the people closest to you. I’m sure you understand that better than anyone after living with the Wright family.”Stella said nothing.The Wright family.She did understand.Even when she and Evan had been closest, there had been many things she had never told him.Her studios.The biotech company she had built.She had kept all of it from him.“I understand.”She did not say anything more.Even if Leah had not warned her, Stella would not have told Felix.After all, there was now a crack in the trust she had once placed in him.She did not know what Felix was hiding.And she did not know how much it might affect her.For now, all she could do was be more careful around him.The car soon reached its destination.It was a shooting range.Stella looked at Leah in confusion.“Why are we here?”Leah got out and opened the door for her respectfully.But she did not answer.Stella looked at Leah, then at t

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Stella pouted.“He’s really that busy? Does he even know I’m back?”“He knows.”Aaron could see the disappointment in her eyes.After a moment, he said, “The situation has been unusual these past few days.”It was as close to an explanation as he gave for why Michael had still not come home.“Oh.”Stella nodded.Then Aaron asked, “How did training with Leah go today?”Stella fell silent.At the mention of the day’s training, she instinctively glanced at Leah, who had followed her inside.Leah gave off an icy, untouchable presence.Stella had no idea how to answer.She was scared.She might have acted boldly in Harbor City, but she was genuinely afraid of those things.Every shot had left her hand aching from the recoil.When she did not answer, Aaron lifted a brow.“What is it?”“I just don’t understand why you want me learning all of that.”It made it feel as though she would be surrounded by that kind of danger for the rest of her life.And that thought unsettled

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Seeing the change in Stella’s expression, Aaron asked quietly, “What is it?”“Yesterday, at the airport, I overheard him on the phone. Something felt off.”After thinking about it again and again, Stella finally told Aaron about Felix’s call at the airport.Aaron was her brother.“what did he say?”“I didn’t hear the whole conversation. By the time I heard him, he was only saying that whatever it was should stay buried, and not be brought to me.”It had only been two sentences.But those two sentences had raised far too many questions.Stella had spent most of the night thinking about them.Aaron’s expression tightened slightly.Stella expected him to say he would look into it.Instead, he said, “Whatever it was, if he didn’t want it brought to you, it was probably because he didn’t want you getting hurt.”Stella fell silent.Hurt?Was it really that simple?What could possibly be brought to her that would hurt her?She did not understand.Not really.“You should trus