บททั้งหมดของ She Was His Obsession. Now She's Everyone's: บทที่ 71 - บทที่ 80

One by one, the remaining guests make their way out. Stella leaves among them, silent and withdrawn. By the time she steps into the cool evening air, the confidence she usually wears so effortlessly is nowhere to be seen.Inside the now-empty foyer of the estate, Mrs. Ford waits until the catering staff is completely out of earshot before gently pulling her daughter aside."Jade, I have never once interfered with your social circle," Mrs. Ford begins, her tone carrying a rare, serious weight. "But when it comes to Stella, I strongly suggest you start keeping your distance."The sudden warning catches Jade completely off guard. "Mom, Stella and I have been close friends for years, and she hasn't actively done anything wrong to me today. Why should I push her away? You used to adore her, but this afternoon you treated her like an absolute stranger."While her mother had technically maintained a polite facade during the party, Jade easily saw straight through the icy detachment hiding ju

Luna doesn't wait around for Nathan to formulate a counterattack. She simply walks out into the biting night wind. There is no way she is spending the night under the same roof as that dangerously obsessed man.But instead of returning to the safety of her own apartment, she directs her cab to a different, highly exclusive neighborhood."Miss Quinn!" The elderly butler's eyes light up with pure relief the moment he opens the heavy doors of the Caldwell estate. "Thank goodness you are here. Mr. Caldwell is running a terrible fever. He strictly forbade me from calling a doctor and refuses to take a single pill. Please, you have to talk some sense into him."When Ethan Caldwell gets stubborn, his orders are absolute. The only person in the world who can bypass his walls is Luna."He has a fever?" A flash of panic tightens Luna's chest as she hurriedly kicks off her heels.Her mind violently races back to the experimental drug. She had been so distracted agonizing over whether or not to a

Hours later, the mood in the Caldwell estate takes a terrifying shift.Ethan sits lazily on the center sofa. The fragile vulnerability he showed Luna is gone, replaced by a ruthless, predatory aura.Across the coffee table, Stella is forcefully held to her knees on the cold marble floor by two bodyguards.She is wearing nothing but a thin, silk nightgown."I am telling you, I didn't drug you!" Stella cries out, her teeth chattering uncontrollably as she bites her lower lip.Just an hour ago, she had stepped out of her own shower, only to be struck hard on the back of the head. She woke up shivering in Ethan's living room, immediately forced to her knees before she could even process her surroundings.His first words to her had been lethal. "Did I not warn you about trying this again? How dare you drug me a second time.""Your friend called me!" Stella pleads. "He said you were drunk and told me to pick you up. By the time I arrived at the private club, you were already compromised!""

The heavy silence in the freezing basement is broken only by the sharp click of the man's footsteps.Michael doesn't even spare a single glance in Luna's direction. Dropping his medical bag onto the concrete floor, he immediately kneels beside the shivering, half-conscious woman huddled in the corner."Ethan," Michael begins, his voice laced with a reprimanding chill as he swiftly checks Stella's vitals. "Regardless of what happened, Stella is still your wife. Pushing her to this absolute extreme just to appease an outsider...be careful you don't live to deeply regret this."Standing a few steps back, Luna's sharp eyes miss nothing.She clearly notices the fleeting, undeniable flash of profound heartache in Michael's eyes the moment the back of his hand brushes against Stella's burning forehead.She finds the entire display incredibly amusing.This was the very man who once swore, with agonizing sincerity, to be her eternal knight in shining armor. Yet, his loyalties have shifted rema

The door of the first-floor guest room clicks shut. Michael steps out into the dimly lit hallway, his face tight with barely suppressed anger as he marches straight toward the living room.Ethan is sitting relaxed on the sofa, staring blankly into the distance. He merely casts a fleeting, icy glance in Michael's direction before looking away."If you drag this out any longer, she is going to die," Michael snaps, planting himself firmly in front of the billionaire. "No matter how much you despise her, Ethan, you shouldn't be playing reckless games with a human life."Ethan leans back, entirely unbothered.Fighting the urge to drag his lifelong friend out of the chair, Michael lowers his voice. "You have to look forward. Everyone in our social circle is trapped in a marriage of convenience. The Caldwell and Vane families are so deeply intertwined in corporate interests that tearing them apart is mutually assured destruction. What exactly do you gain by destroying her family?""It makes