Chapter 1087
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Chapter 1078
What a convenient apology.
What did Felix think this was?
A childish argument that could be erased with a simple “I’m sorry”?
Did he really believe those two words were enough to earn forgiveness?
Felix said nothing.
Silence settled over the hospital room.
Stella no longer wanted to look at him.
She turned her face away.
“Get out. I don’t want to see you.”
He was terrifying.
Felix was genuinely unhinged.
Even more dangerous than Evan.
People talked about hurting someone and then offering comfort afterward.
But Felix had nearly taken her life, then expected to make it up to her by giving her the rest of his.
She did not want that future.
No one could afford to accept it.
A lifetime was far too long.
Who knew when he might lose control again?
And the next time he did, would she have to surrender another half of her life?
Of course she would.
Felix knew Stella was furious.
She had only just learned the truth, so there was no chance her anger would fade so quickly.
He also knew that nothing he said now would make any difference.
“Get some rest.”
With that, he turned toward the doci.
But just as he opened it, he seemed to remember something and stopped.
“Stella, you don’t understand how complicated the Hogarth family is. I had no choice but to get you out that way.”
“You, Aaron, and Evan all have the same problem,” Stella said. “None of you trust one another.”
Evan did not trust Aaron.
Felix did not either.
And when it came to Stella, Aaron probably did not trust Evan or Felix.
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No.
That was not quite right.
Aaron trusted Felix completely.
Which meant Aaron had probably wanted Stella returned to Eirden so she could marry Felix.
But it could not have been only about the wedding.
If all Aaron wanted was for her to marry Felix, he would not have gone so far as to offer Yara in exchange.
There had to be something else.
“Why was Aaron so desperate to get me back to Eirden this time?” Stella asked.
Felix went still.
Why?
At the thought of the real reason, he turned back toward her.
The look in his eyes told Stella everything she needed to know.
There really was something more behind it.
Of course there was.
She had known Aaron would never have been so desperate to force her back, even offering Yara in exchange, without a deeper
reason.
And now here it was.
Stella gave a cold laugh.
“Last time, it was because of Litt. What is it this time?”
Litt had possessed something Aaron had wanted for years.
Aaron had been willing to pay any price to obtain it.
So what was he after now?
“Evan thought everything ended when Litt died,” Felix said. “It didn’t.”
Stella raised an eyebrow.
“Oh?”
So it still was not over?
“Litt’s younger brother has what Aaron wants now.”
Stella fell silent.
Of course.
A man with Litt’s power would have had an entire network behind him.
And now another figure had emerged from it.
“So tus brother wants me this time?”
“His younger brother depended on Litt for years,” Felix said. “Litt was the most important person in his life.”
And Stella had played a part in taking that person away.
The consequences were obvious.
Felix looked at her again.
“He knows Litt died because of you. You were the catalyst that led to his brother’s death.”
Under those circumstances, it was only natural that the man would come after her.
“So if I fall into his hands, I’ll be in even greater danger than I would’ve been with Litt?”
Felix said nothing.
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