Chapter 263

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Chapter 264

Stella wanted half the assets.

Dora had no intention of giving her that much.

So with both sides locked in a standoff, the conversation nafurally went nowhere.

In the end, Dora was so furious that she simply hung up.

Listening to the dead tone on the line, Stella let the corner of her mouth curl into a faint smile.

A maid brought over the roasted fruit.

Gray took the plate from the tray and set it in front of her.

“Miss, why even bother with the Wright family’s money? It’s not much anyway.

Stella paused.

Not much?

Well…

Compared to the Hogarth family’s wealth, what the Wright family had probably was not much at all. Arguing over it was hardly worth the effort.

Only Dora treated it like something precious.

But for Stella, it was different.

“Every dollar counts,” she said lazily. “When I was poor, I learned one rule: if it’s mine, it stays mine.”

If it was not hers, she did not want it.

But if it was, she was not giving it up.

Maybe it was because of how she had grown up.

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That was why she had become this kind of person.

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She would not fight for more than what was hers, but she definitely would not give up what she was owed.

Especially not to people she hated.

Gray hesitated. “But won’t this drag things out too long? You seemed pretty anxious about the divorce before.”

That much was true.

From his point of view, Stella had been in a hurry this whole time.

But now she did not seem anxious at all.

Could it be…

Did she suddenly not want the divorce anymore?

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The thought made Gray’s heart skip.

Stella said casually, “Aren’t there stil three months left?”

Gray fell silent.

Three months.

She meant before the old master’s birthday banquet.

Still, even so, did she really need to keep wasting time tangled up with the Wright family?

Stella continued, “It’s different now. Before, Evan refused to divorce, so of course I was anxious. But now it’s not the same.

Gray frowned. “How is it different?”

Stella picked up a piece of roasted fruit and took a bite before answering slowly.

“Because now whatever was left between us has been completely severed.”

Gray repeated, “Severed?”

She nodded. “The emotional part is over. He wants the divorce now too.”

Her voice was calm, almost lighter than it had ever been.

Before Gray could respond, she went on.

“In life, the hardest thing to cut clean is emotional entanglement.

“A divorce certificate is just a piece of paper. What really matters is whether the emotional ties are gone.”

Two strangers getting married was, in the end, just two strangers being tied together. 1

But that kind of bond often turned into a lifetime of emotional complications.

And plenty of people, even after the relationship ended, still did extreme things because they had never truly let go.

This whole stunt Summer had pulled had actually helped Stella tremendously.

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At the very least, it had completely broken whatever emotional thread was still left between her and Evan.

Gray nodded. “You see things very clearly, miss.”

Then Stella asked, “How exactly did Summer’s daughter die?”

Gray’s expression shifted. “There are a few things that don’t add up.”

“What do you mean?”

The second she heard that, Stella’s brows drew together.

No way.

Was Summer really that vicious?

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Had she really gone so far as to sacrifice her own daughter just to bring Stella down?

If that was true, then Sunsumer’s obsession with forcing her and Evan to divorce had gone way beyond twisted.

Gray said, “If it had been a natural death, the body should’ve been brought back to the family. But instead, it was taken away by Ruby’s people.”

“Ruby Bailey?”

Stella looked at him in confusion.

Gray nodded. “There’s a chance the child’s death may have something to do with her.”

“But that was her granddaughter.”

Even as Stella said it, her face tightened.

Sure, Ruby had climbed her way up for years using dirty methods.

But this was different.

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Sara Lili

Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.

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