Chapter 29

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After lunch, Stella started to feel drowsy.

She had just lain down when her phone buzzed with a notification.

Still half asleep, she opened it.

It was a message from the bank.

Card deactivation successful.

Stella paused.

Card… deactivated?

She checked the card number carefully. It was the one Evan had previously had Patrick arrange for her. The account was under Evan’s name, but the registered phone number was hers.

That card had been cancelled outright.

Which meant the other two supplementary cards he had given her were probably frozen as well.

A cold smile curved her lips.

So this was his move.

Did he really think the media outrage surrounding Summer was something she had bought with money?

Fine.

Then he could keep his eyes wide open and see for himself whether the storm would die down after cutting off her cards.

Her phone buzzed again.

This time, it was a text message.

[Stella , you bitch. Are you trying to kill me?]

[What, you can’t hold onto Evan anymore, so you’re resorting to these dirty tricks? Just wait. I won’t let this go.]

Even through the screen, Stella could feel Summer’s panic and rage.

She didn’t reply.

She simply blocked the number.

Opening the chat app, she saw multiple friend requests waiting.

From Evan.

From Summer.

From Patrick.

All of them were already on her blacklist.

There was one more.

Dora.

Her so called mother–in–law, who had always been far too proud to add her on any communication app previously.

The verification message read:

[Stella, have you lost your mind? What exactly are you trying to do?)

Stella rejected them all, one by one. No explanation. No message.

Outside, public opinion was raging.

Inside, she remained silent.

That silence alone was enough to drive Summer and Dora to the brink.

As for Evan-

Another friend request popped up.

[Where are you? I’ll come get you.]

Stella stared at the message for a long moment.

Everyone was desperate to find her now.

But she no longer wanted to give them the chance to speak to her at all.

On the other end, Evan was still staring at his phone.

Waiting.

A reply.

An acceptance.

Even a rejection.

But there was nothing.

Nothing at all.

“ Have you located which hotel she’s staying at yet?” he demanded through clenched teeth.

Even if freezing her cards wouldn’t force her back until tomorrow, he still wanted to find her as soon as possible.

Patrick had just received the latest update. When Evan pressed him , he shook his head grimly.

“We’ve checked. Mrs. Wright isn’t staying at any hotel.”

And w

Patrick hesitated, then said carefully,

“There is one more thing

His hesitation was obvious

Evan shot him a cold look.

“Say it.”

Patrick stiffened under the pressure and spoke quickly,

“ This morning, when Mrs. Wright was discharged from the hospital, the paperwork was handled by a man from Eirden.”

Evan’s expression shifted sharply.

“What?”

Wasn’t she with Jennifer?

Where did a man from Eirden come from?

Patrick saw the confusion and added,

“Miss Tanner was there as well.”

Jennifer had been present, but so had an Eirden man.

Evan frowned.

“A man?”

“Yes,”

Patrick nodded.

The air seemed to freeze the instant he did.

“Was he connected to Jennifer,” Evan asked slowly, “or to Stella?”

“That’s unclear,” Patrick admitted.

But there was one detail he couldn’t ignore.

“After the discharge, Miss Tanner went straight home. Mrs. Wright disappeared.”

She didn’t go home.

Didn’t return to Azure Heights.

Didn’t go to Jennifer’s place.

From that alone, the likelihood was obvious.

That Eirden man was connected to Stella.

Evan’s breathing grew uneven.

“A man from Eirden,” he repeated under his breath.

They had been together six years, three years of marriage, three years of pursuit before that.

And yet he had never known her to have any connection to someone from Eirden.

Was it someone she met in the past six months?

Or

Suddenly, a sentence echoed in his mind.

‘I support your divorce.‘

Felix…

Felix’s company had always recruited international talent.

Including people from Eirden.

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