Chapter 865

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Chapter Bee

Chapter 866

Stella was determined to leave

Aaron had no intention of letting her go, so he urgently called Michael.

But Michael was still tied up with matters elsewhere and could not return.

When he learned why Stella wanted to leave, he tore into Aaron over the phone.

“Summer was nobody. If Stella wanted her gone, then so be it. Why did you have to interfere?”

In Michael’s eyes, Aaron never should have sided with Felix over this.

“Do you have any idea how much that must have hurt your sister? You know better than anyone what she went through in Harbor City. You should also know exactly what she wants.”

“Yes, Father.”

Aaron knew what Summer represented to Stella.

But Summer had been connected to Evan.

He had assumed Stella had already moved past all of that.

He had not expected this.

“If she leaves Eirden because of you, I won’t let you off.”

Aaron fell silent.

Michael ended the call.

Aaron looked at Stella.

“You heard him. Father doesn’t want you to leave.

“If you go, he’ll hold me responsible. Understand?”

His tone remained gentle.

Who would have imagined that Aaron Hogarth, a man feared and respected by everyone around him, could still be scolded like child by his own father?

“You saw Father tear into me,” Aaron said helplessly. “Shouldn’t that ease your anger a little?”

Stella said nothing.

No.

This was not simply about anger.

She did not respond, and the light in her eyes grew increasingly unreadable.

No one could tell what she was thinking.

“Stella.”

“I’m going to stay in Ravaria for a while. I need some space to think.”

She had only been back for a few days, yet everything, already telt unbearably cloth

Her instincts were telling her to step away

Chapter 866

She could not stay merely because of one call from Michael.

When Aaron realized she was still determined to leave, his patience began to wear thin.

“All this over someone who’s already dead…”

“This isn’t only about Summer, and you know it.”

Stella cut him off.

“Then what else is it?”

Stella looked at him but did not answer.

What else?

Far too much.

She had never realized how unbearable it was to stop trusting someone.

Especially when that person was supposed to be her closest family.

“Are you truly determined to go to Ravaria?” Aaron asked helplessly.

Stella nodded.

She needed to step outside this entire situation and figure out what was really happening.

When you were trapped in the middle of something, it was impossible to see clearly.

Aaron let out a resigned sigh.

Then he reached out, placed his broad hand against the back of her neck, and pulled her into his arms.

Stella went still.

“It seems I really did disappoint you this time.”

His voice was gentle and affectionate.

Stella remained silent.

But after everything she had survived in Harbor City, she understood something better than anyone.

Some forms of tenderness were dangerous to trust.

She had once believed family was different.

Now she realized that even family could not always be trusted completely.

“No matter what, wait until you’ve seen Father tomorrow before deciding. All right?”

Aaron continued coaxing her.

“I was wrong today, okay?”

That morning, when Felix had called him about Summer, Yara had also been causing him endless treuble

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