Chapter 95
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Chapter 95
Evan looked at Stella.
He hesitated.
Everything she was asking for clearly put him in a difficult position.
Stella said nothing.
She simply waited.
Finally, he spoke.
“And what about Summer?”
“Summer’s mother nearly cost me my life this morning.”
He went silent.
The words he’d been about to say-‘don’t make things harder for Summer for now’–died in his throat.
But as he stood to leave, he still added quietly,
“She and her mother aren’t the same person.”
The implication was obvious.
Don’t lump them together.
Stella looked at him, her expression icy.
There was nothing left to say.
“One day,” she said.
“What?”
“Before tomorrow morning. If you can get everything they took from me transferred back under my name by then, I’ll stop for now.”
One day.
Evan frowned.
“Grandma’s share won’t move that fast.”
“Then I can’t help you.”
Her tone was flat.
He felt the air leave his lungs again.
“Do you really have to push it this far?”
Now he understood.
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She never truly intended to let Summer off easily.
She knew exactly what kind of person his grandmother was.
If those assets had already landed in her hands, prying them back out wouldn’t be simple.
“You’re not in a position to negotiate with me,” Stella said evenly.
That sentence hit him harder than anything else.
He had said those exact words to others countless times.
And now-
She was saying them to him.
He couldn’t deny it.
He had very little leverage left with her.
He reached out instinctively, trying to smooth her hair in a familiar gesture.
She avoided his hand.
Completely.
There was no softness in the rejection.
No room for reconciliation.
He exhaled.
“Fine. I’ll get it all back.”
“Before sunrise.’
He rubbed his temple.
She continued calmly,
“I’m sure someone with your reputation for efficiency won’t be slowed down by office hours.”
Every possible excuse cut off.
In the end, he left with visible irritation.
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A few minutes later, Gray entered, followed by a maid carrying a thermos clearly from Starcrest Manor.
Gray asked respectfully,
“What did Mr. Wright say?”
“He said he’ll transfer everything they took from me back under my name.”
“You agreed?”
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The inoment Gray heard that, he frowned slightly.
This felt deliberate.
He didn’t believe Evan had been unaware of what happened all these years.
And now suddenly offering to “return” everything?
When Dora inevitably made a scene-
Stella would be the one caught in the middle again.
“Of course I agreed,” Stella said lightly. “Those were gifts he gave me. Why wouldn’t I take them back?”
There was a smile in her voice.
But it wasn’t warm.
It carried anticipation.
A kind of quiet eagerness for the chaos to unfold.
Gray had already done preliminary background checks on the Wright family.
He understood enough.
“They won’t return it willingly.”
The Wright family might be one of Harbor City’s elite.
But after the marriage-
Dora and Fiona had acted as if Stella marrying in meant she was after their fortune.
As if she had to be guarded against at every turn.
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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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