Chapter 171

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Hearing Stella speak, Jeremy felt utterly frustrated, and the worst part was he couldn’t even get mad about it.

Not that he had the gall to.

Sure enough, as soon as Ronald heard Stella’s words on the phone, his tone went ice cold.

“Tell him to get lost!”

Jeremy was like, “…”

A twitch formed at the corner of Stella’s mouth as she instinctively looked towards Jeremy.

Jeremy felt his head pounding with frustration. What was Ronald implying here? It was as if he thought Jeremy had done something terrible to Stella. Instinctively moving forward, Jeremy heard Stella explaining to Ronald on the phone.

“He said he got the delivery wrong and wanted to take it back.”

She finally explained.

That should do it, Jeremy thought.

A mistake made yesterday, and he had immediately sent a message saying there would be no collaboration. So, what now?

Just as Jeremy was waiting for Ronald’s reply, Stella, unfortunately, added, “He brought a bracelet to exchange for it.”

Stella had opened the box and saw the bracelet inside, narrating everything clearly.

The moment Jeremy heard her mention the bracelet, he knew this was bad news.

And sure enough, the next moment, Ronald’s voice came through the phone again, “Tell him to get lost right now.”

With that, Ronald hung up.

Never before had Jeremy doubted his life choices as much as he did at that moment.

After Ronald hung up, Stella looked at Jeremy, “You see, nice words just can’t be said.”

So, she suggested giving up on using her as a connection.

Jeremy looked at Stella, speechless. He moved his lips, trying to say something, but at that moment, he was too angry to speak. Did she really speak up for him? Not at all!

Not only did she not say anything nice, but she also didn’t even explain the situation properly, yet claimed she had.

After taking a couple of deep breaths to subdue his inner storm, Jeremy managed to grunt out a “Thanks” with great reluctance.

Such a great help she was. All because Ronald had spoiled her.

Jeremy couldn’t stay in the office a moment longer. He felt Stella was literally a life threatener.

“Mr. Patel, should I compensate you for the ring?”

Jeremy stumbled at the door, gritting his teeth before spitting out, “No need!”

How could he accept her compensation?

As he was about to leave, Stella caught up and grabbed his sleeve, “You should take this back,” referring to the bracelet Jeremy had just given back to her. Jeremy pushed it back, “Not necessary, it was meant as an apology gift to you.”

“I can’t accept it,” Stella insisted.

From a young age, Ronald had taught her never to accept any gifts from men, not even a needle.

The incident with the ring yesterday was nearly a disaster; if she dared accept the bracelet, it would be indefensible.

She definitely didn’t dare to dance in Ronald’s off-limits zone. And when she mentioned the bracelet earlier, Ronald had told Jeremy to get lost!

Jeremy looked at Stella, and then thought back to what Ronald had said on the phone.

“Forget it,” he thought. He took the box back, “What about Sirena’s issue?”

“Just drop it,” Stella said.

Though she said to drop it, Jeremy felt something was off with her tone at that moment.

From what he knew of Stella, she wasn’t someone to mess with. Her words seemed suspiciously non-committal.

But he was too annoyed to care at this point. After the phone call Stella had with Ronald, things had gotten even more complicated. He needed to find a way to explain himself to Ronald and had no time to deal with Stella.

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