Chapter 25

Breathing was a luxury Stella couldn't afford for a few seconds. Trembling, she answered the call, "Hello?"

"Ms. Quinn"

The voice on the other end was all too familiar. As Stella's face stiffened, a torrent of uncontrolled emotions surged in her eyes.

With difficulty, she managed to say, "It's me."

"Mr. Quinn's flight lands in Portis City at 8 PM tonight. He expects you to be there to meet him personally."

Stella's breath hitched violently.

"He's coming to Portis City?"

He had finally found her!

The thought of the shopping spree she had accidentally charged to the wrong card yesterday - she hadn't expected him to find out and come so quickly.

The person on the other end was his assistant, Idris! Despite his respectful tone over the phone, he was a feared figure in Ferrowland, known for his ruthlessness.

Even the assistant was intimidating! Let alone the man behind him, Ronald Quinn, the man who had taken her in and raised her.

Idris continued, "Yes, and Mr. Quinn also mentioned that you better have a good explanation ready, or else..."

Or else what? Idris didn't finish his sentence.

But Stella felt a shiver run down her spine.

The rest of the afternoon, Stella was restless, her mind

everyone from the Larkin family wanted to know about, the man who had raised her, who held sway over both the lawful and the lawless in Ferrowland, where he was considered a

her to leave Ferrowland three years

she finished work at 6 PM and left the office building, her phone buzzed incessantly. Absentmindedly,

really

line. Her

I

were jokes, they were between the Larkin family and

As for her...

grown up by their side, and they always had numerous demands

Cloudia heard Stella's icy tone,

friend right? Was it your doing with her

it was me.

"You..."

She had expected Stella to at least deny it, but there was no attempt to hide the truth. So, what did the Larkin family mean to her after all? "You

Given the situation between Ursula and me, isn't it normal

hypocritical, always

was going to

taken aback by

"You...you..."

me to

Larkin family, she hadn't called her "mom" even once. But she hadn't used "Mrs. Larkin" either.

argue

being squeezed, a mix of suffocation and pain. She

concession. She was willing to unblock the card just to get

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