Chapter 28

Ronald raised an eyebrow. But Stella threw her arms around his neck, sobbing so hard she could barely catch her breath, as if the world had wronged her deeply. Her instinctual action shattered the anger in Ronald's eyes. His hands, hanging in mid-air, finally wrapped around her slender waist as Stella cried hysterically. Stella clung to Ronald's neck tighter, "Is Mom okay?"

Ronald held her, "You still remember she's your mom?"

He had thought that after she went back to the Larkins, she had completely forgotten everything about Ferrowland!

Stella hugged him even tighter, her sobs growing more pitiful.

...

Two hours later.

Stella had recounted the reasons for leaving Ferrowland three years ago, through intermittent sobs and tears.

In her three years in Portis City, she hadn't cried once. Not even when the Larkins treated her poorly, but mentioning everything about Ferrowland made her break down.

The Quinns had always been her rock, and Ronald, her emotional support. Losing everything overnight was like being in purgatory, something she dared not revisit over the past three years.

As people said, her departure came when the Quinn family faced its toughest storms. If possible, she wished to have stayed by Ronald's side.

her brother Xander Schultz during the

mother; in that case, Stella had no choice but to agree. Leaving the Quinns meant

no match for the Schultzes. Ronald

Quinns a moment of peace, she was willing to fight for that breathing space for

expression became, "They threatened you, and you

no choice. They used Mom's

you just

"I didn't dare!"

wronged. She had been exceedingly cautious even just to hear news of him. Especially in that first year after leaving the Quinns, Regina kept threatening her! This was also a major reason she returned to the Larkins and even got engaged to

past three years, taking over Ferrowland's underworld,

only made her feel more aggrieved. Her eyes reddened as

"What about Regina?"

despicable woman, she wished she could

"Crippled.

You put

look, his familiar gaze showing his

up at him silently,

getting bullied and still playing the victim? What have I taught you all

taught me everything except how to be

no one could ever hurt her,

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