Right now, Yvonne really wanted to break Stella's legs. Running off so quickly three years ago was bad enough, but she even had the audacity to hide.

Stella, ever the timid one, barely managed a whisper, "I didn't dare."

Oh, the terror of facing Yvonne was real.

"Hmph, you better not have," Yvonne retorted sharply. "Just wait and see how I deal with you this time, you sneaky brat. Hiding all the way out here. Why not just run off to Mars? Would've served you right to starve out there." Stella remained silent, a lump forming in her throat.

"See you in three hours," Yvonne declared before hanging up with a sharp click.

In Yvonne's mind, Stella was the weakest of them all. During the past two years when she couldn't find her, she even suspected Stella had starved to death somewhere out there.

Hearing the "beep-beep" sound of the disconnected call, Stella endured the pain and got out of bed. There was no way she could keep this from Ronald.

With Yvonne coming, how was she supposed to explain her injuries?

Putting on a coat, Stella stepped out of her room.

The study was empty, and so was the living room.

butler, spotting Stella,

stepped out?" Stella

is in the billiard room,"

room? They had

moved in, Stella hadn't had the chance to

"Where is it?"

straight down this way, Miss. Allow me to show you,"

need. I'll find it myself," she said, turning towards the

casting a serene glow on the

room, she paused at the door, startled by a loud thud followed

pressed on the back of a bloodied man-

a cigar in hand, exuding a

I swear I don't know where our boss

Idris intensified the man's

Idris menacingly asked, his hand already drawing a gun and

A gunshot silenced him.

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