Chapter 452 Stella leaned back in the plush leather seat, crossing her arms defiantly. "I can get back on my own, you know."

Ronald chuckled softly on the other end of the line. "The driver is already there."

"Oh, alright then," Stella replied, her tone shifting to resignation.

After saying her goodbyes to Tegan, she climbed into the waiting car, heading back to Mist Bay. The journey was smooth, but her mind was anything but calm. She fished out her phone and furiously called Xander, unleashing a torrent of expletives that would make a sailor blush.

Xander, rubbing his temples on the other end. "Star, you're playing favorites here, and it's a bit much."

He knew she always took Ronald's side. But to hear her tearing into him like this...

There was a hint of hurt in Xander's voice.

Stella, even more riled up, snapped back, "Cut the act, you're just a backstabbing jerk."

Xander was at loss for words. This girl and her sharp tongue.

Before he could respond, Stella had already hung up. Listening to the dial tone, Xander clicked his

and then muttered to himself, "Ungrateful little

because you threw Ronald under the bus. She's

really throw him under the

back. Well, maybe not

seemed like Xander had actually, in a twist of fate, helped Ronald dodge a

Ronald isn't going to let you off the hook," Shawn

entirely agreed with. They had plenty to handle back in Patrina. But after overhearing that his call with Stella, Shawn could understand why Xander was so eager

thinking about Stella, and Xander was no

scene that would unfold in Ferrowland made Shawn's

nodded. "Ronald's just about wrapped things up

only hope

Meanwhile, on Stella's end.

right in the middle of the road. The security tried to move him out of the way, but he wouldn't budge,

security had no choice but to get a

a halt, the window rolling halfway down as she cast an icy look at Blaise. "Mr. Larkin, what

summoned all his strength to break free from security and step

immediately noticed how much weight he'd lost, the stubble on his chin making him

gazed at him silently, her eyes

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