Chapter 645

Lounge Area.

The buffet was getting crowded, and Yvonne couldn't help but worry about Stella. After all, this wasn't the time for any accidents.

She guided Stella over to a quieter spot filled with plush couches and said, "Hang tight here, I'll grab you a plate."

Stella just blinked at her, a little speechless.

At home, Yvonne was always the one telling her what she could and couldn't eat.

But before Stella could protest, Yvonne was already weaving back through the crowd. Stella sat down, pulling her cardigan tighter around her.

The room was a comfortable temperature, but ever since the pregnancy, she always seemed to feel cold.

She still had Ronald's scarf looped around her neck-he'd insisted on giving it to her earlier.

A server approached with a glass of water. Stella took it, smiling politely. "Thank you."

"Would you like anything to eat, ma'am? Snack table's just over there," he offered, gesturing.

"No, thanks," Stella replied. "My sister's getting something for me."

He nodded and disappeared, leaving her alone.

Stella glanced at the water but set it down untouched. Then she pulled out her phone. Susanna had texted:

I said I'd propose to Hull and he never said yes? So why am I suddenly getting all

nearly snorted

one way to look at it. Her mind, already a little foggy,

had no idea what was actually going on between Hull and Susanna. The whole living-together situation?

with the "he just wants my body" line-Stella

She shot back:

think Hull is just after

Susanna replied almost instantly:

[Why not?]

Stella hesitated.

ask me, I really

it just felt awkward. Best to

Susanna was relentless:

not

thumped against the back of the couch. After a moment, she

the girls Hull usually dates...

Susanna went silent.

least she'd stopped

before Stella could relax, she caught the sound of

daughter from the Quinn family and Mr. Quinn? Why would Lottie approve? I mean, she practically raised that girl-she's basically her

stiff, her jaw

remembered what Yorick had said on the phone: “Look at all the

place as "open-minded" as Ferrowland, not everyone accepted

the two women settled onto a nearby

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