Yvonne was fuming. "Seriously, Xander, why are you taking the fall for Dan? I just don't get it!" She was clearly at her wits' end.

Xander, for his part, looked utterly exasperated when Yvonne snapped, "Just pretend you were the one who slept there." He had no words for this mess.

Meanwhile, over at Ferrowland Estate-

After a full night's sleep, Stella looked a lot better than she had the day before. Lottie couldn't help but smile with relief. Seeing Stella up so early only made her feel more at ease-if Ronald had tried to "comfort" Stella last night in the wrong way, she definitely wouldn't be up and about this soon. And, with Stella pregnant, that kind of comfort was strictly off-limits.

After breakfast, the butler approached. "Ma'am?"

"Yes?"

"Miss Melissa is here. Regina as well."

Stella paused.

Lottie glanced at her daughter, her voice gentle. "Star, are you done eating?"

Stella nodded. "Yeah."

come with me, sweetheart. Let's go have a little chat

go wrong. And even if something did, she wanted Stella to handle it herself —after all, Stella was now the lady of the Quinn family. Sometimes, you have to

Stella nodded. "Okay."

set down his glass of milk. "I'll


is women's business," Lottie said firmly. "It's better if we

Stella faced was

to grow stronger. She was so gentle, so kind—but as the head of the Quinn family she needed a little steen her spine Of course, Lottie had no idea how Stella had handled the Larkin and Quarry

at Ronald. "I

"Star..." Ronald looked worried.

her eyes. "Don't worry-I'll be with her the whole time. She knew he was anxiou especially with Stella pregnant with triplets, but that was exactly why Lottie was going along.

off they went

the koi pond outside the tea room, there

who'd been dragged here against her will, looked totally lost as she saw Lottie and Stella approach. Regina wasn't

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