Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Chapter 2068

But as soon as he finished speaking, he caught the glimmer of amusement in Stella's eyes and realized she was pulling his leg again.

His fingers twitched with irritation as he stood up abruptly, grabbed her wrist, and led her outside to the garden.

Stella let him lead her away, watching his back without comment.

It wasn't until they were alone that Beck finally let go of her.

"All you want is a stake in the business, right? No need to crash this kind of event."

Stella gazed into his eyes, her fingertips brushing against nearby flowers.

The Sanders family seemed to have a fondness for flowers.

"Beck, if I told you I wasn't after the Sanders family fortune, would you believe me?"

Of course, Beck didn't believe her. He had seen firsthand how she had swindled money from countless men, leaving them spinning in circles. "This event tonight isn't for you. You should go home."

It wasn't that Beck was heartless. He had finally gotten a chance to spend time with Maja, and he didn't want Stella, an outsider, to ruin it. Plus, with Stella around, the atmosphere would just get awkward. He couldn't fathom why his dad had invited her in the first place.

Stella lowered her lashes, quietly touching the flower in front of her, saying nothing.

Beck grew impatient. "Didn't you hear me? I told you to go home."

"You're trying to protect Maja, aren't you? Afraid she'd be upset to see me here?"

Beck felt a pang of truth in her words, his brow furrowing. "I thought some things didn't need to be spelled out."

Stella genuinely envied Maja-having such a caring

"I understand. I'll

hesitation, she turned

trick, but after a

while, contemplating returning to the living room, but then he remembered the Sanders family's drivers were all out, and one had even gone to pick up his older brother. There was no one available to drive Stella home. He figured she would shamelessly

after waiting another ten minutes,

bad feeling crept over Beck. Surely she wasn't

would that

followed in his car, scanning the area until

captivated by something on the ground, squatting down to take a

understand

he pulled up

his

stone anything but vehet

"Weren't you

angle now?" Content belo

come when I tell you to leave

was examining a small blade of grass,

how well this grass

blade of grass peeking through a crack

Stella seemed mesmerized before she

for me. After all,

speechless, but he couldn't in

her into the car, alternating between being angry

was in the car, she buckled her seatbelt