Love at the Next Stop

Chapter 73 Breaking Bonds

However, another woman came to Stella before she could speak to Miles. Having just gotten downstairs, she was on her way to work when she bumped into the woman. Wearing clothing styled in a minimalist fashion, the woman had a noble air about her, garnering her the attention of others. Her hair was styled into a bun behind her head. Although she was around sixty years old, she looked like a thirty-year-old due to both her physique and face. All in all, Stella felt inferior to her in every aspect.

The woman then walked up to her. “Are you Stella Johansson?”

“Yes,” Stella replied in deference. To be honest, she already had a premonition that she might meet someone like her. There was only one such noble woman who would come in search of her. Back when Miles didn’t attend his own wedding, Stella already knew his parents would never let things slide, and here she was.

“I’m Miles’ mother, Adele Evans. I would like to have a word with you if you have time to spare.” While Adele sounded aloof, she was also unrelenting in her demand. Even though she inquired beforehand whether Stella was free, she must’ve known that Stella would push everything else aside in order to talk to her.

“Of course, Mrs. Grant,” Stella replied politely despite knowing that Adele most probably had her own agenda that would throw obstacles in her relationship with Miles.

Upon arriving at a cafeteria, Adele cut to the chase. “Miles’ father and I didn’t really care if he wed Yvonne, so we don’t hold it against him for not attending the wedding, but Miss Johansson…” At that moment, she squinted her eyes at Stella. “Do you know why Miles chose you?”

Startled by the question, Stella realized she had no answer to that. She had always been curious as to why Miles chose to sleep with her during their first encounter. While she was drunk, Miles was sober. There was a time when she used to suspect that he was a man who had no qualms sleeping around with whoever seduced him. However, she recognized that she might have gotten the wrong impression after beginning to date him. All in all, she didn’t know much about him at all despite their relatively intimate relationship.

Adele slid a photo across the table toward her. It depicted a young, pretty, and elegant woman who looked almost identical to Stella, with her eyes bearing the most semblance to Stella. “This is…” Perplexed, she lifted her head to throw a question at Adele.

“Did you think a person of Miles’ age and status had never had a girlfriend?”

One sentence from Adele was enough to stir up a surge of emotions in Stella. He had another woman! While it wasn’t that she never thought about it, she dared not dig deep in fear of hurting herself and getting jealous over it. Therefore, a single photo was enough to rip her heart open until it bled. “I never thought about it,” Stella replied.

Not only are you a divorcee, but your ex-husband is currently in jail, while your father’s character…” Adele let out a chuckle. “I’ll stop right there.

were a mismatch, she didn’t care since Miles knew everything about her. As long

I promise a sum of five hundred thousand within

looked like his ex. It wasn’t until then that she came to know that she had always been a substitute for

closely before realizing it was a photo that the woman took when she was at Ingerheim River

Shakespeare, so she must’ve at least hailed from a scholarly family, which was

him. He was so intimidated by her that he

Matthew was pouring her some tea, his hands began trembling. He never expected her to ask him that. “Was

she must have been involved with Miles at some point. Stella’s heart sank when she finally realized why there were women’s clothing in his apartment, as well as a

felt like an idiot for coming to Matthew for confirmation. She didn’t even know why she even pried when she knew the truth would only hurt herself. “Do

she was clinging to. While she hoped that she had nothing to do with his ex, she was forced to face the truth. Even if Matthew told her they didn’t look alike, she wasn’t blind to the truth. No wonder Miles cares

broke up. All I know

missing just like that. This is such a farce. While I felt jealous over him, grieved for him, and even went through an abortion because of him, ultimately losing myself in the process, I was only a substitute to his ex. No longer intent to dwell on the topic, she left Matthew’s office, only to return to Miles’s office in the company. However, she didn’t know Miles had also been through a struggle of his

why she came. Ever since the incident with Xavier, a splinter seemingly got caught in

Miles stopped writing for a second to ponder on her request before replying,

clenched her fists. While she expected him to bombard her with questions or try to persuade her to stay, he did neither. It was all her wishful thinking, and they broke up just like that. When she returned to her desk, she recalled that

That was the only

each other for a few days. Back when Miles was courting Stella, he made his efforts widely known, but nothing of the sort happened anymore, nor did Stella pay anymore visits to his office. Miles’ love life had always been up for speculation, so not only were his employees curious, but they were also sensitive regarding all

genius, Kevin wasn’t that great of a person. He was always flattering his superiors. Even the fact that he was willing to teach Stella everything stemmed from the need to get to Miles’ good side. Other than that, he wore a mask while working with other people, so she could

day, Yulia gave Stella a call to invite her to grab a meal together. Despite their rocky past, Stella accepted the invitation since Yulia was her cousin. Throughout their meal, Yulia made no mention of Miles. Instead, she chose to reminisce about their shared childhood memories. The happy memories elicited from