Chapter 986 Stella appeared calm and composed, but her back was soaked with cold sweat. 

“Mom?” she asked while resolutely putting on a calm facade, perhaps because she was hiding something.” What‘s wrong?” 

“Nothing...” answered Wendy with a shake of her head. Stella‘s voice brought her senses back. 

Sure that Stella must‘ve not known about how poisonous the oleanders were, she tried to warn her. 

“That plant over there...” 

Crash! 

Before she could finish, a loud noise coming from the window interrupted her. 

The two women jumped in fright. They hurried to where the noise came from and saw a black figure crashing into the room from outside. The window had been broken in, and the floor was littered with shards of shattered glass “Careful!” 

Stella‘s split–second response managed to stop Wendy from getting hit by the flying glass. 

Wendy was so spooked that her face turned white as a 

sheet. She stood motionless and stared at the figure lying on the floor. “What... What on earth is going on here...?” she asked in a daze. 

a biting chill

“I think he‘s one of the workers outside,” she told Wendy, trying to calm her down.

uniform while holding a wrench, so she assumed he must be one

she asked

before answering.“ I‘m... I‘m so

up, revealing

explained. “I was installing an overhead unit when I slipped and fell. I was only hanging on a

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still bloodstains on his face from being cut

the while apologizing.

continue, she had to catch a breath when she felt a sharp pain in

that the man was swaying slightly as he stood, so she asked

waved his hands, still looking terrified.

her. “I really didn‘t mean to break in through the window

saying, “You were here for repairs. Accidents happen. Make sure you don‘t slip again, and be more careful. Nothing‘s more important than safety.”

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did not expect Stella to treat him so kindly. He kept glancing at her several times, but he didn‘t dare to look at her directly.

hung low and his eyes darting around frantically , the

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