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. 

the windowpane that brought a biting chill into the room as

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

person wore a work uniform while holding a wrench, so she assumed he

okay?” she asked

and groaned before answering.“

up, revealing his large

when I slipped and fell. I was only hanging on a steel wire, and I had no choice

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face from being cut by the glass. He picked

while apologizing.

she said, but before she could continue, she had to catch a breath when she felt a sharp pain in

stood, so

man waved his hands, still looking

really didn‘t mean to break in through the window like

for repairs. Accidents happen. Make sure you

more careful...”

to treat him so kindly. He kept glancing at her several times, but he

his eyes darting around frantically , the hands that he kept

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