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. 

was a gaping hole in the windowpane that brought a biting chill

bodyguards. “I think he‘s one of

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

okay?” she asked him.

man moved slightly and groaned before answering.“ I‘m...

revealing his large plump face.

to repair the air conditioner,” he explained. “I was installing an overhead unit when I slipped and fell. I was only hanging on a steel

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from being cut

the while apologizing.

could continue, she had to catch a breath when she felt

man was swaying slightly as he stood, so she

waved his hands, still looking

reassured her. “I really didn‘t mean to break in through the window like that. I‘m really sorry. I‘ll... I‘ll pay

for repairs. Accidents happen. Make sure you don‘t slip again,

be more careful...”

kept glancing at her several times, but he didn‘t dare to

his head hung low and his eyes darting around frantically , the hands that

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