Chapter 1118 

The rain last night was much less intense. 

When Stella woke up the next morning, she saw that the branches of many plants in the backyard had snapped off from the strong wind. 

She pushed open the window to bring in the fresh air. 

She stood on the balcony to sober up a bit. Then, she changed her clothes as she usually did every morning, walked downstairs to sit on the sofa in the hall, and waited for Ben to come and pick her up. Ben arrived right on time. His expression eased a bit when he saw Stella sitting there, all ready and waiting.“ Mrs. Ford, the trial is about to begin. Let‘s go.” 

Stella stood up and walked silently to him. 

He studied her face and said to her out of concern that she would feel nervous, “Don‘t worry too much. Everything has been taken care of. Miss Cohen has dropped the charges and will not appear as the plaintiff. There will only be Mr. Warren...” While he reminded her of the precautions, she felt rather calm. 

She was in fact much calmer than she ever was in such a situation. 

As he was talking, he noticed the unprecedented calmness on her face. Finding it rather unusual, he stopped. “Mrs. Ford, is there anything you don’t understand?” 

Hampton has told me all about it

too nervous. It’s my business.

jokes, so

to tell her. “Sorry, Mrs. Ford. I was the one who accidentally told

face. “You are his personal assistant. It’s your job to

little guilty. “I know there is nothing between you and Justin, and I was just reporting to him about your day, as

this, he felt a little guilty.

in the past, he would never believe that a friendly hug would enrage

was with Guinevere, he never even cared when Guinevere shot intimate scenes. But after he got together with Stella, he

a lot of things that he would never have done before. It wasn’t his first time displaying such pure and intense possessiveness,

it could have caused

smiled and did not say anything. “Let’s get in

car door and watched her get in.

wafted steadily across the road. Everything

she suddenly

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