Chapter 1998

Stella, usually adept at handling precarious situations, now faced a new challenge. Jaylene's phone was locked, and she did not know the password. Keegan then took the phone. He paused momentarily before entering his own birthday as the passcode.

"Quite the romantic, isn't she?" Stella remarked sarcastically.

He responded with a half-smile. Then, he ingeniously activated the reverse wireless charging feature on Jaylene’s phone, attaching his own phone to its back to drain the battery.

"Such a feature exists?" Stella exclaimed, astonished.

Keegan answered dryly, "If you paid attention to more than just the camera pixels when buying a phone, you'd find it has other uses."

Stella fell silent as he opened several battery-draining apps on Jaylene's phone to accelerate the battery depletion.

excused himself to talk to York, leaving Stella alone with the phone. Curiosity

She paused.

saved Keegan's name as "Kee," with the chat background being his photo. In the picture, a thinner, somewhat unwell Keegan sat by

a poignant moment. But to Stella, it seemed disgustingly over-sentimental, she managed to control her emotions and refrained

birthday as

Stella began transferring the files to her phone. Time was against her, and she grew increasingly anxious. She thought, 'Darcie could arrive in any minute, and I'm

startled, Stella turned to see Keegan. She complained, "Don't you

and asked, "How

noticed the phone's screen and asked, "what

"Collecting evidence," Stella replied.

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