Mr. Kane Got Blacklisted by Eleven Jewell

Chapter 2000

Keegan's Adam's apple bobbed as he approached Stella. He reached down to take her phone away gently, "Stop looking at this. Let's go home."

Stella looked up at him, her eyes red and swollen. She pleaded, " Give it to me."

He pursed his lips before saying, "Let's go home first."

Her voice was hoarse with emotion, she said, "Give it to me."

Instead of handing over the phone, Keegan pocketed it. As Stella stood up to retrieve it, he enveloped her in his arms, his voice soft yet firm, "Don't look anymore. Whatever you want to know, I'll tell you."

Stella clung to his shirt, the image of his bloody figure in a hospital bed haunting her. "How much did you suffer?" she asked, her voice breaking. She trembled in his embrace, tears streaming down her cheeks, "You're even scared of injections, yet you had to endure thirteen stitches without anesthesia. Didn't it hurt?"

Stella deeply as they revealed Keegan's vulnerability and pain. She had documented those moments not out of concern

water had caused a severe upper respiratory infection. The doctors were worried that anesthesia might aggravate his airway reactions, which could lead to spasms.

pump, which they instructed Jaylene to press when he was in pain. If not, they told her only to use it sparingly. He did cry out, but not from pain; he kept calling Stella's name. Jaylene, who hated that he was calling for Stella, kept pressing the pump.

Stella pressed for the truth, Keegan reassured her, "It

Stella, inconsolable, did not believe him. She said, "I've seen you with injections. You were terrified!! How

silent for a moment and then patiently explained to the frightened Stella, "I'm not afraid of injections,

lying so she would not be worried. No matter how he

And now, standing here, the pain is returning. Let’s go home and talk.

Stella pushed him away, "The scab has fallen off, and

It