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?"

had documented those moments not out of

prolonged exposure to cold water had caused a severe upper respiratory infection. The doctors were worried that

surgery, they put him on a pain pump, which they instructed Jaylene to press when he was in pain. If not, they told her only to use it sparingly. He did

the truth, Keegan reassured her, "It didn't hurt, and

did not believe him. She said, "I've seen you with injections.

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

Stella was convinced he was lying so she would not be worried. No matter how he explained, she did not believe him. She kept on

lot. And now, standing here, the pain

away, "The scab has fallen off, and your wound still hurts? Are you playing

It