Chapter 2030

Stella chuckled, "This necklace is so heavy; I doubt flushing it down the toilet would work."

Keegan gritted his teeth and said, "How could you say that? You deliberately put it on the bedside to make me uncomfortable, right?"

Stella nodded unapologetically and replied with a smile, "I just wanted to see how long you could pretend."

Keegan was at a loss for words.

Feigning anger, he said, "You have no sense of boundaries! How many times have you received gifts from him?"

"Not many. Just a necklace and a talisman."

Keegan's fake irritation turned into genuine annoyance. "What about the phone he gave you?"

Stella chuckled nervously upon hearing that. "It's been too long; I forgot." Then she justified herself. "Besides, it's not like I accepted it for free. I gave him a tie in return. It cost me 6999 dollars. When I think about it, it feels like a loss. That phone wasn't worth that much either."

had a deadpan face at that point. "It

burst into laughter. "How

them for the rest of

turned to glare at Stella and continued, "Have you

Stella stopped mid-sentence and said, "Before Thanksgiving, Marshall sent some egg tarts

turned green. "And you accepted

of egg tarts from Royle's. Felicity liked them a lot, so

remembered the two rabbit keychains that came with the pastry gift

to retrieve personal items, but the rabbit keychain on her bag was gone. The police claimed they did not see it, but

of losing it, so she

have gone?'

Stella did not give much thought to the keychain. However, amid the argument with Keegan, she recalled that not only was

she suspected that the kidnapping might have been related to Marshall. Now, the missing item happened to

be a

thought, someone lightly bit

said, "Are you

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