My Fabulous Girl Boss

Chapter 983

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Guinevere originally intended to prevent Stella from getting closer to Zack by building a stronger bond with him. But if she were perfectly honest, she had to admit that she never nearly had the patience to deal with Zack herself.

Thus, the best solution was to let Wendy take Zack.

Hearing Guinevere’s suggestion, Wendy frowned, looked at her derisively, and jeered, "Didn't you tell Father that you wanted to spend more time with Zack so you two could bond? So what happened? Don’t you want to get closer to your son now that Stella is not here?"

Guinevere turned deathly pale. She hung her head low and said nothing, not knowing how to explain herself.

Seeing that, Chris turned to Wendy with some discontent and scolded," Why do you keep embarrassing her like that? You're not young anymore, you know..."

He'd been bringing up her age a lot lately.

"Fine!" Wendy glowered at him. "Just think of me as a nosy old woman! Just continue with whatever you were doing, and don't mind me!"

As she finished speaking, she turned on her heels and left.

Zack became anxious when he saw his granny ignoring him. He stomped his legs and tried to follow Wendy, shouting, "Granny! Granny!"

Wendy, however, pretended not to hear him and quickened her pace.

Chris then had no choice but to tell Guinevere, "You better take Zack out for a while..."

"I know,” replied Guinevere. Then she shrewdly suggested, "You should go after Aunt Wendy now."

Chris took a long and deep look at Guinevere but said nothing before turning around and chasing after Wendy.

In no time, Chris managed to catch up with Wendy in the back garden.

"Come on, Wendy. We're an old couple now. Why do you still get mad over the most trivial things?"

There was some helplessness in his tone, and he had deliberately put on a gentler and calmer demeanor for her.

But Wendy no longer fell for such acts. She coldly pulled her hand away and said, "Guinevere is still over there. Why don't you be with her?"

"You speak as if..." Chris muttered before patiently coaxing his wife. "Even though Weston has completely broken off his relationship with Guinevere, she's still Zack’s mother. Isn’t it completely normal that I'd care for my grandson’s mother? Why would you even be jealous of her?"

"She’s still Zack's mother after all," he added, "so from now on, stop taking Stella's side and embarrassing her..."

"Stella is my real daughter-in-law," Wendy interrupted bluntly. "And she was my goddaughter before that. Why should I take anyone's side but hers?"

"Well..." Chris smiled and added, "If they can get married, then they can get divorced. Having a child together, though, is not the same. Besides, you know how much Father likes Zack..."

"Oh yes," Wendy blurted out, "his father certainly likes him very much." 1

Wendy suddenly gave him a meaningful look.

Chris's heart skipped a beat when he saw her like that, fearing she had somehow seen through him from his expressions, but he quickly

suppressed his suspicions. "If you have something to say, then spit it! If you don’t like me getting so close to Guinevere, I'll keep my distance from her!"

He did indeed feel a little sympathy and affection for Guinevere. It was also true that every time he saw Zack, a barrage of complex feelings would surge in his heart.

But all these were merely regular instinctive reactions.

What concerned him the most, however, was the fact that Weston was no longer with Guinevere, which meant she might regain her memories about the incident...

If that were to happen, everything he had now would collapse into ruins.

Chris had long grown past the age where feelings and passion meant everything. Although he often got tired of Wendy’s antics, he knew very well that there was no way he could leave her.

The corners of Wendy's lips twitched, and she smiled thinly, neither approving nor disapproving of Chris' suggestion.

But Chris knew she was still somewhat angry at him, so he added, "I'll take you downstairs to greet the guests later."

"No," she shook her head. "You go ahead. I’m a little tired. I'm going back to the room."

"Why are you always tired these days?" asked Chris with concern. "Is your heart feeling alright?"

As age caught on, Wendy was diagnosed with heart disease. It was the main reason why Chris was adamant about not letting Weston reveal the truth to Wendy after the incident, lest it might be too much of a shock for her to handle.

But as time passed, the concern Chris had for her gradually waned.

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Things had come to a point where Chris completely neglected her health problems. For instance, the last time Wendy went for a medical checkup, he didn't even ask her any questions about it at all.

The realization made Chris feel a little guilty.

"I’ve been busy lately,” he told Wendy, "so I didn't have much time to take care of you. I promise things will be different from now."

"What exactly have you been busy doing?" Wendy sneered. "Weston has been in charge of the company all this time. In fact, I can’t think of a time when you've been busy lately!"

Chris was left flustered with his lies so mercilessly exposed.

"When did you become so mean?!" he snapped.

The fact that he could never be as talented as Weston had always been his sore spot, and Wendy had so bluntly set it on fire.

"I was only concerned about your health," he said, still feeling a little humiliated, "yet here you are, always so eager to put me down!"

"Why don't you just go back to Guinevere and take care of her?" Wendy scoffed in frustration, turning away from him.

"Why are you always so boorish?" countered Chris, his face turning cold.

"That's right," replied Wendy, "I'm boorish, I'm old, and I'm always moody! Why don’t you just go to a younger girl who will say sweet things to you all day?!"

she turned around and left right

angry to chase her, so he turned in

again, they were

she held some resentment toward him. He had asked her about it, but she wouldn't say anything. So now, he was left all alone

did not need her to take care

heaved a long sigh. Aimlessly, she headed towards Stella's room and knocked on

she called out. "Are you

noise came from inside the room. Wendy

heard Stella's voice saying, "Give me

there waiting a long time before

"Mom..." she uttered.

knitted, sensing that something

you doing

a nap. I had to put

make way for Wendy and offered, "Why

not refuse and went

was full of rooms. The suite was, in fact, the same room they had

stay in rooms that others had stayed in before,

also

the first thing Wendy noticed was

you like those kinds of

"I thought it looked so pretty

swept a glance at the plants, and her eyes

"Isn't that...?"

Wendy's sight and interjected, 'They're all bonsai. If you like, I can pick something

After a while, she turned her

what oleander looked like. She also knew that oleanders

Stella knew

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composed, but her back was soaked

on a calm facade, perhaps because she was hiding something.

shake of her head. Stella's voice brought her senses

about how poisonous the oleanders

"That plant over there..."

Crash!

could finish, a loud noise coming from the

from and saw a black figure crashing into the room from outside. The window had been broken in, and the floor was littered with shards

careful!"

split-second response managed to stop Wendy

as a sheet. She stood motionless and stared at the figure lying on the floor. 'What... What on earth is going on here...?" she asked

in the windowpane that brought a biting chill into the room as

Stella regained her senses, she

workers outside," she told Wendy, trying

while holding a wrench, so she assumed he

you okay?" she asked

groaned before

himself up,

slipped and fell. I was only

face from being cut by the glass. He picked up his

Wendy frowned but

she said, but before she could continue, she had to catch a breath when she

man was swaying slightly as he stood, so she asked in a

"No, no..."

his

in through the window like that. I'm really sorry. I'll... I'll pay for

"You were here for repairs. Accidents happen. Make sure you don’t

"I-I'll be more careful...”

expect Stella to treat him so kindly. He kept glancing at her several times, but he didn't dare to look at her

low and his eyes darting around frantically, the

they

grasped at Stella, who was beside

sweat rolled down her forehead, and her breathing was short and unsteady, as

"Mom, what’s wrong?!"

"Quick... grab my medicine!"

her lips trembled. She seemed to be in a lot of pain. At first, she was still holding onto Stella's

was starting to panic. "Are you okay? Where

guessed that Wendy was probably suffering from some underlying disease, so she

at the

she rushed towards the coffee table and grabbed Wendy’s

you need?"

a glass of water and placed it near Wendy's mouth before feeding

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rushed into the room-

"What happened here?!"

second he saw Wendy collapse on the sofa, he hurriedly rushed over." Madam! Did you

asked Wendy, "So you have... heart

By now, she had

it for many

then turned to the housekeeper. "Don't worry, I’m fine. Stella has

towards the stranger in the room, then frowned and

but he

sorry, boss. I slipped

at the overalls the plump man

company train you before you came here?" he barked. "And to think that you’ve caused such trouble on such an important occasion... Can you even afford the consequences if something

put in charge of the entire operation within the Ford Manor, it was also his subordinate who was responsible for hiring the maintenance

he was

if they're even qualified for their job! You were paid a lot so you could repair, not break in through the window and give people a

He was already injured, to begin with, and bloodstains still covered his face. Now, the housekeeper's severe admonition distressed him so much that he couldn't even raise

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