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?!"

speaking, she turned around

too angry to chase her, so he turned

again, they

resentment toward him. He had asked her about it, but she wouldn't

herself. Zack was with Guinevere, so she did not need her to take care of him. She watched the party in full swing, suddenly feeling like an

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

she called out. "Are

from inside the

while, she finally heard Stella's voice

there waiting a long time before Stella

"Mom..." she uttered.

brows knitted, sensing that something was

you doing in

was just taking a nap. I had to put on some clothes, so it took

turned to make way for Wendy and offered, "Why don't you

refuse and

third floor of the massive Ford Mansion that was full of rooms. The suite was, in fact, the

didn't like to stay in rooms that

suite was so vast, it also came with its own

the first thing Wendy noticed was the array of potted

of things?" she asked, a

a snowrose plant," Stella explained with a smile. "I thought it looked so pretty that I started to

plants, and her eyes honed in

"Isn't that...?"

and interjected, 'They're all bonsai. If you like, I can pick something easy to take care of and give

a while, she turned her gaze from the plants and stared at

like. She

Stella

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but her back was soaked with

a calm facade, perhaps because she was

Wendy with a shake of her head. Stella's

not known about how poisonous the oleanders were,

"That plant over there..."

Crash!

she could finish, a loud noise coming from

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

careful!"

Wendy from getting hit by the

face turned white as a sheet. She stood motionless and stared at the figure lying

was a gaping hole in the windowpane that brought a biting chill into the room as a gust

Stella regained her senses, she quickly called

one of the workers outside," she told Wendy, trying to calm her down. "He probably

noticed that the person wore a work uniform while holding a wrench, so she assumed he must be

you okay?" she

and groaned before

himself up, revealing his large plump

air conditioner," he explained. "I was installing an overhead unit when I slipped and fell. I was only hanging on a

bloodstains on his face from being cut by the glass. He picked up his peaked cap on the floor with shaking hands, all the while

frowned but finally calmed

she could continue, she had to catch a breath when she felt a

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

"No, no..."

his hands,

break in through the window like that. I'm really sorry.

to the window and glanced at the broken glass pieces before saying, "You were here for repairs.

"I-I'll be more careful...”

He kept glancing at her several times, but

around frantically, the

resting on the sofa as they waited for the bodyguards to

grasped at Stella, who was beside her, and said, "Stella,

her forehead, and her breathing

"Mom, what’s wrong?!"

"Quick... grab my medicine!"

white to blue, and her lips trembled. She seemed to be in a

starting to panic. "Are you

some underlying disease, so

pointed at the

so she rushed towards the coffee table and grabbed Wendy’s bag. She reached inside

you need?"

glass of water and placed it near Wendy's mouth before feeding her the medicine as

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the bodyguards and the housekeeper rushed into

"What happened here?!"

and the second he saw Wendy collapse on the sofa, he hurriedly rushed over."

Stella. She asked Wendy, "So

now, she had calmed

many years now," she

"Don't worry,

breathed a sigh of relief. His gaze turned towards the stranger in the room, then

had been stunned because of Wendy's sudden heart attack, but he came back

sorry, boss. I slipped and

and glanced at the overalls the plump man was wearing. He now

trouble on such an important

vastly different from the way the two women had reacted. Being put in charge of the entire operation within the Ford Manor, it was also his subordinate who was responsible for hiring the maintenance workers there. Thus, if any problem occurred due to the fault of the workers, the person

then that 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

man's face reddened instantly. He was already injured, to begin with, and bloodstains still covered his face. Now, the housekeeper's severe

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