Chapter 984

Stella appeared calm and composed, but her back was soaked with cold sweat.

"Mom?" she asked while resolutely putting on a calm facade, perhaps because she was hiding something. "What’s wrong?"

"Nothing..." answered Wendy with a shake of her head. Stella's voice brought her senses back.

Sure that Stella must've not known about how poisonous the oleanders were, she tried to warn her.

"That plant over there..."

Crash!

Before she could finish, a loud noise coming from the window interrupted her.

The two women jumped in fright. They hurried to where the noise came 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 of shattered glass-

careful!"

Stella's split-second response managed to stop Wendy from getting hit by the flying glass.

so spooked that her face turned white as a sheet. She stood motionless and stared at the figure lying on

windowpane that brought a biting chill into the room as a gust of wind blew

soon as Stella regained her senses, she

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

wore a work uniform while holding a wrench, so she assumed he must

you okay?" she

before answering. "I'm... I'm

himself up, revealing his large

explained. "I was installing an overhead unit when I slipped and fell. I was only hanging on a steel wire,

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

this, Wendy frowned but finally

had to catch a breath when she felt a sharp pain

as he stood, so she asked in

"No, no..."

man waved his hands,

he reassured her. "I really didn't mean to break in through the window like that.

before saying, "You were here for repairs. Accidents happen. Make sure you don’t slip again, and be more careful.

"I-I'll be more careful...”

kindly. He kept glancing at

hung low and his eyes darting around frantically, the

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