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.

turned white as a sheet. She stood motionless and stared at the figure lying on the floor. 'What...

the windowpane that brought a biting chill into the

soon as Stella regained her senses, she quickly called out for

of the workers outside," she told Wendy, trying to

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

okay?"

man moved slightly and groaned before answering.

slowly propped himself up, revealing his large

an overhead unit when I slipped and fell. I was only hanging on a steel wire, and I had no choice but to break the glass

profusely. There were still bloodstains on his face from being cut by the glass. He picked up his peaked cap on

frowned but

enough..." she said, but before she could continue, she had to catch a breath when she felt a

he stood, so she

"No, no..."

man waved his hands,

really didn't mean to break in through the window like that. I'm really

were here for repairs. Accidents happen. Make sure you don’t slip again, and be more careful. Nothing's more

"I-I'll be more careful...”

glancing at her several

low and his eyes darting around frantically, the

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