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.

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

windowpane that brought a biting

regained her senses, she quickly called out

Wendy, trying to calm her down. "He probably fell

holding a

okay?" she

man moved slightly and groaned before answering. "I'm... I'm so sorry

up, revealing

slipped and fell. I was only hanging on a steel

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

this, Wendy frowned

to catch a breath when she

was swaying slightly as he stood, so she asked in

"No, no..."

his hands, still looking

he reassured her. "I really didn't mean to break in through the window like that. I'm really sorry. I'll... I'll pay for

for repairs. Accidents happen. Make sure you don’t slip again,

"I-I'll be more careful...”

did not expect Stella to treat him so kindly. He kept glancing at her several

around frantically,

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