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... What on earth is going on here...?" she asked

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

her senses, she quickly called

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

a work uniform while holding a wrench, so she assumed

okay?" she

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

himself up, revealing his large plump

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

from being cut by the glass. He picked up his peaked cap on the

this, Wendy frowned but finally calmed

she had to catch a breath

the man was swaying slightly as he stood,

"No, no..."

waved his hands, still

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

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

"I-I'll be more careful...”

expect Stella to treat him so kindly. He kept glancing at her

frantically, the hands that he

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