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.

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

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

a wrench, so she assumed he must be one of the

okay?"

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

himself up, revealing

when I slipped and fell. I was only hanging on a steel wire,

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

this, Wendy frowned but finally

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

swaying slightly as he stood, so she asked in a

"No, no..."

his hands,

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

at the broken glass pieces before saying, "You were here for repairs. Accidents happen. Make sure you

"I-I'll be more careful...”

expect Stella to treat him so kindly. He kept glancing at her several times, but he didn't dare to look at her

his head hung low and his eyes darting around frantically,

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