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

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

senses,

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

a wrench, so

you okay?"

and groaned before answering.

up,

the air conditioner," he explained. "I was installing an overhead unit when I slipped and fell. I was only hanging on a steel wire, and I had no choice

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

frowned but finally calmed

she said, but before she could continue, she had to catch a breath when she felt a sharp pain in

swaying slightly as he stood, so she asked in a gentle voice, "Are you

"No, no..."

waved his

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

for repairs. Accidents happen. Make sure you don’t slip again, and be more careful.

"I-I'll be more careful...”

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

hung low and his eyes darting around frantically, the hands that he kept behind his

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