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.

spooked that her face turned white as a sheet. She stood motionless and stared at the

that brought a biting chill into the room as

her senses, she quickly called out for the

one of the workers outside," she told Wendy, trying to calm her down. "He probably

a work uniform while holding a wrench,

okay?"

before answering. "I'm... I'm so sorry

himself up, revealing his large plump

repair 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 but to break the glass window and lunge

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

this, Wendy frowned

to catch a breath when she felt a sharp

was swaying slightly as he stood, so

"No, no..."

waved his hands, still

break in through the window like that. I'm really sorry.

to the window and glanced at the broken glass pieces before saying, "You were here for repairs. Accidents happen. Make sure you don’t slip again, and be more

"I-I'll be more careful...”

kept glancing

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

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