Chapter 453

Neville gave a careless laugh. "He's trying to force Star to cave, but she's Keen's mother-she's never done anything to betray him. If he dares to use cutthroat business tactics against Star, not just me—even Mr. Burton himself-would never just stand by and watch."

He'd already seen the news about Antoney.

But honestly, he couldn't be bothered to get involved.

If it were Stella in trouble, he wouldn't hesitate to do whatever it took to help her. As for the people around her... well, let's just say he wasn't quite that charitable.

He'd only stepped in this time because he heard Antoney and Abby's mess had drawn Stella into it. That was the only reason he decided to take action.

And as it turned out, once he started digging, he uncovered some unexpected surprises.

Neville thought to himself that this drama was getting more and more entertaining by the minute.

"If he'd just explained himself at the start, maybe Star would've believed him. But he wanted to have it both ways-too clever for his own good. Eventually, he'll pay the price for his arrogance."

In the hospital, Haynes woke up not long after.

blurry vision, he saw a slender

He murmured, "Stella..."

the figure immediately sat up straight, delight

in surprise, his voice uncertain. "Rachel?

of course I'd

searching for someone else. In that moment,

as gentle as ever. "Haynie, after your surgery, Stella didn't even step into the room. She left right away."

Haynes's eyes darkened.

"Did she... say anything?"

Let

anything to her, then walked out. Hayne, this time she nearly killed you. We can't

Haynes didn't immediately agree. His mind drifted far away,

suddenly thought of

taken care of him back

overtime for days-exhausted, skipping meals, and

hit him hard, sending

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