Chapter 505

Stella's response was short and sharp.

"You're out of your mind."

Sherman was, in her eyes, even more loathsome than Jasper.

At least Jasper made no effort to hide his dislike-he hated her, and that was that.

Sherman, on the other hand, despised her but pretended otherwise, putting on a façade of kindness. In the end, he'd orchestrated that elaborate scheme to completely ruin her reputation.

Catching the open disgust on Stella's face, Sherman merely smiled, as if her hatred didn't bother him in the slightest.

To him, contempt from the weak was meaningless-a minor annoyance, nothing

more.

"Stella, my grandfather only trusts you because he doesn't know who you really are. He's been taken in by your little act. But now that I'm here, I won't let you keep fooling him."

Stella looked him right in the eye. "Then go ahead. March over to Mr. Burton and expose me. I'll wait right here."

Sherman's gaze narrowed, studying her.

wasn't afraid

backing, or she was simply confident that, even if the truth came out, Mr. Burton

From what he'd heard, she'd known Mr. Burton for almost a year now. She'd

why would the old man go to such lengths

wouldn't work-the old man would just

considered his options, a

like a predator watching its prey's last desperate

because you've charmed

course not. With Mr. Burton's cunning, there's nothing he wouldn't try,

faltered for a

you're so smart, you'd better just leave. I don't want things

If he

persuade his

to give

like

he could drive her

he'd done years ago.

show, or if she ruined the performance and embarrassed Mr. Burton, even

thought brought a glint

warning, he stepped forward and clamped a hand over Stella's

one was watching. In

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