Chapter 529

Stella suddenly spoke up. "Who are you, anyway?"

Karl froze, thinking for a moment that maybe Stella didn't know who he was.

He was about to answer when Stella continued, "And why should I listen to you?"

That's when it hit Karl-she wasn't clueless about his identity at all. She was just provoking him on purpose.

A cold, almost mocking smile crept across Karl's lips.

"Stella, just because you managed to win over Mr. Burton and Candida doesn't mean I can't deal with you."

No wonder Sherman couldn't stand her. This woman really was impossible.

Stella gave a faint, unapologetic smile. "If you really could deal with me, would you be wasting time saying all this? Why not go straight to Mr. Burton and Candida and expose me? Or is it that you just don't want to?"

She had no patience for cheaters, especially ones like Karl-ungrateful, manipulative types.

Haynes might have been a jerk, but at least he was honest about it.

Karl, though, was something else entirely.

He was the kind of man you read about online-the type who, the moment he got

what he wanted, would turn on the person who trusted him most.

he made Haynes look

had never been good with words, and now he was completely at a loss for what to say. His eyes, however, glinted with a cold, razor-

until

the room

where he'd been

you sure you don't need

features were a little pale, but

sat

caught Stella off guard was the presence of a middle-aged man sitting next

eyes flickered

and this man was unmistakable—there was no denying it. Could this

and Antoney had grown up together; there were no

that Antoney

known his father.

her own, and

no idea

simply hadn't wanted

his life.

that choice, never

if he

answer had been simple: "No. It was my mother's decision,

in person, Stella couldn't help but study him

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