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.

look

at a loss for what to say. His

rest of the walk passed in silence until

the room was unexpectedly

there, his head wrapped with a pristine white bandage where he'd

you don't need

pale, but he shrugged off her concern. "I'm

and Skyler sat nearby, both looking

presence of a middle-aged man sitting next to Mr.

eyes flickered with

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

grown up together; there were

knew that Antoney had

never known his father.

on her

idea he

hadn't wanted to

his life.

choice, never trying

Antoney if he resented the

"No. It was my mother's decision, not

seeing this man in person, Stella couldn't help but

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