Haynes's brow furrowed slightly—a sure sign he was running out of patience.

Stella calmly prepared to look away.

But as if sensing her presence, Haynes turned and looked directly at her, his gaze unwavering.

The moment his eyes landed on her, something lit up inside them.

Without another word, he left Queenie's side and strode purposefully toward Stella.

Queenie had been in the middle of an animated conversation when she suddenly realized Haynes had walked off without so much as a goodbye.

The smile froze on her face.

She glanced around, only to spot Stella standing a short distance away.

A glint of coldness flashed in her eyes.

Upstairs, in one of the guest rooms, Keen cradled the gift Foreman had given him, grinning with pure delight.

"Thank you, Mr. Richards. I really like this present."

hair affectionately as he probed for news about

you been staying with the Williams

"Yes. Grandpa takes me on walks around


mom keep you company?" Foreman

free time, she'll cook for me herself," Keen replied. "But when she's busy with

eyes. "And what about Joshua?

as back home-there are a lot of bad people here so he needs to

digging for more details about Stella

Keen's chatter, the more his anger

his arms

clothes, Joshua had offered to accompany her—what's worse, Stella

was way out of line for a bodyguard

sense of crisis crept

status to get close to Stella, winning her trust and

Stella trusted Joshua

after trust-what came


she fall for

will, Joshua's looks

planned to take care of Leonard's

it was clear-he couldn't wait any

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