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."

ruffling Keen's hair affectionately as he

staying with the Williams family

enthusiastically. "Yes. Grandpa takes me on walks around the


your mom keep you company?"

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

passed through Foreman's eyes. "And what about

Keen said. "Mr. Joshua says this place isn't as safe as back home-there are a lot of bad people here so

the conversation, digging for more details about Stella

he listened to Keen's chatter,

pulled Stella into his arms not

Stella went to change clothes, Joshua had

way out of line for a bodyguard and

of crisis

status to get close to Stella, winning her trust and affection behind Foreman's

obvious Stella

trust-what


fall

what you will, Joshua's looks

planned to take care of

clear-he couldn't wait

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