Chapter 6 Cut Off Her Money? No Problem—She’s Got a Black Card!

Tessa watched as Stella’s phone screen lit up, went dark, and then lit up again.

In short, it just wouldn’t stop ringing.

Tessa couldn’t help but suggest, “Why don’t you just turn it off?”

Blocking the calls wasn’t working anymore—all the incoming numbers were unfamiliar. No need to guess who was behind it. Madam Susan must have been borrowing the housemaids’ phones to keep calling.

Stella took the advice and shut off her phone.

But Susan’s punishment came swiftly.

When it was time to pay for their meal, Stella turned her phone back on to scan the payment code, only to receive a notification: “Your bank card has been deactivated. Please choose another payment method.”

The card linked to her phone was one Susan had insisted on binding to her account shortly after Stella had returned to the Reed family years ago.

Now, it was completely useless.

Tessa glanced at her screen. “What the hell is this?”

“They froze my card,” Stella replied.

Tessa’s lips twitched. “Because of Lillian? What kind of family treats their own daughter like this?”

Hearing that the Reed family had outright cut off Stella’s credit card, Tessa felt sick, like she’d swallowed a fly.

How could people like this exist? They were treating their own daughter worse than an adopted one.

Stella just smiled, unfazed. “It’s not the first time.”

Tessa scoffed. “I got it.” She pulled out her phone and paid.

they left the restaurant and got into the car, Tessa said, “I’m wiring you twenty-eight grand.

a little spending money? Who were

felt a rare flicker of warmth.

the hell is the money supposed to come from? Those

pissed she could feel a

said, “I really do have money. It’s… a

was complicated,

side, but that didn’t mean she was dependent on him

you have money.

years revolving around a man, living off the

didn’t

don’t need

eyes. “Oh,

matter how she looked at it, she just couldn’t

Tessa into a shopping mall and spent tens of

Tessa finally believed her.

Stella had used, her eyes practically sparkled. “Where did you get this? Who gave it to

could think of was that Ethan

the card in

emotions flickered through

“Ethan? Not a chance.”

no way Ethan would ever give her

“Then

it couldn’t

you know

thought of the card’s true owner. Her

her bags and walked out of

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