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.

the restaurant and got into the car, Tessa said, “I’m wiring

daughter over a little spending money? Who were they trying to pressure with this petty

how effortlessly Tessa was throwing money around, Stella felt a rare flicker of warmth.

don’t even have a job—where the hell is the money

feel a

really do have money.

financial situation was complicated,

by Ethan’s side, but

off. “Fine, you have

woman who’d spent two years revolving around a man, living off the Reed family—what money could she

simply didn’t

don’t need

rolled her eyes. “Oh,

looked at it, she

no choice, Stella dragged Tessa into a shopping mall and spent

Tessa finally believed her.

had used, her eyes practically sparkled. “Where did you get this?

could think of was

at the card in

storm of emotions flickered through her

“Ethan? Not a chance.”

way Ethan would ever give her

“Then who

couldn’t have been the Reed

did you

owner. Her gaze softened slightly, but she

she grabbed her bags and walked

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