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Chapter 81 Checkmate, Mr Keene

Whether it was about Rianne or Eddie, truth be told, it should have been Ethan and the Reed family begging Stella all along. But the reality? These people were playing both good cop and bad cop with her.

Ethan lifted his cold eyes and glanced at her. “What do you want?”

“What do I want?” Stella laughed, “Since you’ve already found out about my studio, I’m sure you also know how much I earn annually?

These people… always trying to solve everything with money. If that was not enough, they even tried to threaten her with it.

She thought back to how smug they were when they cut off her cards. The audacity of it all. Now? It was almost laughable. Ethan’s face darkened by the second.

Stella met his gaze calmly. I make several hundred thousand a year, Mr. Keene. What can’t I afford myself? And I’m not some gold digger, chasing what’s out of my reach. The money I earn is enough to handle every single mess in my life. So tell me, what do you think I need?”

That sentence alone was enough to shut down anyone who thought money could solve everything. Including Ethan, who found himself utterly speechless.

He narrowed his eyes. “Bring the two of them into her treatment team immediately, and I’ll sever all ties with her. Is that what

you want?”

“You think that’s what I’m after?” Stella raised an eyebrow.

her water

that what you want?. As if he was making some grand sacrifice in this

still hung up on someone else. I make several hundred thousand a year. What kind of man do you think I can’t get? Why would

buzzing filled his skull.

no memory of how he left her

“I don’t care what it takes. Make her studio go

on her face, if all came from that damn studio. She could earn her own money now? Fine. If her wings had

through the line, cautious. “Sir,

Ethan’s tone dropped a few

notices, but… all the responses were the same. No

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voice was

were refusing to drop her? Could it be

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81 Checkmate,

Keene family to my face in

“I think it’s the handiwork

to say it. The facts were crystal

Now, they could not even touch her studio. Who would believe there was not a

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