Chapter 136 You Call That a Guilt Gift?

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She called it an apology gift, but honestly, forget Abraham not buying it–even she didn’t believe that nonsense. What the heck is Louis thinking? Does he even have a brain? He is completely unreliable.

Sure enough, Abraham raised a brow and said, “An apology gift?”

The disbelief in his voice couldn’t have been more obvious..

Stella nodded. “Yeah. His sister Sharon got into a fight with me, remember? He said this was a gift to make up for it.”

If she was being honest, this whole thing reeked of Louis trying to sneak in through the back door. She’d already made it clear back then–no matter what he gave her, that door was staying shut

So no, she didn’t say a single good thing on his behalf.

With a sharp snap, the velvet ring box in Abraham’s hand closed; he tossed it straight into the trash.

His eyes stayed locked on Stella, emotions dark and unwavering. “He gave you a ring to say sorry? Do you actually believe that?”

Stella froze. He’s so mean!

She pouted, looking at Abrahamn with wide, innocent eyes.

“Right? I mean, does he have something wrong with his head? I was totally stunned when I saw it was a ring”

He was supposed to be the heir to one of the major families in Rivermount, and the gift he gave was jaw–dropping

The guy clearly had zero common sense. No wonder Abraham didn’t want anything to do with working with him.

Abraham’s

stayed

uneasy. She reached out and tugged on his hand. “Hey, come

a guilty little girl trying to suckup to her parent after

wrong.

reached out and pulled her

pinched her chin. The moment their eyes met, Stella caught

could pull her into his abyss. Her explanation might’ve sounded weak,

you keep

idiot–but she’d been clear–headed when she gave

she knew the ring couldn’t possibly be

on me, and by the time I opened it, he was

“Really?”

at Rivermount, I didn’t

pure survival instinct. With the way Abraham was grilling her, she was

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136 You Call That a

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“I do.”

course he believed his Star. As

toward the trash can, a

bit of relief

Abraham let her go.

then did Stella ask, “Why’d you come by

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