Chapter 356 The Storm Breaks

Just as the two of them were about to say something else, Abraham’s phone buzzed. Abel was calling. He answered, flatly saying. “Talk.”

“Mr. Abraham, he showed up.”

That one word–he–instantly wiped away the tenderness Abraham had just shown Stella, replacing it with a cold, sharp edge.

He let out a faint “Mm” before hanging up. Then he looked down at Stella lying in bed and gently brushed her hair from her forehead. “Get some rest. I’ll be back in a bit.”

“You’re going out?”

“Yeah. I’ll be back within two hours.”

The way he emphasized the time felt just like a husband checking in with his wife before heading

out.

Stella’s heart warmed.

Abraham left.

The moment she was alone, her phone buzzed loudly.

It was Tessa. Stella answered the call. “Tessa? You still have the energy to keep up with all this drama?”

just the last

But somehow, even all the way over in Falvaria,

Can’t I check out the chaos and distract myself for a bit? Don’t even start on my mess. Come

chatting about gossip helped Tessa chill

have no idea how terrifying Victor really is. I mean it, I really–Ugh, forget it. If I keep talking about him,

sent chills down her spine. The whole scene had

him,”

family in person, Stella knew right away—it had to be even worse than the chans at

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give it to Tessa. She’d fainted from fear, and now she was cracking jokes and

quickly changed the subject. “Yo, can we talk about Rebecca? She’s seriously out here going head–to–head

looked like she was ready to

agreed. “She really

been raising hell over

sharp laugh. “She’s intense–I kind of respect it. But seriously, what pushed her over the edge today? She was about to jump off a building with her kid in her arms. I mean, I don’t think dragging the kid into it was right, but with the Reed family, you’ve got to go to extremes if you want to get anywhere. You have to

the Reed family got

the Reed family, she never came out on the losing side. Things got messy, sure, but

completely cut ties, and the Reed family was still falling apart? Yeah… that was karma

way the Reed family treated her still left Tessa feeling

now? Now

and yet she was

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