After a pause, Stella whispered to Matthew, “Did you have any inkling of this? Did Neville mention anything?”

Confusion etched on his face, Matthew shook his head.

His mind, however, drifted to a recent encounter in a wine cellar.

Neville had seemed troubled, caught in some inner conflict.

Was Neville torn between two women back then?

Matthew, though riddled with speculation, kept his thoughts to himself.

This was Neville’s personal affair, and it wasn’t his place to meddle.

The car soon stopped at the gate of Miley’s house.

Before Stella got out of the car, she said to Matthew, “I’ll spend the night here with Miley.

With that, she assisted a despondent Miley out of the car and into the house.

The moment the door shut behind them and the light flicked on, Miley’s dam of tears broke once again.

Stella cradled Miley, gently patting her on the back while offering solace.

“Don’t worry, Miley.

I’ll always stand by

couldn’t say a

leaned on her shoulder and

some composure

that he was dating Miss Blakely that evening, and she even offered me a substantial sum of money to facilitate

she crazy? How could she insult you like this?” Stella’s

this truly

confusion, her voice

“I don’t know.

have an urgent matter to attend to and postponed our movie night

him again, but his phone was

perched on the sofa, arms wrapped around her knees, biting her trembling lip,

Miley’s pained expression, Stella couldn’t help but be overcome

fingers through Miley’s hair, Stella offered words

shouldn’t let yourself be downcast

It’s not worth it.

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