Chapter 121 The Ring Ain’t
Kimmy tried to stop Ethan, but there was no way she could; Ethan wasn’t someone you could just stop if you wanted to.
Stella had already said she didn’t want to see him, but Kimmy couldn’t hold him back; she was so furious she nearly called the cops.
The office door slammed into the wall with a loud thud.
Inside, Stella had just opened the velvet box Louis had left behind. A huge, sparkling diamond ring sat inside. Before she had a chance to react, Ethan barged in, seething with rage.
The moment Ethan saw the ring, his mind froze.
“This is from Louis?”
So that’s why Louis had come by earlier? Was he proposing to her? Ethan’s mind went completely blank.
His eyes burned with fury as he stared at Stella; he opened his mouth to say something, but in that moment, not a single word came out.
Stella glanced at Ethan, then back at the giant diamond ring in the box.
At first, she thought she was seeing things; but no, it really was a ring. What the heck was Louis thinking? Was this supposed to be an apology gift, or a proposal? Did he honestly not understand what a ring like this meant? Or! There’s no way he was in love with me and proposing, absolutely not. Even someone with a few screws loose wouldn’t give a ring like this, right?
So the only explanation was that Louis‘ brain was so rusted he had no clue what a ring meant?
“Stella!”
Ethan roared her name. That shout carried every ounce of his fury.
Stella snapped, “What the heck is wrong with you? Why are you yelling? So what if he did propose to me? What’s it got to do with you?”
Her eardrums were practically blown out. Clearly, this man’s brain had been tied in knots and could no longer be untangled.
She and Louis had barely even crossed paths–Ethan knew that.
And yet he was still jumping to conclusions about a proposal? His intelligence was truly something else.
Ethan’s breathing turned ragged. “Not bad. You’ve got some serious backing; no wonder you dared to break off the engagement and cut ties with the Reed family.”
“Yeah, I’ve got all kinds of backing–what, is that getting in the way of you trying to crush me?”
Honestly, Ethan and the Reed family were so pissed off right now, and that was the reason why.
They had pulled every trick in the book, all waiting for Stella to come crawling back to beg for mercy.
But what happened instead?
She never begged.
What they saw instead was the powerful force standing behind her.
Yes–there was serious power behind her.
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Chapter 121 The Ring Ain’t
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Stells stood and walked over to the floor–to–ceiling window.
She looked down at the traffic on the street below, cars flowing like ants.
The smile on her face turned even more mocking. “You want to cancel my cards, shut down my studio
“What are you hoping I won’t be able to pay rent, that I’ll apologize to Lillian, beg for my and me crawling to you guys? Beg you to turn my cards back on, or beg you not to let me starve?”
Every word dripped with sarcasm.
Ethan’s chest rose and fell. Even though everything she said was exactly what they’d been doing hearing in spelled out like this by Stella made him feel deeply humiliated. And more than that–he felt a heavy, choking ure in this chest.
“Don’t drag Lillian into this. You’re the one who did those things–don’t bring her into it.”
“What did I do?
Stella cut in before he could even finish, her tone once again filled with biting sarcasm.
“At the beginning, I didn’t do anything, did I?”
Ethan fell silent
Stella went on. “In the beginning you didn’t even know that I owned the house in Kingston Heights, you didnt loubou
this studio either.”
“So what exactly did. I do back then that was so unforgivable you all decided I had to be completely destroyed?”
Was he angry? Yeah. Ethan aver
But to Stella, his rage was no different than the Reed family’s. It e from the same place–after all the time and effort dury spent trying to crush her they still hadn’t succeeded, and that was what had them so mad.
Ethan’s breathing turned erratic. Enough with this nonsense!”
“Oh, so we’re done talking now? Then tell me what exactly are you here for?”
Ethan said nothing. Why am I here!
For a moment, he completely forgot
That damn woman–she had this uncanny ability to pass you off so badly at exactly the wrong time, you’d forget what you were even trying to say.
Stella raised an eyebrow. “You’re here because of Verdant Villa, aren’t you?
The moment she said that name, Ethan’s chest clenched again–hard.
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