Chapter 66 Burning the Bridge
At the mention of the visitor’s name, a faint crease formed between Stella’s brows.
Someone surnamed Carter! Susan Carter! She came all the way here!
Stella’s expression darkened slightly. “We ve only got one exit?”
Kimmy nodded. Front and back doors are connected. You know that.”
The moment someone stepped in from the front, they could clearly see the back entrance. So if she tried slipping out that way. Susan waiting at the front would spot her instantly.
That only made Stella’s mood worse.
“Fine.” she said, her tone clipped. “Let her in.”
Kimmy gave a small nod. “Understood.”
Once Kimmy had left, the room settled into a stillness that pressed against Stella’s nerves. She sat in silence, thoughts swirling. If she did not go hard this time, she could forget about ever having peace in this office again..
Soon, Susan stepped in. her face etched with fury, just as Kimmy had predicted.
“Boss,” Kimmy said, casting a respectful glance toward Stella.
Stella waved a hand, dismissing her. The door clicked shut behind her assistant.
The moment it did. Susan stormed forward, her heels clacking sharply against the floor, slamming her handbag down on the desk with a force that echoed
“So!” Her voice was sharp, accusatory. “How did you land all those contracts? Stella, do you even care what kind of name you’re dragging the Reed family through: You’re shaming yourself. Is that what you want?”
The words hit like whiplash. Stella’s expression turned cold.
“You walk in here accusing me without facts, without proof? Who told you that?” she asked, her voice steady but frosted over with disdain.
“You really need proof?” Susan snapped. “A girl like you making 980,000 dolars in one year? What? Do you expect me to believe you charmed all those companies just with your talent: Please.” Her words cut deep, not in truth but in presumption, as if conviction was reason enough.
Stella’s eyes glinted, a flash of icy sharpness cutting through. “Who told you so?”
“Does it matter?” Susan shot back. Just tell me how you got those deals!”
But Stella already knew. Lilian. That little white lotus, always spinning webs in the guise of innocence, manipulating gullible
minds.
“You think you have the right to interrogate me? Who are you to me?” Stella’s voice was calm but biting.
Susan shouted, “Tm.”
“What My mother?” Her lips curled in a cold smile. “Did I ever admit to that? I left that house within three months”
Two months spent in a hospital bed. The remaining one spent realizing what a twisted game the Reed family was playing and walking away.
These people acted like relatives whenever it suited them, pretending concern, all while clinging to their imagined authority.
Her words struck Susan like a blow to the chest
Chapter 66 Burning the Bridge
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people that I’m not the Reed family’s daughter. Say it was a mistake on their part. I’ll send you the paternity test results in a
bit
“You’re insane Susan cried, lunging forward and snatching the phone from her hands, ending the call. “You want to sever ties with us? Have you completely lost your mind?”
Stella took back her phone with one smooth motion. “Curting ties with you people. Isn’t that perfectly reasonable?”
You ungrateful” Susan choked.
“Grateful?” Stella sneered. “Even if I had any, why should it be owed to you? Who are you to me, really?”
Susan gaped. Every sentence felt like a knife, carving a chasm between them. I nearly died giving birth to you? I hemorrhaged! I gave you life! And you repay me like this?”
Stella’s voice filled with disdain. “Now you’re trying moral blackmail:
When threats and pressure failed, they always fell back on guilt and virtue.
Well” Stella said, her voice cold as steel, “when you brought me back, didn’t Lilian already help you even the score? I almost bled to death in that accident. Nearly lost my life.”
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