Chapter 69 Dreams of the Dying
Ethan’s voice was like a blade, and Jason broke out in a cold sweat.
“There’s a force shielding him. We can’t get through. Not t even a name
Up until this moment, they did not even know what the man’s name was
as nearly at Verdant Villa when her phone rang. It was Lilian.
On Stella’s end, she was
Her voice was weaker than before, but there was unmistakable smugness in her tone. “You probably don’t know yet, right! Ethan is trying to buy Verdant Villa over at Seaflats Cove, just for me to recover
Every word was laced with pride.
Verdant Villa….
The villas at Seaflats Cove had long been a dream for the elite. Beautiful scenery, fresh air, and said to be blessed by harmonized metaphysics. Every wealthy family wanted a piece of it.
Stella replied flatly. I already knew.”
Lilian’s tone was laced with mockery, “Oh? Then tell me… What has Ethan ever bought you?”
Stella was silent.
What had he bought her? Jewelry, sure. Expensive things. She just couldn’t remember what any of them looked like. Probably because she had owned too many pretty things from a young age. They didn’t impress her anymore.
And now, listening to Lilian gloat….
She laughed, a touch of mockery in her voice. “Lilian, you’re a dying woman. Instead of focusing on healing your spirit, you’re still competing?”
“You..” Her blunt cruelty stunned Lilian into silence.
Stella pressed on, her voice cutting like ice. ‘So Ethan’s buying you a villa for your recovery? Funny. I heard the owner flat–out refused to sell.”
“He’ll make it happen, Lilian insisted.
Ethan had promised her. As soon as he sealed the deal, she would be discharged. She believed in him.
Stella chuckled coldly. “If I were you, I’d wait until he actually buys it. You’re bragging too early. What if you never make it through the door? Maybe you should consider buying a burial plot instead. Because once you’re cremated, who cares where you live?”
Lilian gasped for air. “You… You’re cursing me!”
Just the words burial plot‘ and ‘turned to ash‘ nearly broke her.
Surviving was her only purpose now. Holding onto the Reed family, onto everything she had, that was the only thing keeping her going.
She could not die. She would not.
Stella’s voice turned deadly calm. “So what if I am? Honestly, you should be grateful for your diagnosis. Without it, your life wouldn’t be half this peaceful.”
If she had not been sick, Stella would have exposed that car accident from years ago by now.
Either way, Lilian was trapped.
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Chapter 69 Dreams of the Dying
Stella narrowed her eyes. “Yes, I’m vicious. So what?”
She did not care anymore.
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Susan screamed, “Tell me! Who’s the man who threatened your father? Who did you know what self–respect means? If it’s money you want, doesn’t the Reed family have enough?”
call from your office just
now! Do you
What a joke. As if she’d ever given me anything just because I asked.
Stella’s voice was flat, emotionless. The Reed family’s money has nothing to do with me.”
“Stella” Susan gritted her teeth as she screamed Stella’s name.
Stella scoffed, “Am I wrong? Or have you forgotten that you once gave me a card with a 2700 dollars monthly limit. Oh, so
generous.
Susan froze. The sarcasm in Stella’s voice almost made her faint.
So what? You think it’s not enough?” she snapped,
Her tone was bitter, like she could not believe how p
greedy Stell
Stella was.
Stella’s voice dropped to a near whisper. “You still don’t get it, do you? You don’t even know what’s happening to the Reed family, or why it’s happening
The word “happening” landed like a blow. Susan’s mind flashed to Patrick’s call,
Two key partnerships, gone.
Her face drained of color.
“You… that man who called your father it really was your doing? Susan’s voice trembled.
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