Haynes looked at Stella and continued, "She had been tortured, beaten beyond recognition, and was in a very unstable mental state. After treatment from doctors, Rachel recovered. She said that she had been captured and tortured by Simone this whole time."
Stella asked, "You don't think I'm the one who handed her over to Simone, do you?"
Haynes was quiet for a moment. "Star, that's not what I meant. Why do you always assume the worst of me?"
"My apologies," Stella said flatly. "It's a conditioned response after all the times you've stormed in here to blame me for something involving Rachel."
Haynes, knowing he was in the wrong, was rendered speechless.
Stella had no intention of digging up the past. She changed the subject. "If Simone captured and tortured her, how did she escape?"
"She said she was rescued," Haynes replied, "but she doesn't know who rescued her."
Stella nodded. "Then how did she find you?"
Haynes hesitated for a moment before answering truthfully. "Foreman brought her to me."
Stella didn't show any surprise at this.
Haynes saw her calm expression, a complex emotion flickering in his eyes. It had been such a short time, but Stella seemed to have changed again. He could feel her drifting further and further away from him.
As Haynes's thoughts wandered, Stella's voice brought him back.


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The same rotation blaming Stella trying to get her destroyed. Isn't the writer tired of writing the same foolishness overand over again? This is exhausting....
Can’t wait to see what joshua will do...
Why would the author of this book do that to Stella? Such cruelty!...
So many chapters are incomplete. Missing pages. Hard to get continuity...
Please move on from Stella's troubles, we need more exiting news. Like Joshua discovering that Stella is the one he has been looking for,the owner of the earring....
Seriously, how long will this get stretched ?? Looks like the whole world is set to trouble Stella... It's not moving anywhere.....
Hey...please update regularly...
Is Jasper gay? He certainly behaves that way....
dont read this... a billionaire in business is a dunce at the truth...duhhh...