Chapter 204 No Longer Family
Eddie swallowed nervously under Abraham Dawson’s icy gaze. “W–what’s wrong?”
Abraham asked flatly, “Brother and sister?”
“???” Eddie was stunned. What now? Aren’t they?
His brain stalled.
Abraham snatched the pill out of his hand. “If you can’t talk, maybe you shouldn’t talk at all. Make sure your mouth doesn’t get sewn shut”
“I didn’t say anything wrong, did 1?” Eddie mumbled.
I’m just stating the fact that both siblings” always got fevers after drinking. Difficult cases, both of them.
He was really confused.
Another cold look from Abraham silenced him immediately.
“Fine, I won’t say another word!”
Zipping my lips is safer.
But I still don’t know what had set this man’s nerves on edge.
“Oh, right. That woman surnamed Carter still hasn’t left. She’s still trying to find a way to see little Star”
Abraham gave him another icy look.
“What? Again?” Eddie groaned.
Talking to this guy is like walking on eggshells. Am I supposed to analyze every word just to make sure I don’t say anything offensive?
Abraham withdrew his gaze and gently pushed the pill into Stella’s mouth, helping her to drink water to wash it down.
“You don’t have a sister?”
“Me? My sister.. barely counts. More like a sootball,” Eddie muttered.
The last time I saw her, she was so tanned it hurt to look at her
“Honestly, she and Marie are a perfect match. They’ve both been fighting and competing all their lives, and their temperaments are practically identical.”
There is one difference, Edie likes to wear skirts.
Marie, on the other hand, is a total tomboy.
Abraham warned, “If Evie finds out, she’ll beat you half to death.”
“Then don’t tell her, Eddie replied. “I can’t believe you’re not a little gossipy.”
Just mentioning his sister made Eddie groan in frustration.
Other people have sweet and gentle sisters. Mine chased me around just to beat me up.
Completely useless at everything except fighting
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“You can go now,”
Seeing that Eddie had no intention of leaving, Abraham bluntly kicked him out.
Eddie packed quickly. He was starving and needed to find something to eat.
“What about that woman who was surnamed Carter? Aren’t you sending someone to take care of her?”
Susan had been there since the afternoon and was still waiting.
At the mention of Stella’s biological mother, Abraham’s eyes darkened. “No need. Let her wait”
Waiting is the cruelest punishment.
Especially now, when the Reed Group is already in chaos, no doubt the whole company is upside down
Eddie nodded. “All right. You want something to eat?
Stella obviously couldn’t eat like that.
“You go ahead.”
Abraham looked at Stella’s flushed little face. He would wait until her fever broke.
Eddie left with his things, finally out of the pressure zone.
Now it was just Abraham and Stella.
He reached out and touched her warm cheek again.
Her eyes fluttered open. “Abraham…”
Something stirred in his chest.
He had never known what it felt like to hear her call his name.
Just as he had expected, the Reed Group was already in chaos.
Patrick called Susan twice to ask if she had seen Stella
He even tried to call Stella himself, but of course she had long since blocked him.
Susan originally planned to leave if she couldn’t see Stella, worried about Lillian being alone at the hospital.
But after Patrick’s repeated calls, she panicked.
Now she was in the front lobby of the mansion, making a scene. “I want to see my daughter. Why won’t you give me her information?”
She had been pestering the front desk for Stella’s room number for over two hours.
They refused.
Susan finally exploded.
That brat, is the really trying to ruin the Reed family”
Ungrateful. If I had known that Stella would turn us back like that, we would never have taken her back in the first place.
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Then her eyes flared with anger. “What does this have to do with you?”
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“In that case, as a relative, you have no right to request guest information. The receptionist replied.
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Susan froze.
“So what I’m saying is, you have no right to ask where she is anymore.”
The simple explanation from the receptionist nearly made Susan faint with rage.
“You… you…
As angry as she was, she couldn’t deny the truth of those words.
In this age of information, everything traveled so fast. Once it was out there, there was no taking it back.
Susan’s breath came in sharp gasps.
Before she could argue any further, her phone rang. It was Lillian.
“Lillian”
“Mom, when are you coming back?”
Her voice on the other end was soft and pitiful.
“I’ve asked the maid to bring you some food, and the nurse is there too.”
“But I miss you…. I… Lillian said pitifully.
“I know, sweetheart. I’ll come back as soon as I’m done here. Be good for now?
Susan’s voice was filled with comfort and reassurance.
But in her heart, the hatred for Stella only grew.
This girl had caused all the trouble at the Reed Group and had dragged everyone into the mess.
She wanted to cut ties, fine. She got what she wanted. What more did she want?
The more Susan thought about it, the angrier she became. After a few more words to Lillian, she hung up the phone.
Just then another call came in. Patrick Reed.
“Have you seen Stella?” he asked.
“She refuses to see me, Susan snapped.
That ungrateful brat, I gave birth to her, and now to see her is as hard as meeting a president.
“Why don’t you try to find her?” she shouted. “I already tried everything this afternoon.”
Patrick was already on edge.
Hearing this made him snap, too. “You’re the one who let things get to this point. Now you expect me to clean it up?”
What? He thinks this is all my matter? She’s my daughter alone?
Susan was about to retort, but Patrick had already hung up.
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When she arrived and said she wanted to see Stella, Ethan’s brow furrowed.
Jason noticed his mood and stepped forward to explain. “Mr. Keene can’t reach her either.”
“What?”
Ethan can’t reach her either?
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“She blocked him after the broken engagement. None of our calls go through. And she moved. It’s almost impossible to reach her now.”
The only chance was to visit her studio, but she hadn’t been there lately
Unless she went back, we had no way of finding her
Susan stared at Ethan in shock.
She couldn’t believe that Stella had cut him off so completely.
“So you didn’t even talk to her today?”
Jason replied, “We saw her, yes, but we barely exchanged a few words.
Back at the Reed Group headquarters, it was already 9 pm, and no one had gone home. Both Patrick and Jonathan looked exhausted.
They hadn’t been back for several days.
Patrick lit a cigarette. Jonathan held one too.
“I’m coming too, Jonathan added.
I have to ask Stella what her endgame is. Is she really siding with the outsiders to destroy her own family?
Patrick’s expression darkened. “For what? So you can argue with her?”
Patrick snapped, “Have you ever acted like a brother since she came back? And now you want to interrogate her?
It wasn’t that I didn’t want to be a good brother, but Stella never gave me the chance. She came back and turned the whole house upside
He looked at the screen and saw the name Rebecca Zalım,
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Jonathan hung up the phone.
The angry tone and the harsh words made Jonathan’s headache even worse.
He took a deep breath and said. “There’s trouble at the company now. Let’s talk about it in a few days.”
“A few days! By then you and some other woman will probably be married! Jonathan, have you forgotten your promise to
“Do you really believe in a man’s promises? Rebecca, stop being so naive. You know exactly how the child was born. I’m telling you right now, I will not marry you!”
Jonathan was so annoyed that he almost ended the call immediately.
But before he could. Rebecca’s last words reached his ears, “So this is your real face, huh? Just wait!”
Jonathan hung up without a second thought, not saying another word to her.
Unlike Ethan, Jonathan had always put business before women. To him, women were just distractions for fun.
Thinking of the trouble the Reed Group was in, Jonathan’s frustration grew.
The room was empty, so she slowly sat up and got out of bed.
As she took a few steps, she heard Abraham’s low voice from the balcony.
Stella had always known the dangers that surrounded the Dawson family. And with Abraham being the heir to the Luke family, his bloodline only made things more complicated.
Before she could think any further, the glass door slid open and Abraham stepped inside. His gaze softened as it met hers in the dim light.
“Are you awake?” he asked, his tone much softer than before.
Her forehead was no longer hot.
She had felt miserable after drinking and hadn’t eaten since the afternoon.
Abraham smiled softly and rubbed her hair. “Come on, let’s eat.”
Abraham pulled on his long black coat, and the combination of his warmth and the dark, cool aura made him even more striking.
He spoke, and Stella immediately snapped out of it, shaking her head. “Nothing, nothing.”
But then..
“What’s wrong with your lips?”
Noticing a wound on his lip. Stella reached out to touch it.
Abraham grabbed her delicate wrist. “Don’t touch.
Stella raised an eyebrow. “It’s rare for someone to hurt you in this place. Do you have a wife?”
The moment the words left her mouth, she regretted them. “Let’s go eat,” she said quickly.
Without his answer, she slipped her arm through his and pulled him along, perhaps because she was afraid to hear his
answer.
Abraham glanced down at the top of her head, sensing the sudden darkness in her demeanor.
Stella’s nose prickled, and tears welled uncontrollably in her eyes.
Abraham took her small hand and brushed it against his lips. You bit me here.”
No way! I had no memory of that! Is it really?
Is that really I who did it? But I had no memory about that! Is he teasing me?
Abraham pinched her mouth, and Stella couldn’t help herself and directly opened it. “Ahh, what are you doing?”
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Who can bite, that’s who knows?
Rumors about his private life, especially concerning women, were rare. No one dared to spread such gossip.
Abraham led the way to the restaurant, where only late–night snacks were available at this hour. But if Stella wanted to eat. he’d see to it. The dining room was empty now.
What exactly had I done? Had I just bitten him or had I gone further?
What had I done? Had I ruined this sibling relationship with my actions! All these years, I’d kept my feelings so carefully hidden, and not…
this!
Abraham took a sip
Had I said the wrong thing again?
Abraham put down his glass with a humorless laugh. “So how do you want to make it up to me?”
Had the alcohol given me the courage to do what I’d never dared before?
Looking into Abraham’s deep eyes. Stella’s mind was in disarray. She couldn’t see or understand the emotions that flickered across his gaze.
“So what do you want me
When Abel. Eddie, and Victor entered the room, they saw Stella sitting across from Abraham, looking like a child who had been scolded.
Eddie stepped forward. “What is this? Still scolding the child? She’s all grown up now.”
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