Chapter 291 You Will Regret It
Derrick stood upright, his gaze cold and piercing as he looked down at her.
A sense of unprecedented danger radiated from him, and even Stella, who had been so bold moments ago, now trembled under his intense stare.
“What are you staring at me for?” she asked, her voice faltering.
Derrick took a step forward, closing the distance between them. Stella instinctively backed away, but her back hit the wall. There was nowhere left to retreat.
“What… What are you doing? Move!” she demanded.
She tried to push him away, but the man suddenly leaned in, his warm breath brushing against her ear. “Do you remember what I told you before you left Falvaria?” His voice was low, carrying a hint of barely restrained anger.
Stella tensed. What had he said?
Her mind flashed back to the moment when Derrick, covered in blood, had approached her. She had no idea what had happened to him that day, or why he was covered in blood.
He had said, “Remember, you’re my fiancée. Leaving Falvaria is the best thing for you. I’ll come and get you myself.”
At the time, Stella had been consumed by anger at his threats involving her mother and sister. Without thinking, she slapped
him.
Then, with tears streaking down her face, she turned and walked away, Behind her, his cold voice had called out. Remember, don’t have any contact with Abraham, or else…”
Or else what?
He had never finished the sentence, but Stella knew the situation with the Dawson family was complicated. She couldn’t afford to make more enemies, especially not with Abraham. So, she had obeyed, keeping her distance.
Hearing Derrick bring it up now, Stella lifted her gaze, her eyes full of unshed tears and anger.
Derrick grabbed a handful of her hair at the back of her head. “It seems you’ve ignored my words, or maybe you just didn’t remember the most important part?”
Remember what?” she snapped.
“You’re my fiancée. Now tell me, what’s this mark? Derrick growled, his eyes glowing with fury. He seemed ready to rip the flesh from her neck.
Stella scoffed. “Are you dreaming here?”
At her words, Derrick’s grip tightened, causing her to gasp in pain.
She wanted to bite him, but he was too far away. Instead, she reached for his abdomen, trying to grab hold of anything to hurt him. But his abdomen was rock-hard with muscle.
Derrick glanced down at her hand, his eyes turning icy cold before he let out a low laugh. “Marie taught you such childish tricks?”
Before he finished speaking, he grunted in pain.
You little brat, do you want me to have no children? Or do you want to be a widow for the rest of your life?”
Stella’s sudden kick sent him stumbling back, instinctively loosening his grip on her.
Seizing the opportunity. Stella stepped back, her eves wary as she watched him. Derrick bent forward, casting a side glance at
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Her baby–faced expression, threatening as it was, only added to the strange sense of defiance.
Derrick scoffed. “Go ahead, throw it. If you don’t kill me, I’ll make sure you regret it.”
“You!” she hissed.
When someone has nothing left to lose, everyone will step aside.
That had been the first lesson Marie taught her when she was taken away.
In a moment of panic, Stella swung the ashtray at her own forehead.
“Stella”
Derrick’s furious shout echoed through the room as he grabbed her wrist, squeezing so hard it felt like he might crush her
bones.
Stella cried out in pain as her grip loosened, and the ashtray fell with a loud crash.
Derrick jerked her hand away, his finger pointing accusingly at her. “You’re something else, aren’t you?”
Stella bit her lip, tears brimming in her eyes.
Derrick glanced at the mark on her neck, his rage bubbling over as he stormed toward the door.
Seeing him leave, Stella finally exhaled in relief.
At the door, Derrick stopped and turned to look at her. “Do you really think you and Abraham can end up together?”
“What do you mean by that?” she demanded.
Derrick smirked. “You’re my fiancée”
With
that, he strode out the door.
Stella muttered to herself, “Crazy
Whether or not she and Abraham would be together wasn’t up to him,
And Abraham had said, “Trust me, leave it to me.” She believed Abraham wohld handle everything.
“Pit, even Mom doesn’t mind. What’s it to you, b’stard?” Stella muttered to herself in displeasure.
Chapter 292 He Was So Possessive
Derrick finally left.
Stella glanced at the ashtray that had fallen to the floor. She still felt a lingering fear.
But at least Derrick didn’t insist on sharing a room with her anymore.
Stella thought that once Derrick left, everything would be over.
But instead, he sent over a maid to stay in the room with her.
From what Stella observed, this maid even knew some martial arts.
After being put through all that by Derrick, Stella took another shower. When she came out, she saw the maid carrying a blanket over to the sofa. “Ms. Dawson, sorry to bother you the maid said politely.
Stella grew even more frustrated. What a b’stard. He’s really that set on having someone watch me? Can’t even let me be alone for a second!
I’m not used to sleeping with other people,” she said coldly.
“Sorry, you’ll have to tell Mr. Derrick that, the maid replied, bowing slightly.
Stella blinked
Yeah, tell him. As if I want to talk to him nicely.
She dried her hair, threw the towel aside, and got straight into bed. Seeing that she had finally settled down, the maid let out a quiet sigh of relief.
Stella had caused a huge commotion at the other villa during the day, almost burning someone alive. Now she finally calmed down.
After sending a quiet report to Derrick, the maid lay down as well.
In the room on the other side. Derrick lounged in a half–open robe, holding a glass of red wine.
He glanced at the photo the maid sent him. There was just a small lump under the blanket–no sign of Stella.
He didn’t even have to think about it. She clearly wasn’t happy with his arrangement and had hidden under the covers out of
anger.
The corner of his mouth curled into a cold smile. “Even now, she still dares to act so stubborn.”
Sebastian Tom, hearing this, glanced at his phone instinctively. “You seriously brought back Ms. Dawson?”
Just thinking about it made Sebastian break out in a cold sweat.
Abraham treated that sister of his like she was made of gold. Sebastian had no clue Derrick’s little trip was actually to snatch Stella–the girl Abraham had just tracked down. That was obviously a direct slap to Abraham’s face.
Seeing Derrick’s indifferent expression, Sebastian felt like losing it. “I mean seriously, if you were that desperate, you just dragged Marie back! Don’t tell me you actually took that old joke about a marriage promise seriously?”
could ve
Back when Abraham’s father was alive, he’d joked about marrying Stella to Derrick once she grew up. Abraham had always
been irritated about it.
After all, Abraham practically raised Stella himself. Of course he wouldn’t want anyone else making decisions about her
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“Is he even her elder? Derrick asked coldly.
Sebastian was speechless.
The look on Derrick’s face made Sebastian uneasy
Tm telling you, don’t act recklessly. You seriously don’t know how Abraham feels about Ms. Dawson?”
That guy
was so
so possessive. If someone even looked at Stella too long, he’d want to gouge their eyes out
And now Derrick had kidnapped her. This was a disaster waiting to happen.
“Right now you’re focused on getting that thing from Abraham, yeah? Once you get it, you will send her back, right?”
He thought of the document Derrick needed, still in Abraham’s hands. Maybe that explained this whole elaborate setup.
But it didn’t seem like that was Derrick’s only goal.
Derrick raised an eyebrow at Sebastian. “Return her?”
“What do you mean by that? Don’t tell me you’re thinking of keeping her! Derrick, I’m warning you.
Sebastian was at a complete loss for words.
Everyone in Falvaria knew Stella was probably Abraham’s one soft spot. When a person’s weakness is so obvious, no one darest
to touch it.
But Derrick was the first to do just that.
“Did you forget how Abraham hunted you down for years?”
For the past few years, Derrick hadn’t had a single peaceful day. Whatever he tried to do, Abraham would interfere. All because he once made a move on Stella.
Now he wanted the item and the girl.
Might as well have dug his own grave already.
Derrick’s voice turned cold. “If I don’t do this, how will the Tom family be completely destroyed?”
At that. Sebastian’s chest tightened.
Just the mention of the Tom family made his heart ache.
“Your dad really was ruthless to you,” he muttered.
Derrick put down the wine glass, silent.
He was just about to pick up his phone when a faint wmp came from somewhere.
He didn’t pay much attention
Sebastian kept rambling. Listen, Abraham’s not someone you can mess with. You’re at a critical point right now. Don’t lose your mind.”
Chapter 293 She Is No Saint
Sebastian didn’t even know if Derrick had heard or not. Derrick just drank one glass of red wine after another. What flashed through his mind were the marks on Stella’s neck.
Thinking of the intel he had gotten earlier, Derrick’s eyes turned even colder, like they were covered in frost.
Meanwhile, after knocking the maid out, Stella took her phone and put on her clothes, then quietly made her study.
way to the
She had already observed the layout of the villa earlier when she arrived and had seen Derrick go into the study before.
Her room was right next to Derrick’s, so she kept her footsteps as light as possible.
Once inside the study, she searched all over for the document she saw on the plane. In the end, she found it in a drawer.
Her and Derrick’s rooms were on the third floor.
She peeked out the window cautiously. The whole place was crawling with bodyguards. Not just guards, there were dogs too.
Dogs. Great
Stella thought for a second, then used the phone to call Abraham.
The phone only rang twice before someone picked up. Abraham’s cold voice came through. “Hello.”
“Abraham, it’s me.” Stella whispered into the phone, not even daring to make the slightest sound.
Derrick’s men were all highly trained and extremely alert. Even the smallest noise could raise an alarm.
There was a short pause on the other end, then Abraham’s slightly anxious voice came through. “Star? W
Something suddenly clicked in Stella’s head, and her eyes lit up.
“Pagena. Abraham, I’ll send you my location right now, but don’t come into the villa. I’m getting out.”
“You can get out? There’s no one on watch?”
There is. But don’t worry, I can do it.”
Good thing Marie had given her a very useful crash course back when she helped her escape.
Abraham said, “Don’t take the risk. Send me the address. I’ll come get you right now,”
“You’re already in Pagena?”
Where are you?”
Of course Abraham was already here. Even after Derrick shut down all communications, he still tracked him down.
Abraham gave a sofi “yeah.”
At that moment, he had just arrived at South Valley Airport.
Even though Derrick had cut off all tracking, Abraham had still figured out his general location.
Stella ended the call and immediately used the maid’s phone to add Abraham on WhatsApp, then sent him her location.
After putting the phone away, she started to move.
She glanced carefully out the window again. There were quite a few people outside. She had no idea how many people
Back on Derrick’s side, Sebastian was still rambling on, mostly about how dangerous Abraham was and how he didn’t want to live on the run anymore.
Basically, he was just trying to convince Derrick not to mess with Abraham.
Right in the middle of his rant, sudden barking broke out in the backyard. It was loud and frantic.
Woof! Woof Woo!!
Derrick and Sebastian were both startled.
“It’s the middle of the night. Why are the dogs barking like that?” Sebastian asked.
Derrick’s gaze darkened. He stood up and left the room. Sebastian followed right after.
The backyard faced the study directly. Derrick and Sebastian entered the study and walked to the window.
They saw several large guard dogs barking non–stop. Some bodyguards were already checking out the scene
What the hell are they barking at?” Sebastian muttered. “Did someone forget to feed them?”
Derrick narrowed his eyes slightly. Do you think they’re barking because they’re hungry?”
“Of course. They’re usually calm. If no one provoked them, then they’re probably just hungry. What else could it be?”
Derrick shot Sebastian a look.
In that instant, Derrick’s pupils contracted sharply. Without saying a word, he turned and strode toward the door.
“Where are you going now?” Sebastian called after him.
Derrick didn’t answer. He went straight to Stella’s room and kicked the door open with a loud bang
Sebastian was stunned. What’d the door ever do to you?
Derrick flipped on the lights. His eyes immediately swept across the bed with a sharp gaze.
The bed was empty. The covers were a mess. No sign of Stella.
The maid was knocked out on the floor.
“Stella” Derrick growled through clenched teeth. His eyes gleamed with icy rage.
How dare that demn girl run?
Sebastian stood frozen at the sight. “D“mn! Guess wolves can’t raise bunnies after all. Mr. Abraham is dangerous, And Ms. Dawson is no saint either.
Chapter 294 Find Her!
Sebastian couldn’t figure it out. Stella escapes right under Derrick’s nose? No way! How did she pull that off? There are bodyguards everywhere!
Cold air seemed to radiate from Derrick’s entire body.
As he stepped out of Stella’s room, the lead bodyguard came up to him and said, “Mr. Derrick, Stella’s gone.”
“Chase her, Derrick said coldly, spitting out the words like ice.
She ran away! Does she really think she can slip out of my grasp in Pagena!
But once again, Derrick had underestimated that quick little brain of hers. He’d originally planned to go after her by car.
But when he checked her location, he saw she was taking side patlis–the kind cars couldn’t even get through.
In the darkness. Derrick’s group could only see a flashlight darting ahead, and no matter how hard they ran, they couldn’t catch up.
An hour passed. Even with their strength, Derrick and his men were already gasping for air, yet Stella was still running.
Normally, Derrick wouldn’t have cared, but this time, he was injured too.
Sebastian, completely out of breath, gasped, “What the hell did Abraham feed Ms. Dawson growing up? Isn’t she tired? She’s just a girl!”
He was going crazy, literally. His legs were about to fall off.
But that flashlight ahead kept moving, steady as ever, without slowing even a little.
Is the seriously not tired? Not even stopping to catch her breath?
Derrick stared at the flashlight bobbing in the distance, still advancing. He was just as exhausted.
Especially because the flashlight always stayed just far enough that no matter how hard they pushed, they couldn’t catch up.
Sebastian felt like he was about to pass out. Gasping, he said, “Hey, if she knows we’re chasing her, why doesn’t she turn off the flashlight?”
It’s so obvious in the dark. Is Stella stupid? Or does she really think her stamina’s unbeatable? No way she can outrun a bunch of grown men
But then he heard the gasping all around him and shut up.
Derrick gave him a cold, sharp look. “What do you think?”
Sebastian looked back at him, brain freezing.
“Yeah, why?”
Stella didn’t seem tired at all. Not even a little.
Derrick’s breath was icy as he pulled out a gun and fired with a loud bang toward the light.
The white dot of light froze in place, no longer moving an inch
Sebastian stopped breathing for a second, his pupils shrinking in shock. “You you’re insane! Haven’t you had enough of this chaptic life? If you want to die, fine! But don’t drag me down with you! You’ve lost it. Completely lost it.”
These past years, just the fact they couldn’t find Stella had nearly driven Abraham to eat them alive.
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He actually shot at Stella. We are so screen.
Derrick gave Sebastian a cold glance and said nothing, striding forward with long, powerful steps.
Sebastian and the bodyguards quickly followed.
Within minutes, they reached the white light and saw what was lying there.
It was a huge wolfdog.
A flashlight was strapped to its head, and a phone–Stella’s–was tied to its back.
Derrick, Sebastian and all the bodyguards were left speechless.
Sebastian’s mouth twitched. “Oh… This is
It was a dog? Il here is Stella!
Sebastian turned to look at Derrick. His eyes were filled with a coming storm, ready to explode any second.
Stella! You’re really pulling it off
Sebastian said, “Where’s Ms. Dawson? No seriously, how’d she even pull this off?”
No wonder they couldn’t catch up. They’d been chasing a dog the whole time.
Sebastian was completely stunned.
Right on Derrick’s turf, she’d tricked them into chasing a dog while she pulled a disappearing act.
“That’s a starwolf, the fiercest one in the entire wolfdog category
How the hell does Stella pull this off? That dog pack is huge! And not a single one bites her? Isn’t she scared?
“Ms. Dawson’s something else, Sebastian muttered. “No wonder Mr. Abraham raised her himself–what a brain on her.”
He didn’t even know how to describe her anymore.
“She actually used a dog to mess with you”
And the more he talked, the colder and deadlier Derrick’s aura became.
Am I wrong? She did use a dog to toy with us.
Derrick let out a cold laugh and turned to Vincent Abbott, the lead bodyguard “Find her. Now!”
Chapter 295 Playing Me Like a Fool
Vincent had already taken out a flat device and was constantly manipulating it.
Stella had definitely stolen a phone when she left, but the maid’s phone was with the dog
As they wondered what phone Stella had taken. Vincent located all the phones in the villa. The bodyguards had split into two
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One group ses here, and the other was still in the villa.
Soon, Vincent found out whose phone Stella hail taken. It was Derrick’s spare phone. He also found out her location.
“Mr. Derrick, about six miles to the northwest, the phone she took belongs to you
Sebastian looked at Derrick in shock, his admiration for Stella growing.
Before, he had thought of her as a little bunny who had wandered into the pack of wolves from the Dawson family, but now she clearly wasn’t a lamb. She was a smart, clawed cat.
Sebastian was surprised. “Six miles? Ms. Dawson must be in great shape, huh?”
In such a short amount of time, Stella had managed to put six miles between herself and them on foot.
Derrick stared at Sebastian as if he were an idiot. “The opposite direction.
At this moment. Derrick was burning with rage, gritting his teeth. He glanced at the dog on the ground.
What a damned girl She’s playing me like a fool with a dog!
Sebastian suddenly realized, “Oh right, we’ve been running a fair distance too.”
What the hell is Mr. Abraham teaching this girl? She even knows how to drag things out by going the opposite way.
Derrick turned. “Let’s go.”
Vincent added, “She’s still on the small path.”
Sebastian asked. “So, we’re going to chase her on foot?”
Derrick didn’t respond and walked forward.
Sebastian muttered a curse under his breath, furious. “That d’un girl really wants to break our legs, huh?”
Derrick glanced back at him, his eyes dark and cold like ice.
Sebastian was afraid of meeting Derrick’s gaze. “I was just complaining”
Seriously, his fiancee doesn’t even care about him, and yet here he is still protecting her?
Thinking about Derrick’s feelings for Stella made Sebastian’s head throb. After all, his rival was Abraham,
Sebastian leaned in. “Don’t you hate her at all? She has Ethan in Rivermount as well”
Apart from Abraham. Ethan had also been her fiance for two years.
Derrick stopped in his tracks, lists clenched.
The aura emanating from him in that moment was ice–cold.
Ethan’s a nobody
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Chapter 295 Playing Me Like a Fool
Watching Derrick’s cold, distant back, Sebastian let out a pitiful groan. “My legs are going to break.”
What a d’un girl! When Derrick catches her, he’s going to break her legs.
Vincent passed by Sebastian and said, “She’s using the small road next to the highway”
Sebastian’s eyes immediately lit up. So, can we take a car nonet
He thought this girl might be smarter than she looked.
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Stella didn’t dare to use the phone’s flashlight too much. The phone she’d found in the study didn’t have much battery left. She was afraid it would die.
She used the faint light from the moon to barely make out the road ahead.
Fortunately, her vision had always been good.
“Ha.”
She was a bit tired, but she didn’t dare stop walking.
She was on a small path, but it was close to the highway, so it would be easier to hide if Derrick came after her
The phone buzzed with an unknown number. Stella didn’t hesitate to hang up.
Seeing the number, she figured Derrick had found her.
She quickly sent her location to Abraham.
She knew this might expose her location, but she knew Abraham was also in Pagena. She had to let him know where she was as best as she could.
The phone buzzed again. It was Abraham calling. Stella answered, “Abraham
“Almost there.”
“Okay”
In the distance, the headlights of a car appeared, but at the same time, headlights also flashed around the bend behind her.
Derrick and Abraham were coming from both directions
Stella quickly ducked into the bushes and called Abraham again. He answered quickly. T’m still about half a mile from your location.”
Through the dense foliage, Stella saw the car door open not far away. Several tall, imposing bodyguards stood around.
Derrick coldly uttered a single word, “Search”
Stella gritted her teeth Derrick was ruthless, capable of betraying even his closest friend. There was no low he wouldn’t stoop
She was about to pull out her phone to warn Abraham when, suddenly, another car’s headlights flashed from another direction, the bright light forcing Stella to instinctively turn her head away.
Derrick and Abraham were about to cross paths.
In the silence that followed, he could even hear the sound of his hair being sliced by the bullet.
Sebastian gasped, hurriedly checking on Derrick’s condition.
The familiar scent wrapped around her, and Stella finally felt at ease.
He whispered into Stella’s ear, “Let’s go home.”
If Derrick hadn’t dodged fast enough, that shot would’ve cracked his skull open.
Derrick gritted his teeth and glared at Abraham. Abraham didn’t turn around, but that made the warning even clearer.
He was telling Derrick that he would kill him.
Abraham said coldly. “Surprised you still call him your father. After everything that’s happened. I thought you were ready to claim you’re no longer part of the Tom family”
If he did, that would only make the reason for hunting Derrick these past two years even more solid. After all, no one in all of Falvaria had ever dared to use Abraham
In Derrick’s mind. if his dad wasn’t going to leave the Tom family to him, then that bastard child wasn’t getting anything either.
Derrick let out a cold laugh. “Do you think you can take her off my turf? Abraham, this is my territory!” he said, spitting out each word with chilling clarity.
Clearly, the last separation had left her shaken. But now, facing Derrick’s threat, she was even more afraid of a violent clash.
Abraham lowered his head, looking at the terrified Stella. His lips pressed into a thin line. Then he turned and looked back at
“Monroe met with Aberwin an hour ago,” he said.
The moment the words landed, Derrick’s face changed drastically. Sebastian’s expression also turned sharp.
Derrick clenched his teeth. “What did you do?”
Abraham’s lips curled into a cold smirk. He didn’t answer–but that silence said everything. It was about him.
Derrick narrowed his eyes. “Abraham, don’t you know? You don’t mess with your friend’s woman.”
Abraham replied calmly, “She’s not your woman. And you’re not…
Derrick squinted at the retreating vehicle, pulled out his phone, and made a call
No one knew what the other side said, but his already dark expression turned even colder–downright terrifying.
When the call ended, he smashed the phone to the ground in fory. It shattered into pieces instantly.
Derrick lifted his eyes with a frozen stare, watching the direction Abraham and Stella had gone.
Sebastian frowned. “Did he hit their base?”
Derrick shook his head. “Didn’t take it out. But it’s not much better than that.”
Sebastian pouted. He didn’t think he was wrong. From the beginning, this whole plan to snatch Stella felt off.
After getting in, Abraham never let go of Stella. She sat quietly on his lap, still in his arms.
Suddenly, Stella burst into tears.
As soon as Abraham pried her hand off his shirt, she threw both arms around his neck, crying so hard she could barely
“I thought that b“stard Derrick was going to separate us again. I thought I’d never see you again….
Abel quickly stepped out of the lounge.
Abraham patted Stella’s back, coaxing her like a child. “It’s okay. Owen’s already been punished, alright?”
“Still, it was really Derrick being too sneaky. You didn’t have to come down so hard on your own man,” she muttered.
Just as Abraham was about to lose control, Abel knocked on the door. “Mr. Abraham.”
The temperature dropped instantly. Stella jumped like a startled rabbit and dove into Abraham’s arms. His expression didn’t look any better.
“There’s a situation, Abel replied from outside.
Abraham frowned and glanced down at Stella in his arms.
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