Ch. 141..150

Chapter 141: It’s Simply a Misunderstanding and Accident

In the shopping mall...

Annie chose dozens of clothes in one go. She turned around and said, "Phoebe, how does this dress look?"

Phone looked towards her absent-mindedly and forced a smile, "It's good."

Annie said to the shopping assistant, "Pack this one too, thanks."

When the shopping assistant took the clothes Annie picked to print the bill, Annie looked towards Phoebe, "Phoebe, what's wrong? Are you not feeling well?"

Phoebe replied, "Nothing. I'm just thinking that since we're going shopping now, should we buy some gifts for Ms. Radomil?"

Annie felt impatient when she heard Stella's name, "Phoebe, you saw it today. That woman is so wretched. You're good to her, but she doesn't cherish your kindness at all."

Phoebe smiled, "It's her own business no matter whether she wants to appreciate my kindness or not. I'm just doing what I should do. Moreover, she's pregnant with Clarence's child and it somehow has something to do with me. I can ignore it, right?"

Are you going to raise that woman's child? Annie murmured, "I doubt whether she can deliver that little bastard or not."

Phoebe simply kept her head lowered. When she heard Annie's words, she curled her lips into an inexplicable smile, “All right, Annie. You've bought many clothes. Let's pay a visit to Rebecca. I guess you haven't met her ever since she delivered the baby, right?"

Annie felt guilt-stricken when mentioning this. She forced a smile, "I suddenly remember that my parents asked me to come back today. You can visit her yourself. I can't go with you."

Annie left hurriedly after finishing the words.

Phoebe watched her leaving until she disappeared in her vision. There was a touch of coldness in her eyes.

In the ward...

Phoebe saw Rebecca sitting on the bed and was lost in her thoughts. But she didn't know what she was thinking.

She put down the flowers and walked over, "Rebecca, what are you thinking? Where's the baby?"

Rebecca came to her senses, "My mom takes the baby to have a check-up."

She then asked, "Phoebe, are you free today?"

I don't have too many matters to deal with today. I went to the Conrad family just now and went shopping with Annie. Then I came to see you.

When mentioning the Conrad family, a touch of hesitation and struggle flashed across Rebecca's eyes.

Noticing that she wanted to say something, Phoebe sat beside her and asked in a gentle voice, "Rebecca, what's wrong?"

Rebecca bit her lower lip and held up Phoebe's hand, "Phoebe, I don't know to which I can pour out my troubles. Do keep it a secret for me."

Phoebe nodded her head, "Rebecca, please rest assured."

After hesitating for a while, Rebecca finally spoke. It was not a glory thing after all.

She kept down her voice, "Do you remember that Clarence's ex-wife fell into the water at Mrs. Conrad's birthday party?"

I remember it. What's wrong?

It... Rebecca bit her lower lip and braced herself, "It was me who pushed her into the water."

Rebecca, why do you...

I thought that she was pregnant with Horace's child and Horace was going to engage with Annie at that time. Annie was an impetuous person and I did that because I was afraid that she would make a fuss when she learned about that. Moreover... Moreover, I didn't mean to hurt her, I just want to get rid of the child in her belly. But I hadn't expected that Clarence saved her...

Phoebe comforted her, "It's a past. Furthermore, both Ms. Radomil and her child are safe. Rebecca, why do you suddenly mention this?"

Rebecca knitted her brows tightly, "Clarence sent me a gift yesterday. The card writes..."

She took out a card from her bag and handed it to Phoebe, "He must have learned about it and he specially sent the card to threaten me." Phoebe took a glance at the card and comforted her, "Rebecca, it's simply an ordinary greeting. You've thought too much of it."

Rebecca shook her head, "You also know that my family has a poor relationship with Clarence ever since Annie and Horace's engagement. He even has a bad attitude towards my parents, so how could it be possible that he would especially send a gift to me for the birth of my child. But I can't figure out how he learned about that matter..."

Phoebe patted the back of her hand to console her, "Rebecca, don't be so anxious and don't let your imagination scare you. Even what you said is true, it will not matter. I will help you explain to Clarence. It's simply a misunderstanding and accident.

Phoebe was the last life-saving straw that Rebecca could clutch at. She said anxiously, "That's it. Phoebe, please explain it to Clarence. I did that because I thought it was Horace's child and I had no other choice back then. Furthermore... Furthermore, doesn't he have no feelings except detest for his wife?"

Phoebe curled her lips into a light smile, "Yeah. He doesn't have any feelings for her. So Rebecca, you don't need to be excessively nervous."

Right at this moment, Tabitha, Rebecca's mother, came back with the baby. Therefore, they stopped the topic.

Phoebe left the ward after greeting Tabitha.

The smile on her face gradually disappeared when she walked out of the ward.

Clarence had no feelings for Stella?

Phoebe recalled what she saw in the garden this morning. She hadn't been standing there for long, but Stella and Clarence didn't notice her at all.

The way Clarence looked at Stella and his behavior of caressing her belly all showed that Stella was so important for him.

Although Clarence didn't admit this verbally and satirize Stella frequently, his feelings for Stella were so obvious.

The reason why she married her was to stable the current situation and to distract the attention of other members of the Conrad family to help Stella to get rid of the current trouble.

Sitting in the car, Phoebe made a phone call.

When the call was connected, she spoke with a light smile, "Ms. Parker, are you busy recently?"

I'm not that busy in these two days. What's the matter, Ms. Steward?

Nothing. It's just that I can't get in touch with Ms. Radomil recently. I want to ask you whether you can help me contact her or not. My younger sister likes the necklace she designed before and she wants to ask her to design one for her.

Modesty replied in a stiff tone, "Sorry Ms. Steward, I also can't get in touch with her. She hasn't been to SG for a long time."

Oh... Phoebe said in a low voice, "It's fine, maybe I saw it wrong before. Since you also can't get in touch with her, I will not bother you, Ms. Parker."

Hold on. Modesty asked, "Ms. Steward, you said you saw it wrong just now. What did you see? Is it related to Stella?"

I'm not sure about it either so I don't dare to conclude. I visited the Conrad family today and saw a person who looked quite similar to Ms. Radomil. But that person is pregnant for about six or seven months. I only saw her back and I'm not sure about whether she's Ms. Radomil or not. Ms. Parker, please don't take it to your heart. Probably I mistook it.

Chapter 142: What a Jinx

How could Modesty not take it to her heart after learning about this?

No wonder that Stella's clothes were all baggy when she was working in SG. Modesty felt weird before. It turned out that it was because Stella was pregnant.

Modesty paused and then asked tentatively, "Ms. Steward, is the Conrad family you mentioned just now the one that controls the Conrad family."

After ending the call, Phoebe looked out of the window and gradually curled her lips into a smile.

She just needed to spread the information, and someone would take actions in place of her.

Ever since Clarence moved back to the Conrad mansion, the ambience in the house became more oppressive. But Stella felt that her life, which was like that of a prisoner's, became boisterous and lively now. She would be angered by him every day.

That wretched man suddenly became free recently. He didn't go to the company and stay in the house all day long and satirized her from time to time.

Time flew and it was only several days left to Dempsey's birthday party.

The closer to the date, the more Stella was. She was afraid there would be some accidents.

But generally, your wish was hard to come true, while your foreboding would come immediately.

Two days before Dempsey's party, the police received an anonymous report, saying that someone in the Conrad family was taking drugs.

Dempsey's expression was excessively hideous when the police officers came to the Conrad family, "This is impossible! This is ridiculous!"

The police captain apologized to him, "Mr. Conrad, this matter have drawn the attention of many people and the journalists also have learned about this. We have to come here according to the rules. Once it is proved that the report was fake, we will investigate it and give you a satisfactory explanation."

Investigate it in details. Dempsey held his walking stick tightly. He looked very angry, "The Conrad family has been engaged in business for several generations, yet all of them had never violated the laws. We never touch the drugs, nor do we do harm others. But now someone even made a fake report to the police. I want to see who is so bold to maliciously spread rumors about the Conrad family!" "That's right, Mr. Conrad." The police captain added, "But please ask your families to cooperate with us to have n examination. Only in this way can we prove that the Conrad family is innocent." Although Dempsey was displeased, he knew deep down that if he refused to be cooperative now, it would give that reporter an opportunity.

Then all the members of the Conrad family left their samples for examination.

The police captain said, "Sorry to bother you guys. Is there anyone who hasn't had an examination?"

Annie, whit her hands crossed in front of her chest, said disdainfully, "Stella is still upstairs."

Dempsey took a glance at the maid standing beside him and said, "Ask her to come downstairs." "Roger."

The maid went downstairs.

In a bush not far away, two journalists successfully sneaked into the mansion when the maids were having an examination. They were nervous and excited.

Although they didn't dare to offend the Conrad family, the one who called them before told them that this would be a piece of breaking news. If they were the first to report this news, they might be famous for it and earn much money later.

Stella, who was still sleeping upstairs, was woken up by the knocking on the door. When she heard that the police officers were here to investigate drugs, she was still in a trance. Stella came back to her sense after a long while, "I know it. I have to change my clothes first and I will go downstairs soon."

When the maid left, Stella walked to the window and saw that there were many people and two police vans in the garden downstairs.

It seemed like this matter was quite serious.

After going downstairs, Stella went to register her information first. When the police captain asked her about her relationship with the Conrad family, she was stunned for a moment. She didn't know how to answer the question.

But it seemed like Dempsey also didn't want to admit her identity openly. He said impatiently, "We won't run away. You just need to examine her and you can find me if there's any problem." The police captain didn't probe into this. After collecting Stella's sample, he and his men leave the mansion.

The two journalists also took part in SG's news conference before, so they recognized Stella the moment she went downstairs. Their eyes lit up. At the next moment, they shot photos of her crazily. Rumors had it that Ms. Radomil was the mistress supported by a powerful businessman before, but Stella denied it and they didn't have any plausible evidence. Now they finally got the photos to prove it. Right at this moment, two security guards found the two journalists and brought them to Dempsey.

The two journalists had figured out an excuse before and told him that they were here because someone reported that someone in the Conrad family was taking drugs.

Dempsey was furious and impatient when he heard about this. He asked the security guards to check their cameras and deleted all the photos in them and then directly drove them out of the mansion. Nevertheless, the two journalists had sent the photos back to the office through their phones.

When the maids left, Annie looked towards Stella and sneered, "You're a jinx."

Justin said in a deep voice, "Annie."

I didn't wrong her. Has such a thing ever happened in our family? But ever since she moved into our family, many bad things happened.

When Justin was about to say something, Dempsey said, "Justin, you can't always scold Annie."

His connotation was that he also agreed with Annie. It seemed like he indirectly blamed Stella for this fuss.

Learning that Dempsey was supporting her, Annie became more complacent, "Everyone will detest her no matter where she goes. It's unlucky."

Dempsey snorted and then came back to his bedroom with the support of the walking stick.

When Annie was about to leave, she was stopped by Justin, "Annie, apologize to Stella."

Impossible. Uncle also said that...

Apologize to her.

Annie had never seen such an overbearing attitude from Justin. She hesitated and turned her head to look at Joanna, "Aunt..."

Joanna said in a calm voice, "Didn't you hear Justin's words?"

Annie stomped her feet and squeezed out a word from between her gritted teeth, "Sorry."

Stella said, "I'm sorry. I didn't hear it."

Annie was so angered that her face also distorted. But as Justin and Joanna had said that, she could only swallow her anger and said loudly, "I said I'm sorry." Annie turned around and ran to her bedroom after saying that.

Stella curled her lips into a light smile.

Her apology was like a little pleasure in her bitter life.

Justin said, "Stella, Annie is just childish. Please don't take it to your heart."

Stella nodded her head, "Thank you."

The police soon told them the result of the examinations - none of the members of the Conrad family had taken drugs, so the anonymous report was fake.

They tried to investigate it, yet only found out that the anonymous report was provided by a person with a fake identity and they couldn't find out that person for the time being.

It seemed like it was an intentional and well-prepared plan.

When this matter was still heated, a commenter exposed on the official website of SG Jewelry Magazine that Stella had a sugar daddy and was pregnant with an illegitimate child. And the evidence provided was so plausible and logical. Even the photos of the pregnant Stella were posted on the Internet.

In the photo, except for Stella, the other persons around her were mosaic. And the maids and police officers in the garden were erased.00000

Chapter 143: Seems Like She Has Many Enemies

In the disclosure, although it didn't point out which big shot in business was Stella's sugar daddy, it could be perceived from the lines that he was a person that even SG didn't dare to offend. This explained why Stella's scandals were oppressed again and again and why SG gave her strong support.

This matter went virus comprehensively after the disclosure. Suddenly a person, asserting to be a person in the know, disclosed that the photos were photographed in the Conrad family in City N.

There were many replies to this post. Someone asserting to be an employee of SG said that she once saw a rich lady come to SG's office for Stella.

The onlookers recalled the scenes and guessed that the rich lady she mentioned should be Joanna.

A commenter then mentioned illegitimate children. In the beginning, they were all discussing which member of the Conrad family was the father of the illegitimate child in Stella's belly. A commenter suddenly mentioned, the Conrad family had an illegitimate child now.

When Stella learned about this, it was already ten o'clock in the evening.

And it was Sherry who called her and told her about this.

This matter had triggered heated discussion and the stock price of the Conrad Group had been affected to some extent.

Sherry swallowed salvia, seeming to be frightened, "Stella, will they blame you for all of these? Can you escape now? Should I call the police and ask them to rescue you?"

Stella thought it weird. It seemed like the disclosure was targeting her from the beginning, but it suddenly changed its target out of no reason and took aim at an illegitimate child.

Both she and other members of the Conrad family were clear that illegitimate child had been the biggest barrier and reason for estrangement between Clarence and the other members of the Conrad family. And it was also the source of all the problems.

When thinking of this, Stella shook her head, "Please help me observe the tendency of public opinion and this matter. If there's any problem, please tell me in time."

She paused and continued, "And help me take care of Channing too."

I see. But Sherry was still worrying about Stella, "How's this. You shall send me a message to prove that you're safe once an hour. Only in this way can I make sure whether they have hurt you or not." "Okay."

After ending the call, Sherry asked, "By the way, how is Clarence going to solve this problem?"

Stella shook her head, "I don't know. He went to the company this morning and hasn't come back yet."

Sherry said, "I see. I will ask my friend about the current situation of the Conrad Group and I will reply if there's news."

When Stella ended the call, Stella heard a loud sound from the study downstairs.

It seemed like Dempsey was throwing temper tantrums and was smashing things.

Stella clenched her phone tightly and only opened the door after taking a deep breath.

When she was about to go downstairs, she bumped into Justin.

Justin asked, "Stella, why are you going out so late?"

Stella pressed her lips together, "This problem is caused by me. I want to...'

"Stella, you don't need to think too much of it. It's not your fault.”

Stella's phone suddenly rang.

It was a call from Clarence.

Stella hesitated and then received the call. Clarence's cold voice immediately sounded from the other end of the phone, Stay in your bedroom. You're not allowed to go anywhere. This matter has nothing to do with you."""

Did he install a surveillance camera on her?

After finishing the words, Clarence hung up the phone without waiting for Stella's reply.

Watching Stella put down her phone slowly, Justin chuckled, "Is it Clarence?"

Stella nodded her head.

Just listen to him. He will solve all of these.

Stella didn't say anything else and went back to her bedroom.

It was true that she couldn't help in this matter and she would at most be the one for them to vent their fits of anger if she went downstairs.

But tonight's matters were fishy.

They were so closely linked.

Justin found Joanna in the garden. Looking at her back, Justin only spoke after a long while, "Mom."

Joanna turned around and it seemed like she was not surprised at all, "It's so late now. Why do you ding me?" "Did you plan that matter related to Clarence?"

Joanna curled her lips into a light smile, "Walls have ears. Maybe it's because even God can't bear it any longer."

Justin was a bit helpless, "It has already evolved to such a situation. Aren't you afraid that it's not chaotic enough?"

Why am I afraid of it? I'm just afraid that it will not be boisterous enough. You've suffered grievance for many years, can't I vent the anger for you? Joanna continued, "Moreover, I didn't arrange this. I just stirred up the trouble."

Joanna was true. She was indeed not the dominant intriguer of this matter.

This matter not only related to the Conrad family's reputation but also hers. Therefore, she didn't take action even though she had thought of ruining Clarence's reputation and status through this means. But now since someone had disclosed this, she just took the opportunity to guide the public opinion.

Justin said, "But can you change anything by doing this?"

I would like to bring some troubles to him even though I can't change anything. Joanna stood up, "All right. Don't involve in this matter. I will deal with it according to the situations." Annie, who hid in the darkness, bit her lower lip tightly.

She hadn't expected that Clarence was Dempsey's illegitimate son, which meant that he had no blood relation with her and he was not her real cousin.

No wonder that Joanna didn't like him since childhood. Annie had been thinking that this was because Joanna favored Justin before after he was crippled.

But now she finally realized why Joanna asked her to call Justin 'brother', but call Clarence 'cousin'.

It turned out that he was just an illegitimate son.

Since this was the case, why should she be afraid of him?

Annie turned around and went upstairs to the second floor. Standing in front of Stella's bedroom, she narrowed her eyes.

In the Conrad Group...

The whole company was enshrouded in an oppressive ambience in the face of this sudden negative news.

Now no one cared about who the sugar daddy of that designer was and who the child's father was.

What they cared more about was the news that was indistinctly pointed out on the internet - Clarence, the CEO of the Conrad Group, might be an illegitimate son.

As for a rumor of a rich family, the more obscure it was, the more curious the others were.

Nathan felt that her career was encountered by an unprecedentedly serious challenge. His back broke out into cold sweats, "Mr. Conrad, we can't oppress the trending news and there are many negative comments and we can't delete them all for the time being..."

There was still no change in Clarence's expression. He casually strolled the disclosures and said in a cold voice, "Do you find out the first discloser?"

Not yet. Nathan replied in a low voice, "He used a fake identity and the IP address was in an internet bar. The surveillance cameras in the vicinity didn't get his face."

Clarence said in a calm voice, "Stella just divorced me half a year ago. But it seems like she has many enemies."

Nathan, "..."☐☐☐☐☐☐☐

Chapter 144: This Might Be the Last Time for Me to Help You

Nathan could only smile bitterly in his heart. 'Mr. Conrad, can you please take care of your matter first? Your matter is much more serious than hers!' Nathan thought to himself. He had oppressed the news about Stella earlier.

Clarence continued, "If I don't take care of her, she may die miserably."

MR. Conrad...

From the charity night party last now, to the disclosure today, I guess the reason why that person did those things was to ruin Stella's reputation. If Stella leaves SG, who will get benefits from it? Nathan paused. He understood what Clarence meant, "Mr. Conrad, did you mean that it was done by an employee of SG Jewelry Magazine?"

Clarence, who was leaning against a chair, looked indifferently, "She has a sharp tone and she must have offended many people. Start the investigation from the most susceptible one." "Roger." Nathan came back after taking several steps, "Then... What about the other matter?"

Even if you're so anxious, you can't solve it for the time being. When it progresses to some extent and achieves the results she wants, naturally she will deal with it.

Nathan was startled when he heard the words, "Mr. Conrad, you know who's the one behind this?"

Clarence looked up. Yet Nathan couldn't read through his expression.

He replied immediately, "I will go and investigate into the matter related to Mrs. Conrad."

After Nathan's departure, the spacious office was overwhelmed by dead silence.

Clarence stood up and stopped in front of the French window. With two hands in his pockets, he looked at the bustling streets, seeming to be lost in his thoughts. After a short while, his phone that was placed on the table rang.

Clarence turned around and took a glance at the screen. It was a call from Stella.

But he stood on the spot and didn't move.

When the ringing sound came to an end, the screen darkened again.

Clarence shifted his gaze. Several minutes later, he turned around and picked up his phone and then called Stella.

Several seconds later, Stella's soft voice sounded from the other end of the phone, "Mr. Conrad, are you busy now?" Clarence snorted, "Yep."

It seemed like he was mean to utter other words.

Then please go on with your own business. I will not bother you.

When Stella was going to say something else, she heard his impatient voice from the other end of the phone, "Spill the beans."

She said in a low voice, "Ms. Anderson called me just now, saying that she was worried about you?"

Is it necessary to worry about me? Does she think that I will take it too hard, or something else?

Stella was originally concerned about him well-intentionally, but she hadn't expected to get such a bad attitude from him. She was a bit annoyed, "Mr. Conrad, do you have to be so sharp-toned?" Clarence looked up and happened to see his reflection on the French window. He seemed to remember something.

After a short while of silence, he said, "I'm sorry. Please ask it again."

Clarence continued in a calm voice, "I'm doing well and you don't need to worry about me."

Then... If you're really fine, I suggest you make a call to Ms. Anderson.

Stella said, "Let's stop here. I will not bother you, Mr. Conrad."

Clarence called her name out of the blue, "Stella."

Stella felt her heart skip one beat when she heard it, "What's wrong."

I will give you a chance, for the last time. Clarence said slowly, "Do you want to remarry me?"

Stella replied after a long while of silence, "Mr. Conrad, why do you suddenly mention this?"

You just need to answer my question.

Mr. Conrad, aren't you going to marry Ms. Steward?

Clarence replied, "All right, don't find so many excuses. You won't have such a chance again."

He ended the call after finishing the words.

She looked out of the window, suddenly feeling her nose stinging.

What was this wretched man doing now? Why did he challenge her bottom line from time to time?

There suddenly came some knocking sounds on the door.

Stella rubbed her eyes. She stood up and walked towards the door.

Modesty felt quite restless when seeing that the public opinion on the Internet suddenly changed towards the other topic.

She knew that those journalists wouldn't have the guts to expose the Conrad Group's secret. Originally, she wanted to make use of them to expose that Stella had a sugar daddy and was pregnant with his illegitimate child.

But she hadn't expected that the progress of the whole thing was totally out of her control.

Apparently someone pointed out that the photos were photographed in the Conrad family and led to public discussion on the illegitimate child. In the end, all the comments were targeting Clarence. Modesty knew that the thing was now totally out of her expectation and she herself would probably be involved.

When Modesty was pondering what she should do next, her phone suddenly rang. The caller ID was a stranger. She hurriedly picked up her phone, "Mr. Miller?"

Adolph Miller paused before answering, "Modesty, they will find me soon. This may be the last time for me to help you."

Modesty hurriedly asked, "Mr. Miller, where are you?"

Modesty, rest assured. I said that I will bear the consequences no matter what happens. I won't implicate you.

Modesty was still worried when she heard this, "But... But..."

Modesty, live your own life in the future. I don't want you to hide in the darkness like me.

There was a string of footsteps from the other end of the phone when Adolph finished the words. He whispered something and at the next moment, Modesty heard the sound of something falling into the water. Adolph threw his phone into the water.

Modesty finally heaved a sigh of relief. In this case, even if they wanted to investigate this later, they would not suspect her.

Modesty clenched her phone, hesitating. After a long while, he made the other call.

When the call was picked up, she said in a low voice, "Ms. Steward, it's me."

Phoebe said with a smile, "Ms. Parker, what's the matter?"

I want to ask you a question, what impacts will the disclosure on the Internet have on the Conrad Group?

Ms. Parker, what do you mean by asking this?

Modesty hurriedly made an explanation, "Ms. Steward, please don't misunderstand it. It's because... because..."

Modesty was so nervous that she didn't know what to say. She said after stammering for a while, "I went to Paris for further study under the support of the Conrad Group and the company supported me a lot after I came back to the country. No matter what happened, it had helped me a lot. And I wanted to know the rope when seeing the sudden scandal of the Conrad Group."

Oh, that's it. Phoebe said in a gentle voice, "Actually I don't know well about the situation either. How's it? I will ask others about this later, and I will tell you if I get any news. It's that okay, Ms. Parker?" "Of course. Thank you, Ms. Steward."

You're welcome. It's just that this happens so suddenly and the stock price of the Conrad Group suffered a big loss because of this.

Modesty felt her heart thumping so wildly that it almost jumped out of her throat when she heard the words. Nonetheless, she didn't dare to continue this topic as she was afraid that her secret would be revealed. She could only say reluctantly, "Thank I shall express my gratitude to you in advance, Ms. Steward. If you need my help later, please feel free to contact me."

Phoebe said, "Thank you, Ms. Parker."

After ending the call, Modesty turned on her phone to browse the news again and found that the comments on this topic had reduced. She guessed that the Conrad Group must have begun to delete negative comments and lead the public discussion.

She became more frightened.

Once they solved the comments on the Internet, they would definitely find out that she had involved in this matter.

Chapter 145: The Wedding Will Be Held One Month Later

Stella opened the door and found Annie standing outside of her bedroom. She asked in a calm voice, "What's the matter?"

With her arms crossed in front of her chest, Annie looked extremely arrogant and contemptuous, "It's such big trouble. But seems like it doesn't affect you at all and you're still living happily." Annie was so aggressive and it was obviously she was all the way here to go hard on her.

But Stella didn't want to quarrel with her under such a circumstance. She simply asked, "What do you want to say?"

I don't want to say anything. Annie said sarcastically, "Aren't you clear that ever since you came to the Conrad family, bad things happen one after the other? How can you live in my house at ease?" Stella retorted, "If you can persuade Dempsey, I can leave right away."

Stella said this to protect herself.

She had been living in the house for one more week and nothing had happened during this time. But Annie chose to trouble her now; apparently she wanted to take this opportunity to vent her anger on her. Stella mentioned Dempsey to remind Annie and oppress her aggressiveness at the same time.

As expected, there was a slight change in Annie's expression. But it returned to normal soon. Annie sneered, "Don't think that I will be scared when you mentioned Uncle Dempsey. He just wants to use the child in your belly to control my cousin... oh no, control Clarence. As for your life, he doesn't give a shit to it."

Stella curled her lips into a light smile, "Yep, no one will care about my life. So Annie, are you going to gamble with your life to go hard on me now? Or to hurt me without scruples after I deliver the child?" A touch of hatred flashed across Annie's eyes when she heard the words, "Stella, do you think that the bastard child in your belly can be delivered?"

The smile on Stella's face gradually disappeared. She looked at her coldly.

Annie was satisfied with her reaction. She said nonchalantly, "You also know that the child in your belly is only a puppet and it's not irreplaceable. Since Uncle Dempsey could take back an illegitimate child, he could take back the second one and then the third one. Come on, do you think that the child in your belly is irreplaceable?"

Stella finally figured out why Annie would come to her now when she heard the words.

Annie feared Clarence in the past. It seemed like she didn't know that Clarence was an illegitimate child before.

Therefore, she didn't seek troubles for her during this time and Stella guessed it was because Clarence warned her before.

But today, after the disclosure of illegitimate child, her attitude changed dramatically.

When she mentioned Clarence just now, her tone of voice was so contemptuous.

This wouldn't have happened yesterday.

After a short while of silence, Stella looked up at Annie and said in an extremely calm voice, "If it's irreplaceable, do you think that he will confine me in this place?"

It was Annie to be silent this time.

Several minutes later, she satirized her, "Your complacency comes so early. I won't let go of you easily."

Stella smiled, "I also want to say this to you."

Annie suddenly recalled Stella's warning when she just came back to the country, her expression changing slightly.

She wasn't afraid of Stella. It was just that if Clarence learned the truth, he would definitely kill her.

After Annie's leaving, Stella locked the door. And she thought this was not enough and locked the door from inside and then sat down on her bed. She felt like all the strength in her body was drained out and her palms were covered with sweats.

How dangerous!

She could not show any weakness when confronting an aggressive and arrogant person like Annie.

Luckily, she solved the danger tonight.

But Annie was like a bomb for her and she didn't know when it would explode.

Right at this moment, Stella's phone suddenly rang. It was a call from Sherry.

Stella, how's the situation there?

I...I'm fine. When Stella spoke, she found her voice husky. "Did you find Channing?"

He's now staying by my side. You... Oh, wait!

Before Sherry could finish her words, her phone was grabbed by Channing. He asked in a cold voice, "They imprison you in the Conrads' Mansion?"

Stella replied, "Nope. Chan, it's not like what you're thinking."

If it's not like what I'm thinking, I will go to pick you now.

Chan. Stella said in a soft voice, "I don't want you to be involved in this matter. The Conrad family is very dangerous and complicated."

You know it's dangerous, but you...

I'm pregnant with Clarence's child now and they won't do anything to me. But you're different. They dare to do anything. Chan, listen, no matter what happens later, you should stay in your school. Don't get yourself involved in my things.

Channing knitted his brows tightly and didn't reply.

Sherry chimed in, "Just listen to your sister's words. You're just a student and you can't do anything."

Sherry tried hard to persuade Channing and finally got back her phone. She said to Stella, "Stella, I've asked others about the situation of the Conrad Group. It seems like Clarence doesn't give a shit to this matter. Don't worry about it anymore. Moreover, the discussion on the Internet has cooled down. It shall not be a big deal."

Stella nodded her head, "All right, got it."

It's late now. You shall go to bed earlier. Why there're many troubles every day?

Lying on the bed, Stella was completely sleepless. She turned on her phone again and began to browse the Internet. She found that the one who disclosed her pregnancy deleted the post one hour ago. And the one who implied that Clarence was an illegitimate child also cancelled the account.

It seemed like nothing had happened and they all disappeared into the thin air.

Nevertheless, after tonight, all businessmen in City N all knew that Clarence was an illegitimate son. Even though they wouldn't mention it in the public, they would discuss it in private.

Stella didn't want to cling to this. She turned off her phone and put it on the bedside table.

At the back of her mind, she guessed that the disclosure of her pregnancy and the implication of the fact that Clarence was an illegitimate child were done by two parties.

And the later one was probably done by Joanna.

Stella didn't fall asleep for the whole night. Although she was lying on the bed, she had been paying attention to the noises from the corridor. Nevertheless, there never came a footstep.

Clarence didn't come back to the mansion.

Stella hesitated about whether to call him or not, but it was true that she had no standpoint or qualification to do so.

Moreover, he was going to marry Phoebe soon. Even she herself thought it inappropriate to call him now.

When it was about to reach the daybreak, Stella finally fell asleep.

But she hadn't expected that when she woke up again, she would saw the headline news being 'Clarence Conrad, the CEO of the Conrad Group, and Phoebe Steward, the daughter of the Steward family, will hold a wedding one month later.

When this piece of news was released, the stock price of the Conrad Group immediately went up and even surpassed the price before the dropping.

It seemed like her worries last night were unnecessary.000000

Chapter 146: It’s Emotionally and Logically Unreasonable

Stella opened the door. When she was going to go downstairs, she was stopped by a maid waiting at the door.

The maid said, "Ms. Radomil, there are some distinguished guests downstairs, so you can't go down now. I will send your breakfast here later."

Stella didn't ask any question when she heard this. She simply nodded her head gently, "Thank you."

Stella then came back to her bedroom. She sat down in front of the desk and opened her manuscript book.

When she turned to the manuscript of the necklace she designed for the charity party, she was a bit stunned.

Maybe that necklace would be like the man in those scratched photos. They were all nowhere to be found and even though she found them back, the results would remain the same. Expect for leaving this place, she didn't have any idea or wish about any other matter at present.

At the downstairs....

Although Dempsey was not satisfied with Clarence and Phoebe's marriage, he couldn't refuse the temptation of such a big company as the Steward Group.

Charles Steward only had one daughter - Phoebe. As long as she married Clarence, the Steward would be naturally taken control by the Conrad Group.

This company was much better than the Jason Group, which was only powerful on the surface.

But Dempsey hadn't expected that Charles would still agree with the marriage after last night's scandal and went to the Conrad family in person to discuss the details of the wedding. Naturally, he would not refuse such a good thing.

Moreover, even though Clarence married Phoebe, his child was still under Dempsey's control.

Although this marriage would bring some troubles to him, it also brought more benefits.

Dempsey said, "Now that we've decided on the date of the wedding, we just need to arrange the venue and the wedding dress and suit. It's not a difficult thing. We will deal with this. Mr. Steward, you're in poor health, and in this way, you will not need to be busy arranging the wedding."

As if he wanted to chime in with Dempsey, Charles cleared his throat and said, "Mr. Conrad, you're right. But Phoebe is my only daughter and this is the main affair of her life. I need to do something by myself."' Phoebe sat beside him, "Dad, please rest assured. Mr. Conrad, Mrs. Conrad and Clare are all good to be. The wedding will not disappoint you."

Charles said, "This is your wedding. And the most important thing is that you will like it."

When speaking, Charles looked towards Dempsey with a touch of seriousness on his face, "I know that Clarence married a woman before. Now that they have divorced, their marriage is also a past. I won't say anything more about that. I just hope that he will treat Phoebe well after marrying her and take the marriage seriously."

Dempsey nodded his head, "Of course he will."

After getting an answer from Dempsey, Charles looked towards the man who was sitting opposite him with coldness written all over his face and hadn't spoken since they came here, "Clarence, can you do that?"

Clarence looked up at him. But he didn't reply.

Seeing this, Phoebe hurriedly wrapped her arms around Charles', "Dad, please rest assured. Clarence will definitely do that."

Right at this moment, Justin got a word in, "Mr. Steward, please be tolerant to Clarence in the future."

Charles chuckled, "As long as he doesn't hurt Phoebe, I won't intervene in his affairs no matter what he's doing."

It was a powerful understatement.

Undoubtedly, it was a kind of warming.

Justin nodded his head with a smile, "Mr. Steward, you're right."

Charles stood up, "Since we've basically reached an agreement on this matter, I will leave first. As for the things related to the wedding, just let Clarence and Phoebe decide on them."

Dempsey also stood up with the support of his walking stick. When he was about to spoke, Charles continued, "On the way here I heard from someone that Clarence's ex-wife is also living in this house, right?" Dempsey's expression changed slightly when he heard the words. He didn't admit it, nor did he deny it.

Charles continued, "I will not intervene in the affairs of the Conrad family. It's just that Clarence and Phoebe will get married one month later, so it's emotionally and logically unreasonable to let his ex-wife live here anymore. What do you think of it, Mr. Conrad?"

Under such a circumstance, Dempsey couldn't tell Charles that Stella was pregnant. He could only swallow his reluctance, "Mr. Steward, you're right."

I hope that she will move out of here as soon as possible. Mr. Conrad, if you feel it hard to find an appropriate excuse, I can do this in place of you.

Mr. Steward, you're courteous. Due to some irresistible reasons, I had to agree with her to live here before. Now that Clarence and Phoebe are going to get married, I should rearrange it. Charles nodded his head to show his agreement and then left.

Before leaving, Phoebe took a glance at Clarence, only to find that there had always been coldness in his eyes and that he didn't spare his glance at her.

She secretly bit her lower lip and followed Charles out of the house.

Looking at their back, Dempsey, who was holding a walking stick, gradually pulled a long face.

Once Stella left the Conrad family, there would be many variable factors and it would not be easy for him to control Clarence.

After a long while, he looked towards Clarence, "You also think that we should send Stella away?"

Clarence replied in a flat tone, "It was you who took her back. Does it have anything to do with me?"

When walking past the garden, Charles stood in front of the car, turned around, and said to Phoebe, "The Conrad family will send her away in two days." Phoebe said, "Thank you, dad."

You haven't told me, whether Clarence is the father of the child in her belly or not.

She... She has relationships with many men after divorcing Clarence, so even Clarence is not certain of it. Only when the child is born can we...

Charles interrupted her, "If it's confirmed as Clarence's child after its birth, what are you going to do with it?"

Phoebe looked down onto the ground. She didn't reply.

Charles wanted to say something, yet suddenly burst into coughing.

Phoebe patted his back, "Dad, are you alright?"

Not a big deal. Charles waved his hand, "Phoebe, although your marriage with Clarence has been decided. No matter what, I will not let you suffer any grievance. I will make arrangements for the things after the Conrad family sends his ex-wife away. Just leave those matters to me."

Dad, are you planning to...

Don't worry. I won't do anything to her. I just plan to send her away.

Phoebe curled her lips into an inexplicable smile, "Thank you, dad."

Charles nodded his head. When he was about to get on the car, he looked up subconsciously,

There seemed to be a familiar figure standing by the window at the distance.

He was stunned and burst into coughing again.

Phoebe asked, "What's wrong, dad?"

Charles looked over again and found that there was no one by the window.

He said, "Nothing. Maybe I mistook it."

Then let's go.

When Charles got in the car, Phoebe turned around and looked in the direction that he looked at just now. It was Stella's bedroom.

She went to the Conrad Group to find Clarence last night.

Clarence promised her that their wedding would be held one month later and that he would disclose the news to the media. But the premise was that she should take Stella out of the Conrad family. She guessed that Clarence would arrange his men to pick up Stella later. Nonetheless....

Was it that easy?

Phoebe pulled herself back to reality and got on the car too.☐☐

Chapter 147: You’d Better Not Resist It

After a short while, there came some knockings on the door again.

A maid took breakfast upstairs and said, "Ms. Radomil, Master Conrad requires you not to go downstairs recently. If you have any needs, you can just tell me. And I will send you the three meals on time." Stella was not surprised at this. She simply nodded her head gently, showing no unnecessary emotions.

From the thing that happened last night, it seemed like Dempsey was blaming her for all the troubles and Stella guessed that he didn't want to see her again.

As for the distinguished guests today...

Stella recalled what she saw when she stood by the window just now and guessed that the man should be Phoebe's father.

No wonder they didn't allow her to go downstairs.

Stella took the breakfast from the maid. When she turned around and intended to come back to her bedroom, she saw Clarence.

The maid slightly stooped to greet him and left quickly.

Stella's eyes happened to meet his indifferent and aloof eyes in the air. At that moment, she didn't know whether she should greet him politely or pretend that she didn't see him and directly close the door. Luckily, Clarence broke the silence, "Don't believe in any one of the Conrad family."

Stella felt confused. She asked after being stunned for a short while, "Mr. Conrad, I don't know what you meant."

It depends on yourself. Clarence shifted his gaze and turned around. He suddenly added, "I will not go back on my words."

He didn't say anything else and came back to his bedroom.

Dumbfounded, Stella closed the door.

She took a glance at the breakfast placed in front of her and found she had lost her appetite.

Actually, she also understood what Clarence meant just now. It was just that she wasn't clear how many truths did he know. Did he know that Joanna came to her before? Or did he know that Joanna had arranged an escaping route for her? So she could only play dumb.

She didn't know whether she should believe in Joanna or not. Nevertheless, without Joanna's support, she could by no means escape from the Conrads' Mansion.

After a short while, she recalled the last sentence Clarence said just now.

He said He wouldn't go back on his words.

Stella gently put her hands on her belly. Even though he wouldn't go back on his words, it would not help change anything. When the child was delivered, it would only have two choices - one was being taken away by the Conrad family, the other was being sent to a place that Stella couldn't find it again.

She must make plans for herself and the child in her belly.

After staying in the bedroom for a whole day, Stella felt that she asked too much before. Now it was really like being jailed in a prison.

She felt uncomfortable after lying on the bed for a long time, yet she could only walk around inside the bedroom.

The child in her belly seemed to sense the unstableness outside and moved violently in her belly, making her feel very uncomfortable.

At the next night, Sherry messaged the latest news to Stella.

At present, the Conrad Group had clarified the false rumors on the Internet. As for the rumor of the illegitimate child and those who fabricated the news, the Conrad Group would investigate their legal liabilities.

In addition, Clarence and Phoebe's wedding caused a heated discussion on the internet. The marriage between two rich families, no matter it is the wedding that would be held one month later, or the tremendous benefits brought by the marriage, had attracted many attentions.

Some online users mentioned Clarence's mysterious ex-wife, who had never shown up in the public. But no one brought about the matter related to the designer of SG again/

Sherry said in a low voice, "Stella, are you going to leave the family today?"

Stella gently nodded her head. The date she and Joanna agreed before was today.

At Dempsey's birthday party...

Because of the marriage between the Conrad family and the Steward family, Dempsey's birthday party was livelier than they were in the past. The guests were all playing up to him. But the lively scene had nothing to do with Stella.

Even though the windows of her bedroom were closed, she could still hear the sounds.

Stella took a glance at the clock and found it was five o'clock in the afternoon. The agreed time was coming.

The clock ticked away the minutes and her palms gradually sweated.

She was so nervous.

It gradually got dark outside.

When it was eight o'clock in the evening, there suddenly came a knocking on the door.

Clenching her phone, Stella took a deep breath and then walked to the door.

There were two men in black standing at the door. One of the men said, "Ms. Radomil, Master Conrad asked us to send you away."

Stella subconsciously took two steps backwards when she heard the words, "Master Conrad?"

Why was it Dempsey?

The security guard nodded his head, "Ms. Radomil, let's set off."

Although the two security guards seemed to be polite, their tones of voice were actually strong, leaving her no room to refuse it.

Stella didn't know what the situation was currently. She pressed her lips together and controlled the slight trembling of her body and followed the two security guards...

The security led her to the other route to avoiding bumping into the guests of the birthday party.

The passage to the back door was very quiet.

Stella suddenly stopped.

The two security guards looked towards her, "Ms. Radomil, anything wrong?"

Stella asked, "I have a question. Where are we going?"

Master Conrad asked us to send Ms. Radomil to a safe place, and you can only leave when the child is delivered. The security guard added, "Ms. Radomil Master Conrad asked us to tell you that if you don't want to implicate others, you'd better not resist it. If the child is hurt due to your struggle, it will not benefit anyone."

Stella's hands that were placed by the sides were clenched into fists. It was a threat again.

This time, they wanted to send her to a place that no one would know.

The security guard said, "Ms. Radomil, let's go."

Stella bit her lower lip. Before she took the next step, the two security guards who were standing by her sides fell onto the ground one by one.

Astonished, she turned around and then saw Joanna standing not far away with calmness on her face.

Joanna's men befuddled the two security guards just now.

Even so, Stella didn't dare to relieve herself; instead, she became more vigilant.

Joanna didn't explain to her, "There're some changes. But rest assured, I will send you away as we've agreed."

Stella said, "Thank you, Mrs. Conrad."

You're welcome. We're all taking what we need separately. Joanna walked over and looked at Stella, "You need to leave your phone here."

Stella remained motionless, seeming to be in a dilemma.

Joanna continued, "I help you today. When Clarence investigates this later, I'm afraid that he will find out my relationship with it. Now that the two security guards are here, isn't it a wise choice to leave your phone here?"

When speaking, Joanna took a new phone from one of her men and handed it to Stella, "Will you be assured now?"

Stella turned around and took a glance at the security guards lying on the ground. She then put her phone beside them.

Joanna turned her back to her, "The driver is waiting for you outside. My men will send you to a safe place first. I will send you abroad when they shift their attention. My phone number has been saved in this phone and you can contact me at any time."

Stella slightly nodded her head, "No matter what, I want to express my gratitude to you, Mrs. Conrad."☐☐☐☐☐☐

Chapter 148: I Won’t Hurt You Temporarily

Joanna didn't reply this time. She left slowly.

Clenching her new phone, Stella heaved a sigh and followed Joanna's men to the back door.

Looking at the car that was parked not far away, Stella said, "I suddenly feel a bit uncomfortable. Can you please wait..."

One of the men turned around expressionlessly, "Ms. Radomil, we're here to help you. I hope you won't play any tricks."

Stella bit her lower lip, "I didn't. You also see my bulging belly. Can I play any trick? Normally, a pregnant woman will have many problems... I can't control it." "What do you want to do?"

I... Stella looked around and pointed at the overgrown bush wood, "I want to pee. Can you stay here and wait for me for a while?"

The security guard seemed to be impatient. He didn't want to agree to it.

Stella was a bit annoyed, "I'm so weak now. Can I run away? Moreover, the child in my belly is a descendent of the Conrad family. He's not a convict. Aren't you afraid that I will complain about your poor attitude to Mrs. Conrad?"

The man wanted to say something, but the other security guard stopped her and said to Stella, "Go. We will wait for you here."

Thank you.

Stella slowly walked to the bush wood.

When she disappeared in their vision, the man complained to his companion, "Why did you agree to it? It will delay our schedule."

His companion replied, "Even if she is planning to run away, this passage is the only road in this area. Moreover, she's pregnant with a child now and her belly is bulging. I don't think that she can run away. Rest assured, there won't be any problems."

The man pulled a long face. He didn't reply and simply took a glance at his wristwatch to check the time.

Ten minutes later, the man vaguely felt that something had gone wrong and ran towards the bush wood. Unexpectedly, when he arrived there, Stella's voice sounded from behind the bush, "Don't come over." The man paused, "Ms. Radomil, aren't you finished?"

Stella said, "I told you just now that pregnant woman will have many problems. You will understand it when you have a wife."

Ten minutes later, the man asked again, "Ms. Radomil."

There was no reply.

The man felt it fishy and pushed open the bush, only to find that no one was behind it. There was only the phone given by Joanna.

Then the man checked the phone and opened the call records. He then realized that Stella had the conversation with him through a call just now.

The man cursed and then turned around, shouting, "She runs away. Chase her."

When they disappeared in her vision, Stella came out from the other side of the bush.

With her hands on her waist, she heaved a sigh of relief heavily.

She managed to deceive them.

Stella asked Sherry to check the geography before. Although generally speaking people could only leave through one road if they left from the back door of the Conrad family, there was a small path beside the road. If she walked along the small path for about half an hour, she would get to the road down the hill.

Nevertheless, just as Stella had taken two steps, she felt a sudden chillness from her neck. A cold male voice sounded from behind her, "Don't move."

Stella stopped. She felt that he was a ferocious man. The dagger he was holding was very sharp and she felt a stinging pain from her neck.

The man threw a silk scarf to her, "Cover your eyes."

Stella did as he had ordered.

After she covered her eyes with the silk scarf, the man confined her hands at her back and tied them up. He then pushed her shoulders, "Move forward." When they walked into a black car, the man opened the door and let her get on the car.

He said, "I will not hurt you temporarily as long as you can cooperate with me."

After finishing the words, the man walked to the driver's seat.

Stella felt shaking from the car at the next moment. She guessed the man had started the car.

After a short while, she asked, "Did you wait here a long while ago?"

The man ignored her.

If I didn't attract their attention just now, what are you going to do? Can you win them? Stella paused and then suddenly laughed, "I think you will win them. The combination of all of them is still not a match fo you."

The man was silent for a while before saying again, "Do you know who I am?"

Stella replied, "I remember your voice."

She added in a flat tone, "Whenever I'm overwhelmed by despair, you would show up. As this happens several times, I gradually remember your voice."

Adolph didn't say anything else and focus all his attention on the situation of the road.

After a short while, the men that were chasing Stella showed up.

They also heard the commotions from behind. When they turned around, their expressions changed dramatically. They rushed over hoping to stop them, but Adolph stepped on the accelerator and hit two men onto the ground.

As Stella's eyes were covered by the silk scarf, she couldn't see anything and could only sense the violent shaking from the car. It seemed like it hit on something.

Stella suppressed her nausea and moved to a relatively safe and stable position.

After several minutes, the car drove to the hillside.

Three cars were waiting there.

Adolph said, "Looks like they're here to save you."

Stella was stunned. She then smiled, "Maybe."

Adolph, still without any trace of hesitation, rushed towards them.

The men waiting for them there seemed to have some scruples about Adolph as they didn't stop him forcibly. When Adolph was about to hit them, they moved aside quickly. In a blink of an eye, the black car disappeared in the night.

Nathan came out of the car dejectedly. He hurriedly made a phone call to Clarence, "Mr. Conrad, Mrs. Conrad was brought away by someone and we failed to retain them."

In the Conrad family...

Clarence hung up his phone and strode towards the outside with a hideous face.

Seeing this, Phoebe hurriedly put down the glass of champagne in her hand and followed him, "Clare, where are you going?"

Clarence didn't reply; instead, he quickened his pace.

Clare.

Phoebe ran after him to the lobby and grabbed his arm, "Today is our debut to the public ever since the announcement of our engagement. How can you leave like this? What should I do then?" Clarence turned around and took a glance at her, "I've agreed to your requirements. Why do you care about this?"

But if you leave now, wouldn't your father have some doubts about it? Then what's the meaning of the things you do recently? Believe me, nothing will happen to Ms. Radomil. When this comes to an end, I wil go to find her together with you.

Clarence slowly withdrew his arm from her grip. His voice was icy-cold, "The things I do recently are not only for her sake. But if she has any accidents, Phoebe, you should be clear of the consequence." He then shoved her hand off. Phoebe was frozen. She could only watch him leaving.

At the same time, Dempsey, who was talking with his guests, suddenly got the news from his man, saying that Stella was taken away by another person.

Dempsey's expression froze. He gave an order in a low voice.

Joanna, who also received the same news, looked calm. It was as if she didn't care about it at all.000‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒

Chapter 149: Mrs. Conrad Will Be Alright

Stella had no idea about how long it had passed. She only knew that the car was driven at high speed and it was shaking.

She asked in a low voice, "Where are we going?"

Several minutes later, Adolph's tensed voice sounded, "We can't go anywhere."

Stella was stunned, feeling her blood froze, "What do you mean?"

This car has some man-made problems. The brake is broken.

Stella finally figured out Joanna's intention when she heard the words.

No wonder that she required her not to tell anyone about this and to leave her families and friends and live alone in the future.

It turned out that Joanna was planning this from the very beginning.

If she believed in Joanna and left with her men, she would have died miserably.

And the child in her belly would also disappear in this world.

This was what Joanna wanted.

It seemed like the car had left the mountain as more and more honks could be heard.

Stella leaned back on the chair and suddenly said, "You can leave me alone and jump out of the car."

Adolph didn't reply. He drove the car by the quick-moving traffic as he wanted to drive the car to a thin traffic area.

Stella seemed to be a bit tired, "I don't know why you would come to me. You might not know that Modesty was taken away by the police for investigation yesterday. I was also surprised when I heard your name from an acquaintance of Modesty."

When Sherry called her last night, she told her this.

Modesty and Adolph were neighbors and they grew up together. Nonetheless, ever since Modesty went abroad, they hadn't contacted each other.

Originally Stella didn't think too much of this. But Adolph's appearance today let her recall something that she neglected before.

She guessed that it was Adolph who stealthily substituted the necklace she designed for the charity party before.

The blue veins on Adolph's forehead stood out, "I did all those things. They have nothing to do with her."

It's useless to tell me this. Stella chuckled, "I guess that you take me away for the sake of Modesty again. But this is good. I will die and you can save trouble."

Adolph gritted her teeth. When the car was about to hit a little girl, he abruptly turned the steering wheel, causing the car to hit on a waste container on the side of the road. The strong force caused Stella to hit on the car door.

Stella knitted her brows. Although she had shut her mouth tightly, a painful moan still leaked out.

Adolph asked, "Are you all right?"

All... All right.

When they went to a place with thin traffic, Adolph turned around and found that Stella's pants were soaked by blood. He furrowed his brows and said, "You're bleeding."

This time, Stella didn't reply.

She knew what was waiting for her.

Maybe Clarence was right - it was she who chose to give birth to the child, so she had to bear all the possible consequences.

Sometimes going one's own way was a mistake in nature.

This was what she deserved.

Stella finally gained some strength after a long while. She said in a flat tone, "You can go now."

Adolph didn't reply.

Stella said in an extremely gentle voice, "You don't need to pretend to be a good man at this critical moment. Do you know how much I hate you? If it wasn't that you threatened me with my younger brother back then, I would not have..."

She suddenly choked with sobs. After barely controlling her surging emotions, she continued, "This should have come to an end three years ago. I've experienced a lot over the past three years. I'm so tired. S just let it be."

Right at this moment, she felt someone tearing apart the silk scarf on her face.

At the next moment, Adolph threw a dagger to her, "Find a way to cut the rope."

Without the cover of the silk scarf, Stella finally realized how thrilling it was. She had bled so much blood.

She couldn't give up.

For the sake of the baby in her belly, she couldn't give up now.

The car gradually became stable. Stella moved to reach the dagger and began to cut the rope.

Luckily, the dagger was sharp enough and the rope was broken after a short while.

Adolph said, "I will send you to the nearest hospital now. But I don't know what situation we will face. You'd better prepare yourself mentally."

In the black Rolls-Royce...

Nathan said, "Mr. Conrad, here's the information we got. The one taking away Mrs. Conrad was Adolph Miller. According to the surveillance videos, the car that he's driving has a brake failure..." Nathan didn't dare to continue because Clarence's expression was so horrible.

Nathan suddenly received a phone call. After ending the call, he reported, "Mr. Conrad, the car is heading to a hospital."

Clarence ordered in a cold voice, "Prepare some speed humps and shock-proof equipment.

Nathan received the order and hurriedly made arrangements.

Clarence winded down the window and pressed his thin lips tightly.

Through the rear-view mirror, Nathan found that Clarence's hands that were put on his knees were trembling slightly.

When they arrived at the hospital, Adolph found that the irrelevant people had been evacuated and there were many speed humps in front of the hospital.

He said to Stella in a deep voice, "Be careful."

He then headed forwards without a second thought.

Stella, who cowered in a corner, slightly bent down. She was trying her best

Even so, she could still feel that she was bleeding so much blood.

Stella's face was covered with sweats. She clenched her fists tightly to withstand the shaking brought by those speed bumps.

In the end, with a loud sound, the car seemed to knock onto something.

Stella was overwhelmed by darkness. She could hear the noises and it sounded name someone was calling her name. She was familiar with the voice and wanted to see who it was. However, she couldn't open her eyes no matter how hard she tried.

She was in a coma.

Nathan pulled Clarence who was exuding an icy-cold aura, "Mr. Conrad, we're not clear of Mrs. Conrad's situation now. So we'd better wait for the doctor."

Clarence seemed to calm down a bit when he heard the words. He gradually clenched his hands into fists and the blue veins stood out on the back of his hand.

A doctor who had been waiting there hurriedly stepped forwards and examined Stella's condition. They then carefully carried her out of the car.

Stella and Adolph were sent into the operation room one by one.

Standing in front of the hospital, Clarence opened his clenched fists. Looking at the blood on his hands, his heart skipped one beat.

Nathan had never seen such a look on Clarence and had a complicated emotion in his heart. He could only comfort him in a low voice, "Mr. Conrad, Mrs. Conrad will be all right."

It suddenly drizzled.

A drop of rain fell on Clarence's palm.

Clarence put his palms together and said in an extremely low voice, "That child is very important to Stella."

He looked up and then looked at Nathan. There seemed to be a layer of ice on his face, "No matter what, they have to save the child."

Nathan replied, "I have contacted the best doctors in the country and they're now on the way here. They will arrive soon."

Chapter 150: You Finally Attain Your Wish

Clarence replied with a nasal sound. He withdrew his hand and glanced at the black car that had been distorted in the car accident. He asked in a cold voice, "Who's the owner of this car?"

We're still investigating it. Nathan added, "But it seems like several parties have involved in this tonight, including the Steward family. But the Steward family didn't involve in this car accident. I guess they just want to take Mrs. Conrad away."

Nathan paused before adding, "Originally Master Conrad arranged his men to take Mrs. Conrad away tonight and our men had been watching them. Nevertheless, just as they had gone downstairs, some accidents happened and our men were obstructed. When they arrived there, they found Master Conrad's men lying on the ground and Mrs. Conrad was taken away by the other party. As for who had taken her away, I..."

Clarence strode into the hospital with a cold face, "She's the only suspect."

Nathan knew who Clarence was mentioning. He didn't say anything else and simply followed behind him.

The operation lasted for ten more hours.

Clarence had been waiting outside the operation room.

Phoebe, who was standing at a corner, secretly bit her lower lip when seeing Clarence sitting on the bench with a pair of bloody hands. She took a step backwards and fixed her eyes on the light above the door of the operation room.

If Stella came out of the operation room safely, what should she do?

Even though Clarence had agreed to marry her, he had never regarded her as his wife. She was like an object for benefit exchanges and he had no feelings for her.

He had fallen for that woman unknowingly.

Phoebe took a deep breath, turned around and left.

She would not let go of this easily. She would get the due respect as Clarence's wife one day.

When Stella woke up, she saw a sea of white color in a trance.

She struggled to open her eyes and only gained the focus of her vision after a long while.

Then she smelled the disinfectant fluid and heard the tick-tock of the equipment aside.

Stella slowly came back to reality after being in a trance for a long while. She suddenly remembered something and put her hand on her belly.

But her budging belly was smooth now and there was only a thick layer of gauze.

Stella suddenly gained some strength. She struggled to sit up and plucked out the needle tubing. She wanted to get off the bed.

Right at this moment, the door of the ward was pushed open and Clarence showed up.

His expression changed slightly when he saw this. He walked to her in strides, put his hands on her shoulders and pressed her back to the bed, "Are you seeking death?"

When speaking, he pressed on the nursing bell near the head of the bed.

Stella looked up at him. Her face was ghastly and her eyes were unprecedentedly empty, "Clarence, where's my child?"

Clarence looked sideways and replied in a calm voice, "It's gone."

Stella fixed her eyes on her and asked stubbornly, "What do you mean?"

Clarence didn't reply.

Stella grabbed his arm and said in a husky and despairing voice, "Tell me, what do you mean? You promised me that it will be given birth. You promised that you won't hurt it... You promised those things. "Enough." Clarence hugged her, trying to console her, "Calm down please."

Stella slowly stopped struggling. It seemed like no matter what she did now, it was useless.

After a while, her calm and indifferent voice sounded, "Clarence, you finally attain your wish. Are you happy now?"

Clarence froze and tensed up his body. He asked in a cold voice, "This is how you think of me?"

Am I wrong?

Stella pushed him away. She suddenly chuckled, "Ever since you learned about my pregnancy, you've tried every possible means to get rid of this child. To achieve your goal, you even gave me half of your inheritance from the Conrad Group. But now, everything comes to an end. And you don't need to worry that your position would be threatened by an unborn child.

Clarence's face looked extremely hideous, "Stella, I know you're very sad now and I can forgive you. Have a good rest."

Oh, I don't want your forgiveness, Mr. Conrad. I don't want to live anymore. She paused and then added, "By the way, Mr. Conrad, does your fiancée know that you're here? When a man and a woman stay in the same room alone, it will easily cause misunderstandings. Mr. Conrad, please leave here. Even if you want to get rid of me, please send the other man to do this."

Stella Radomil!

He squeezed out her name from between his gritted teeth.

Stella seemed to have lost all her strength and she didn't want to talk nonsense with him anymore. She turned her back to him and didn't say any word again. Looking at her back, Clarence clenched his fists tightly. He wanted to say something, yet in the end, he only pressed his thin lips together, turned around, and left. Hearing the sound of the door closing, Stella couldn't control her tears anymore. Big tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

Her oppressive cry sounded in the empty ward.

She had been so carefully over the past seven months and all she wanted was just the child in her belly.

Even so, they still didn't want to let go of her. Everyone regarded her as a tool that was pregnant with a child and they could play every wicked trick on this child.

No one had thought of this - that she was also a living person.

She had been tolerant enough, but she still failed to protect her child.

It was just like what happened three years ago.

But the reality proved to her again that she was so useless.

She was powerless, so she could only live at the mercy of those powerful people.

Stella closed her eyes and tears fall onto the pillow.

After a short while, a nurse came in to have an intravenous drip for Stella again. She exhorted her, "Your situation is so serious, so you should behave yourself. It's such a big accident and you're still under observation."

Stella looked out of the windows dully. She didn't reply.

The nurse continued, "It was very dangerous and only one of you and your child could be saved. Your husband chose to save you without a second thought. He loves you so much. Moreover, you're still young and you will have another child in the future."

Stella said, "He's not my husband."

The nurse hadn't expected such an answer. She was stunned and then asked, "Boyfriend?"

Neither.

The sensible nurse didn't probe into it.

After a while of silence, Stella asked, "What about the man who was in the same car with me before? How's he?"

He was seriously injured and is now in the intensive care unit.

She hadn't expected that in the end, it was Adolph who saved her.

What a coincidence!

Before leaving, the nurse exhorted her again, "Don't pluck it out again. If you have any needs, just press the bell. I will be outside." Stella replied, "Okay."

The nurse turned around. Stella suddenly asked, "Can you please lend me your phone. I want to tell my friends that I'm safe now."

Erm... The nurse hesitated.☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐