NovelGoldChapter 438
Stella hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke. “My mother said... if you're willing to cut ties with Aurora, she'll
cback."
The smile on Skyler's face faded away.
He frowned. "She's not a kid anymore. Why is your mother still so unreasonable at her age?"
Stella's mother had indeed said to her, "If your father or your brothers ask why | refuse to chome, just tell
them as long as they cut Aurora off, I'll becMrs. Williams again."
Skyler's words made Stella's heart sink a little.
Before she returned to the Williams family, her mother had laid out everything for her, holding nothing back.
In this whole tangled mess, her mother was the biggest victim.
Yet Skyler just brushed her off as childish.
Before Stella could say anything else, her third brother, Coleman Williams, burst into the room.
He fixed Stella with a cold, hostile look. "You're really something, aren't you, Stella? All this scheming just to get
Aurora out-you'd even use your own mother." Since Stella's return, Coleman had shown her nothing but open
disdain.
Stella saw no reason to keep pretending either.
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"If you think I'm so manipulative, why don't you go see Mom yourself and ask her?" she shot back.
"You think | haven't tried? She refuses to see me!" Coleman snapped. "It's you, isn't it? You're the reason she
won't see any of us!"
"If | was really so persuasive, don't you think I'd convince Mom to chin the first place?" Stella's voice
was icy.
Coleman fell silent, unable to answer.
Skyler stepped in, cutting through the tension. "Enough, both of you. If she doesn't want to cback, so be it.
Give it stime-she'll miss Raven soon enough and chome."
With Skyler's word, Stella and Coleman let the argument drop.
But after that day, she and Coleman barely spoke a word to each other.
Later, word spread that Aurora's old childhood fiancé, Sherman Burton, had returned after hearing about the
family .
He had a sharp tongue and sometimes mocked her, but at least he was smarter than Jasper.
Aurora was a year older than Stella.
She wanted to get into business school the family company. She had a real
fall after graduation, j
knack for business. CDelongs to
But Skyler insisted she study music instead.
Of course, they all blamed Stella—said she was the one pushing Skyler behind
the scenes.
Suddenly, she was painted as the manipulative villain, the jealous[]
schemer who envied every
move. t
At first, her father and oldest brother
and
it. But after enough time
Stand rumors, even they
started to believe it.
And Sherman, for Aurora's sake, staged an elaborate act.
He pretended to break off with Aurora, then later apologized, claiming it had all been a misunderstanding.
After that, he went out of his way to look after her, always attentive to her every need.
He spent a whole year gaining her trust, just to set the stage for a betrayal she'd never forget...
"Star, wake up..."
Stella's lashes fluttered as she slowly opened her eyes.
A strikingly handsome, carefree face cinto view.
"Neville..."
"You looked like you were having a nightmare just now."
Neville reached out to feel her forehead. Her fever had finally broken, and he let
out a breath of relief.
He poured her a glass of water.
Stella was drenched in sweat, her throat parched and raw.
She took the cup from Neville. "Thanks."
Glancing out the window, she realized with surprise that morning light was already streaming in.
"Mr. Connolly, have you been here all night?"
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