Chapter 1284: Chapter 1287

They had assumed that she would have recovered after a short while, but the way things were now, there was no other choice but to look for another person to take care of her.

But Roger would never agree to this.

“I can take care of you myself,” he said. “I’ve been taking care of you these past few months anyway.

There’s no need to look for someone else!”

The truth was, Roger simply couldn’t trust anyone else.

“No,” Stella argued, “your grandfather suddenly wants you to go home. Something must’ve happened there. Don’t worry. I’ll take good care of myself.”

These days, Stella and Roger had returned to treating each other like brother and sister. There was a tacit agreement between them to never again bring up Roger’s incestuous feelings.

“He knows that you’re here to learn and improve yourself,” continued Stella, her tone becoming stern and serious regarding tasks assigned to them by Marcus. Garcia. “If something important hadn’t come up, he wouldn’t have asked you to go back. Listen to him.

Grandpa Marcus would never trouble you without a good reason. He’s always done everything for your own good.”

Roger fell silent for a long time.

If it had not been for Marcus Garcia, there was no way te would ever get to where he was, much less help Stella get away from Weston Ford’s iron grip back then.

“Even so, I must find someone I can trust to be with you.

I wouldn’t be able to leave you here alone otherwise.”

“Don’t worry,” Stella chuckled. “I’ve found the perfect person.”

“Who is it?”

Joan could not keep herself from tearing up when she finally saw Stella again.

“Madam…”

She simply could not believe they would ever meet again after all these years.

Three years had passed, but Joan did not look like she had changed much.

“Thank you for helping me three years ago,” Stella said. with a smile. “Without you, I’d never be able to escape Weston Ford.”

This matter still filled Joan with guilt and regret.

“I just couldn’t stand aside without doing anything back then,” she told Stella. “I was afraid that you might end up totally consumed by depression, and even more terrified that you might commit suicide, so I decided to betray Mr. Ford in the end…”

Although Stella was grateful to her, the truth was Joan had always felt guilty for what she did to Weston Ford. After all, he was the one who paid her salary. That was why she was too ashamed to remain working for him and had to rush back to her hometown. No matter how much money he offered to pay her, she just could not stay in Stardust Mansion anymore because she felt that she had wronged him.

The plan to whisk Stella away from Weston Ford had certainly been cooked up by the Garcia family, but without Joan’s help as an insider, Weston would never let his guard down enough to make it possible for Stella to slip through his fingers right from under his nose.

Joan had hesitated for a long time before she made that decision.

She had always believed that they would never meet each other again, but to her surprise, Stella actually returned to Ahn City three years later.

“Madam,” she asked her cautiously, “did you come back to set things straight with Mr. Frod?”

Considering Weston Ford’s powerful status, it was impossible that he didn’t hear about Stella’s return.

Stella nodded.

“He already knows…”

She noticed that Joan looked like she was still unaware of what had happened recently, so she briefly told her the whole story.

Joan’s whole body was in shock after hearing what Stella told her.

“Are you saying that Mr. Ford’s life might be in danger?”

“Yes,” replied Stella with an expressionless face, resting her arms on the table. “So you don’t have to worry that he’ll cause you trouble now.”

Joan needed a long time to digest all the new information ынары she had just received. Then she finally let out a heavy sigh and asked, “So you can’t see now, Madam?”

She had noticed the first moment she got here that there was something wrong with Stella’s eyes. They looked as if they were glazed over and unable to focus.