Stellaâs words provoked Guinevere and made her furious.
âShut up! Youâre such a shameless woman!â Guinevere grabbed Stellaâs neck savagely.
Stella slapped her hand away immediately. âLet me go! What are you doing?â
âYou shameless woman! Iâm his wife! Who do you think you are? How dare you show off in front of me!
Youâre just a despicable mistress!â Guinevere roared at her, âIf I want to, I can publish the surveillance recording of our conversation earlier! Youâll be judged and despised by everyone else! Do you think you can stay in the entertainment business then? Youâll just be a woman whoâs hated by many and be scorned everywhere you go!â
Guinevere wanted to tear her to pieces.
When Stella had agreed to come to this meeting earlier, she had thought about it already. Indeed, Guinevere might record their conversion. However, a prideful woman like her would never make their conversation public.
How could a proud and arrogant woman like her be willing to destroy her public facade as a nice woman? How could she let the world know that her beloved husband was the same as any other man outside? No one must know that her husband could not stand the temptation and had a mistress.
If this got out, it would ruin her image as a successful career woman. Others would no longer look at her with envy. Instead, she would appear as a grumpy woman with a cheating husband.
Stellaâs words had certainly made Guinevere calm down.
She refused to let others know about her sad life in the Ford family. She would never let anyone think that she had a bad life there.
She took a deep breath and calmed down. Then, she looked at Stella like she was pitying her.
âEverything you have now is just because of your resemblance to Stella. Youâre just a replacement! I feel so sorry for youâ¦â
Stella looked at her in surprise. âDo you think every woman takes Westonâs love as important as you do? Whatâs wrong with treating me as a replacement or not? All I want is the benefits he givesâ¦â
âSo thatâs your real intention! You donât love him at all! Youâre just sticking around for glory and wealth!â
âDonât say things like that. Who doesnât want glory and wealth?â Stella sighed. Fortunately, she had passed the age where she thought true love was the most important thing In the past, she had asked for nothing. As a result, she could not protect those she had wanted to protect the most. He had trampled on her sincere heart and given her no right to speak.
Only a powerful person like Guinevere would say something so hypocritical.
She had loved Weston sincerely before, but what had he given her in return?
When she was still married and in love with Weston, Guinevere had never shown any respect to her.
She swore she would never give others her sincere heart again after losing the child. She would never fall in love with a hypocritical person ever again.
Guinevere did not seem to have expected her to be so assertive about it and went speechless.
After a short silence, she narrowed her eyes and asked, â What if I tell Weston about this? Will he still keep you by his side?â
Stella shrugged indifferently. âYou can tell him. So what? Besides, weâre never equal.â
She felt it was funny. âHe can ruin my acting career at any time, but he can give me glory whenever he wants. Rather than worrying about what Iâm doing wrong, I might as well go with the flow. Maybe my attitude is exactly what he likes.â
âYouâre so shameless!â Guinevere raised her hand, wanting to slap her.
Stella said, smiling, âYou can slap me now, but I donât know what others will say when I walk out with this mark on my face. Itâll be hard to explain to Weston if he sees it, wonât it?â
âAre you threatening me?!â She even threatened her using Westonâs name?
âIâm just reminding you.â Stella smiled nonchalantly.
Guinevereâs face turned ashen. She covered her chest and took a step back. âDonât be too complacent ! You can be arrogant, but so what? Youâre just a mistress!â
ââI donât care about that. Besides, I donât plan to stay with Weston that longâ¦â Stella seemed troubled.
âIf you can get Weston out of my life, Iâll even thank you.â
âThatâs enough!â Guinevere roared in anger.
Stella looked at her cold and sullen face and felt happy for a moment. Then, she felt sad for her.
As she turned to leave, she heard Guinevere call after her. âDo you know what happened to Belle?â
âThat woman from Lowe Garden?â
Guinevere took a deep breath. âYou actually knew? I guess Weston does tell you everythingâ¦â
She seemed to have suddenly regained her confidence and sense of superiority. âAlthough youâre now acting in the same cast as me, youâre just the same kind of person as Belle. I just need to say the word, and heâll treat you like Belle.â
Stellaâs face gradually turned grim, but she said nothing.
Guinevere was right. She was no different than Belle. Belle might willingly stay with Weston, while she herself was forced to stay with him.
Stella knew she was walking on the edge. If she was not careful, she might end up worse than Belle.
Moreover, Guinevere hated her so much.
Stellaâs silence made Guinevere feel victorious. âI just wanted to give you a word of advice. I know youâre smart. A man like Weston is unlikely to have a happy ending with you. He just wants to try something new.â
She walked up to Stella and patted her on the shoulder. âI donât want to be too harsh, but Ella, I donât want you to become the next Stella. Do I have to remind you what happened to her?â
After all, the last person who went against her was already dead.
After Stella had come out of Guinevereâs dressing room, Angelina immediately came over. âElla, how was it? Did she give you a hard timeâ¦â
Her meeting with Guinevere had been brought to Bradleyâs attention. He had come to ask her about it because he was worried that Stella might get hurt.
He was the one who had sent Angelina over here.
Stella saw Angelina coming and shook her head. She said, smiling, âIâm fine. We just had a few words.â
Angelina looked at Stella like she was an idiot. âEveryone knows she doesnât like you. What did she say? Did she bully you?â
âNo, reallyâ¦â Stella shook her head. âItâs late. I still have something to doâ¦â
âNo, we agreed to go shopping together today.â Angelina took her arm. âWe only bought some evening dresses the last time. Letâs go shopping again today! The rest of the cast will be there too.â
Stella froze for a moment. âYou didnât tell meâ¦â