But thatâs not enough. Erinâs mistake wasnât big enough, so Karen had Stella get close to Erin. She wanted Stella to fall in love with Erin first, and then use that love to get Erinâs heart in return. She thought that if the two kids had a connection, someone like Erin, who was reckless and free-spirited, wouldnât be able to resist Stella.
But surprisingly, Erin never fell for Stella, even though Karen hinted at him by letting Stella going in and out of his bathroom and room. Karen, who thought her plan was going to fail, happened to see Erin sneaking into Stellaâs room late at night.
Karen followed him quietly and opened the door a crack. She saw Erin standing by Stellaâs bed, staring at her for a long time. Then suddenly, he leaned in and lightly kissed Stellaâs lips. After the kiss, he got startled, as if he had surprised himself.
Seeing Erinâs amorous behavior, Karen knew that half of her plan had succeeded. And in the following times, she even witnessed Erin becoming bolder. He would kiss Stella when she was asleep, and each time the kisses lasted longer than the previous ones, but he never went further.
Karen planned to wait for the day when Erin would make a mistake on his own, but she didnât expect that before that happened, Thomas got into an argument with Erinâs grandfather because of Erinâs career direction. Karen never imagined that even with Erinâs tarnished reputation, Thomas still hadnât given up on the idea of making him the heir. When she heard Thomas say that if Erin studied finance, he would let him take over the family business after graduation, she panicked.
She had been planning for so many years not to push Erin to be the heir, but for her own son.
Otherwise, once Erin gained power, she would be under Erinâs feet in the Simpson family and her status would be diminished. And who knew, the grown-up Erin, who could manipulate everything, might even try to seek revenge for his mother.
To prevent Erin from gaining power, Karen even thought about drugging him and tempting him to rape Stella. Just then, a boy named Mason happened to bring Stella home. She knew it was a great opportunity.
She quickly guided Stella to like Mason and created. opportunities for them to be alone together, intentionally making Erin jealous. Karen knew that a young guy like Erin, once he became jealous, would inevitably become agitated and might do something foolish.
But Erin was surprisingly tolerant. He saw Mason coming out of Stellaâs room several times and chose to turn a blind eye. What could she do? She could only push things further. When they were about to graduate from high school, she started openly and subtly urging Mason to confess his feelings to Stella.
At that time, Mason had a crush on Stella but was afraid that she didnât like him. Karen said that if Stella didnât like him, she would have rejected him long ago. It was just that Stella was shy. In fact, it was Karen who advised Stella not to reject Mason, but how that. He really thought that if Stella didnât reject him, it meant she liked him. He even took Karenâs advice and confessed to Stella on a cruise ship.
When Mason took Stella onto the ship, Karen found Erin and told him that Mason was going to confess to Stella. Then they would sail around the world together. Erin was still holding back at that time. To push him further, Karen smiled at Erin and said, âI wonder if Stella will get pregnant after spending two months together. If Stella gets pregnant, sheâll marry Mason.â This made Erin furious and his face turned pale. He started cursing Stella, calling her shameless, and went crazy looking for someone.
Karen wasnât sure if the infuriated Erin would personally attack Stella or send someone to do it. But based on her understanding of Erin, she knew he would choose the latter. Because Erin had both hatred and some liking for Stella, although he probably wasnât aware of the liking. So the hatred he had for Stella would outweigh.
And she guessed right. That idiot Erin actually thought that Stella was going to be with another man.
He believed that a woman like Stella couldnât live without a man, so he sent a group of people to scare her. But because of this, he unintentionally helped Karen.
To make sure those people succeeded, Karen had someone injure the caretaker who had raised Erin and then tricked the caretaker into calling Erin, asking him to come back and save him. The caretaker, holding his head covered in blood, quickly called Erin, who was skilled in medicineâ¦
Erin probably never knew that this was Karenâs plan. But whether he knew or not, every time Karen thought about this coincidental event, she couldnât help but laugh. How could someone be so foolish?