Chapter 1176

Stella was at a loss for words after hearing Vermont’s comment. ‘Is he the one who pushed Keegan to do all this and make things difficult for me?’ she thought. However, Keegan just did not want her to get bullied.

“Felicity said she is going to invite Dr. Steven over for dinner this week. You know Dr. Steven quite well.

Do you know what kind of dishes he likes, so we can buy the proper ingredients?” Stella asked.

Vermont’s eyelids twitched. “What? Why wasn’t I told about this?”

“Didn’t Felicity tell you? Dr. Steven was the one who got her the new job. Everything’s settled once she passes the physical examination required for the job. She has to thank him somehow, right?”

Vermont’s face darkened in an instant. “Corbin was the one who introduced her to the job?”

Stella nodded and asked, “Why does it look like you’re lost? Don’t you two talk about these kinds of things?” She originally wanted to stir up some jealousy in Vermont, but she did not expect him to not have a clue about the situation. ‘Felicity is such a chatterbox. I can’t believe she didn’t share this news with her boyfriend,’ thought Stella.

Vermont did not care if Stella was being skeptical of their fake relationship. All he could think about was how Felicity kept smiling at her phone during their way back from her hometown to Rivera. She told him she got a notification saying that she had been hired and was asked to do a physical examination.

Vermont thought she was delighted because of her new job, but… ‘Considering the situation, she must have been smiling because Corbin texted her!’

“Have she and Corbin been in touch often recently?” asked Vermont.

“I’m not really sure.” After she said that, Stella paused for a moment and decided to add fuel to the fire.

“I don’t think they really lost contact though, especially since Felicity had a crush on him, and he’s been helping her a lot. N That sentence made Vermont furious.

Stella then grabbed a cup of cucumber juice from the waiter and handed it to Vermont. “Don’t worry.

They’re just friends. Plus, she’s YOUR girlfriend. Here, drink up.”

‘But we’re not really in a relationship,’ Vermont thought. He wanted to say something but decided not to. ‘Stella is such a vindictive woman! Only a mutt like Keegan would ever fall for her.’

On the other side of the room, the receptionist watched as Stella walked away and turned to look at Keegan. “Mr. Kane, are you…”

Keegan put the envelope filled with money away and said, “Put down both of our names. She doesn’t like it when I overspend.”

The crowd was speechless. ‘He’s so delusional. Stella clearly wants nothing to do with him,’ they thought.

Keegan watched as the receptionist wrote his name with Stella’s in the same column before leaving.

The receptionist opened up Stella’s gift, as he intended to fill in the amount of money next to their names. He then realized that there was only a 100-dollar bill inside with a real estate flyer tucked underneath it.

The receptionist froze for a moment and hastily unfolded the flyer to see if there were any hidden money inside. He could not believe that Stella would do something like that. ‘A hundred dollars? They both fought over giving a hundred dollars?!’

The receptionist had been at this job for years. Of all the weddings and birthday banquets he was hired for in Rivera, he had not seen anyone give that amount of money as a gift in the past ten years. This incident was surely a refresher.

Soon, Keegan saw Stella and grabbed two glasses of orange juice as he walked over to her. Stella looked away and did not touch the offering. Meanwhile, Keegan pulled out a chair and sat next to her.

Stella was clearly upset but did not say anything due to the crowd. Keegan then slipped the envelope to her under the table. Stella glanced at it and asked, “What are you doing?” “Didn’t you ask me to put my efforts into the future Mrs. Kane?” he whispered.