Chapter 147

Albert heaved a sigh of relief, and his attitude toward Stella began to soften. “I’m sorry for making things difficult for you,” he said softly.

“We’re a family, dad. I’ll do my best to help with anything I can, but I really can’t do this. You could ask Mr. Anne to try and return it. Mr. Snyder had already agreed. I’m sure he’ll keep his promise. Don’t you think?”

“I’ll think of another way. By the way, two boxes of oysters from New Zealand just arrived at my doorstep. I’ll have someone deliver them for you and Keegan to enjoy later. So just be happy together, and I’ll have one less thing to worry about.

“Thanks, dad.”

‘Oysters for Keegan to enjoy? I’d rather feed it to the dogs!’ Stella thought. Before she hung up, she added, “Oh, right. Dad, I persuaded Ms. Anne to think carefully about her purchase. But she was with Sophia that day, and you know girls… She gave her a few words of praise, and she was soaring through the air in no time. It would be fine if it were someone else, but you better be careful around Mr.

Anne since you have a mutually beneficial relationship.”

Albert sighed and said in a deep voice, “Okay, I have to go now. Bye.”

“You don’t actually believe in her nonsense, do you?” Hylda could not help but ask as soon as the phone disconnected. Sophia, who had been listening on the side, turned green, knowing that Stella had turned on her. She hurriedly tried to defend herself by saying, ‘Dad, if Stella did not tease Xianna that day, she wouldn’t have bought the bracelet. It’s clearly Stella’s fault. She must have known that Xianna would fall for it. I even saw her accept a commission from the store…”

“Shut up!” Albert yelled with a gloomy look on his face. “I told you to proceed cautiously, but did you listen to me? No. Why did you even take Xianna into the store if you already saw Stella there? Did you do it on purpose? Don’t think I don’t know you, Sophia.”

Sophia’s expression was ugly. She wanted to refute, but Hylda quickly pulled her aside and handed Albert a glass of water. “Calm down, Albert,” she said. “There’s no use in pointing fingers at this point.

Why don’t we use this time to think about the next step to solve this?”

“The next step? Is there even a solution to this?” Albert snarled. “We can’t possibly buy the jewelry ourselves, can we? It’s 30 million dollars, for god’s sake! Not thirty thousand! If that Mr. Anne can’t handle this, all our efforts will be in vain.”

Suddenly, something flickered in Hylda’s mind. “We can’t buy the jewelry, but we can certainly sell it!”

“Who would want to purchase it?” Albert questioned with a frown.

Hylda smiled and whispered something in Albert’s ears. His expression changed, and his widened. “Do you really think that it would be feasible?” he hesitated and asked.

“You won’t know until you try it out. If not, do you want to spend 30 million dollars?”

“Okay. I’ll discuss it with Mr. Anne.”

eyes The boxes of oysters from New Zealand arrived at Stella’s doorstep that afternoon. They were extremely fresh, but Stella did not like seafood, especially shellfish. Keegan, on the other hand, loved seafood. In the past, Stella would have saved it for him; but she would not show any kindness to that cold man.

She put the two boxes of shellfish in the car and drove to their old residence to give one box to Cordelia. She then brought the other box to Vermont’s workplace. Stella did not like owing anyone anything, especially those close to Keegan. Thus, she decided to gift him the oysters to express her gratitude.