Chapter 916

“It’s me,” a warm, gentle voice sounded.

Stella was taken aback. “Mr. Moore?” she asked.

Marshall was carrying a bouquet and smiling softly. “I’m not disturbing you by coming uninvited, am I?”

“Of course not,” Stella hurriedly got up and tidied up the clutter on the couch. “Have a seat. I’ll go boil some water.”

Felicity was impressed with Marshall. ‘Til go boil the water. You stay here and chat with Mr. Moore,” she hurriedly uttered.

Marshall handed Stella the flowers and said, “No need to be polite. There was something I wanted to tell you after we parted ways last night, but I couldn’t get through to you on the phone. That got me worried, and I happened to be in the neighborhood today, so I decided to stop by.”

Stella took the bouquet and teased, “And, you just happened to buy me flowers?”

Marshall smiled and said, “Well, this is my first time here. I didn’t want to come emptyhanded. And, I saw a florist on my way here, so… I remembered that you planted flowers in your previous place and thought that a bouquet wouldn’t go wrong.”

Stella appreciated the thought and smiled. “Thank you. I like it very much,” she said warmly. “Stay put while I find a vase for the flowers.”

Marshall gave a short reply and glanced around the room. His gaze fell on a poster for The Palace that was put up on the wall. He stared at Stella’s promotional photo for a long time before looking away.

When Marshall turned around, he saw Stella tiptoeing to grab a vase from the shelf.

However, she was not tall enough to reach it. Stella was just about to pull a chair when a shadow towered over her, and a hand reached over her head to take the vase down.

“Why did you guys put it so high up?” Marshall asked as he placed the vase on the table. “That shelf isn’t secured to the wall yet. It might fall, and someone might get injured if they touched it,” he added.

“It wasn’t us. Keegan put it there when he came over last time,” said Stella as she took the wilted flowers out of the vase.

Marshall paused and laughed, “He really lacks experience, huh? Just like the old days. Didn’t he think of how troublesome it would be for you to water the flowers?

Haha.”