Mr. Kane Got Blacklisted (Stella and Keegan) novel Chapter 40

Chapter 40

It was a bite and not a kiss.

Stella protested with all her might, but Keegan pinned her down along with the blanket. Her limbs were trapped inside the blanket like a cocoon. He ravished her lips recklessly.

Because of the gendered difference between their strengths, Stella had no chance of resisting him. When she quieted down, Keegan became gentler toward her, and his bites turned into kisses.

As his lips reached her pale collarbone, Stella suddenly spoke. “Keegan, are you mad at me because you’re jealous?”

Keegan stopped to look at her. Stella, who was under him, stared into his eyes and enunciated her question word by word. “Did you fall in love with me?”

Keegan loosened his grip and sat up. He gave her an icy glance. “Don’t flatter yourself. Stella Jewell, before we officially divorce, you’re still a member of the Kane family. Know your place. Don’t mess up and expect others to clean up after you.”

He put on his clothes and left the room. Stella raised her head up and stared at the ceiling. Out of nowhere, she forced a self–deprecating smile.

She knew that she had no place in his heart, but even though she asked that question to anger him, she still had hope for his answer to be affirmative.

I expected that answer,‘ she thought.

Stella hated her heart for skipping a beat at his touch. She hated that she foolishly allowed herself to have hope despite knowing what his answer would be.

Her phone rang again. She unplugged it from the charger and answered the call.

“Stella?” Felicity’s voice transmitted through the phone.

“It’s me,” answered Stella.

Felicity let out a relieved sigh. “You scared me to death! Why didn’t you come back last night? Your phone was unreachable. Where have you been? I almost called the cops!”

Stella massaged her temples, trying to ease the headache from her hangover. “I’m fine. Last night… I was with my mom. I forgot to bring my charger along, and my phone ran out of battery and died.”

Stella hid the fact that she got drunk because she did not want Felicity to worry about her.