He Never Noticed Me Until I Loved Someone Else novel Chapter 386

Looking back, every single excuse Jarrod had fed her was riddled with massive plot holes.

He had claimed Silas was a minor nuisance, yet Silas had miraculously managed to suspend him from his own empire and supposedly orchestrated a catastrophic shipwreck involving Arthur Sr.

He claimed he had to divorce Stella because Yvette was pregnant. But Yvette's pregnancy hadn't been leaked to the press, and Jarrod hadn't even officially confirmed a romantic relationship with her.

Then there was the day she was nearly run off the road by that motorcycle. The raw, unmasked terror in Jarrod's eyes, followed by the chillingly calculated look he gave her right before demanding the divorce... it all felt entirely staged.

Months ago, when she had been dead set on leaving him, Jarrod had played hardball, yet he constantly proved he was deeply invested in her safety. When Grandma Margaret had her medical emergency, Jarrod had literally abandoned a multi-million-dollar international summit just to fly back to her.

But the second the ink dried on the divorce papers, Jarrod had morphed into a sociopath. No matter what disaster struck her life, he acted as if she didn't exist.

Even when they were standing three feet apart, he hadn't offered a single word of concern.

It was completely unnatural.

Jarrod wasn't a cold-blooded machine—if he were, he wouldn't have gone to such extreme lengths to protect Yvette based on a childhood debt.

Stella was forced to conclude that Jarrod's ruthless drive to push her away was a meticulously crafted facade.

While she still couldn't stomach the emotional torture he had put her through, the realization lifted a suffocating weight off her chest.

Steeling herself, Stella prepared to head out and meet Simeon. Suddenly, her phone lit up. It was Yvette's number.

Frowning, Stella answered, only to be met with Yvette's frantic, hushed voice.

She claimed that ever since Jarrod went missing, Silas had placed her under strict house arrest, and she had only just managed to steal a phone when the guards weren't looking.

"I'm terrified to make a move. I know Silas will try to kill my baby," Yvette whispered in sheer panic. "Stella, has Jarrod contacted you? Do you know if he's alive?"

Why on earth would Yvette risk everything to call *her* for intel on Jarrod?

"That's a ridiculous question. Why would he contact me?" Stella shot back coldly. "Didn't his boat capsize with Arthur Sr.? The news says he's lost at sea."

"Stella, I'm sorry, I'm just so scared. I don't know what to do, so I'm grasping at straws. I thought maybe Jarrod found a way to send you a secret message to let you know he was okay."

Yvette pressed harder, "You really haven't heard anything? Julian and Sebastian haven't found a single clue?"

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