Chapter 15
Jennifer shoved the phone right up in Evan’s face.
“Look. Take a good look. This is the ‘respectable, gentle sister-in-law’ you keep defending. This is her real face. ”
Evan took the phone and glanced at the screen.
After a single look, he raised his eyes to Jennifer.
“What’s wrong with it?”
Jennifer froze.
…What did you just say?”
She stared at him in disbelief.
“You’re seriously asking me what’s wrong with it?”
“Evan,” she snapped, “did you graduate elementary school? Or are we pretending we don’t understand words now?
“That message was blatant provocation. And you’re asking me what’s wrong?”
Fuming, Jennifer snatched the phone back.
“Fine. Let me explain it to you, since apparently you need subtitles.”
She scrolled, still ranting-then stopped mid-sentence.
“…Huh?”
The message wasn’t there anymore.
Jennifer frowned and looked again.
The original message had been retracted.
Almost immediately, a new one popped up.
[Stella, this is all my fault. If you’re angry, blame me. I still can’t accept Steven’s passing. Please n’t argue with Evan anymore. He truly loves you.]
Jennifer went completely silent.
Then she laughed, short and hollow
“…Unbelievable.”
She turned and tossed the phone back onto the bed.
“Look.”
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Stella picked it up.
The moment she saw the retracted message and the replacement, a faint, mocking smile curved her lips.
If anyone knew how to play innocent, it was Summer.
Years married into that family, two faces at all times. Not a single person had ever seen through her.
Evan studied Stella’s expression, then turned to Jennifer.
“Could you step outside for a moment?”
Jennifer shot him a look full of pure contempt, then bent down toward Stella.
“I’ll go find you something decent to eat.”
She stood and walked out, muttering under her breath.
The room fell silent.
Evan pulled a chair over and sat by the bed. His fingers interlaced, his gaze steady but cool.
“You’re really going to sue her?” he asked.
Stella met his eyes without answering.
Evan continued, as if discussing a business proposal.
“That project. Including bonuses, it made around fourteen million.”
“I’ll give you a hundred million,” he said flatly.
“Drop the lawsuit.”
No apology.
No hesitation.
Just a transaction.
Stella laughed softly.
“Fourteen million.”
Did he really think money was the point?
Summer, the Bailey heiress, wouldn’t care about fourteen million. She wanted one ip. She wanted to take what belonged to someone else.
So this was it.
Evan was trying to buy her silence for Summer.
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Stella tilted her head, her smile sharpening.
“We’re still married, Evan.”
“So what is this exactly?” she asked calmly.
“You spending money on your sister-in-law, in front of your wife, to clean up her mess?”
She paused, then added lightly,
“Or are you planning to use our joint assets… to pay for Summer’s sins?”
Evan’s jaw tightened.
He hadn’t meant for it to sound like this.
But once she said it out loud, the ugliness was undeniable.
“I don’t want this family torn apart,” he said, irritation seeping through.
“And this wasn’t her fault. I made the call. I misjudged it—”
“You misjudged it?” Stella cut in.
“Then should I sue you too?”
His expression darkened instantly.
“And stop calling us family,” she continued coldly.
“Summer and I are not family. Don’t drag that word out just to disgust me.”
The word disgust landed hard.
Before Evan could respond, his phone rang.
He glanced at the screen. Dora.
He answered. “Mom.”
“Evan,” Dora said urgently, “Summer’s really unstable after today. She woke up the moment ve to come back.”
The words hung in the air.
Stella watched him quietly, her eyes unreadable.
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