On the other end of the line, Stella did not know what to say to reassure Jennifer.
Fortunately, Jennifer did not keep talking about it.
Instead, she asked, “What about you and Felix? Did you find out why he’s helping Summer?”
Felix helping Summer was something none of them had expected.
He had always seemed firmly on Stella’s side.
No matter what kind of friendship he had once had with Evan, when things fell apart between Evan and Stella, Felix had chosen Stella without hesitation.
And now…
The Wright family and Summer should have been behind them.
But Felix, the man who had helped Stella all along, had stepped in to help Summer at the very end.
“Gray found something,” Stella said. “Apparently, Summer has become Felix’s father’s mistress.”
Gray had just reported the results of his investigation.
According to what he found, Summer had become Felix’s father’s mistress.
The answer had caught Stella off guard.
Jennifer sounded just as shocked.
“Felix’s father’s mistress?”
“Yeah.”
“That can’t be right.”
Jennifer did not hesitate.
Felix’s father had always seemed like a deeply principled man.
He did not look like the kind of person who would get involved in something like that.
And was Summer even that beautiful?
Even if she was, so what?
With all the mess surrounding her, what kind of man would be reckless enough to take her on as a mistress now?
She had been involved with Frank.
She had helped cause Steven’s death.
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Any man who took her in now had to be asking for trouble.
“That’s what Gray found,” Stella said.
She did not believe it either.
But that was the information that had come back.
“There has to be more to it,” Jennifer insisted.
Stella felt the same.
“I know. I think something is off too.”
Jennifer did not believe Felix’s father had taken Summer as his mistress.
And neither did Stella.
“Could this be what Felix wants you to see?” Jennifer asked. “Maybe he already knows you’re investigating him.”
Stella’s heart gave a hard jolt.
Felix…
He already knew she was looking into it?
Honestly, it would not be surprising.
A man like Felix, who always seemed to have everything under control, would not have much trouble finding out.
But hearing Jennifer say it still left Stella feeling tight in the chest.
She took a slow breath.
“You think if Felix knew, he’d give me the answer he thinks I want?”
“If you believe Summer is Felix’s father’s mistress, wouldn’t that be exactly the answer you want?”
Stella said nothing.
It was true.
That explanation would put her mind most at ease.
It would mean Felix had not wanted to help Summer himself.
He had only done it because of his father,
But that was exactly why the explanation felt too hard to believe.
Stella drew in a breath, suddenly not knowing what to say.
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Jennifer sighed.
“Honestly, you need to be careful around Felix.”
This had all happened too suddenly.
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