Hearing the sarcasm in Stella’s voice, Felix rubbed his aching brow and glanced instinctively at Aaron.
“Is there anything the two of you wouldn’t do?” Stella asked.
“It really isn’t what you think.”
“Then tell me. What exactly are you and Aaron negotiating with Litt about?”
Litt’s demand was clear.
He wanted her.
And yet Felix and Aaron were still willing to negotiate with him.
Did that not mean they had at least considered handing her over?
“I would never give you to him.”
Stella let out a cold laugh.
She did not believe him at all.
“Where are you?” Felix asked. “I…”
“Stop everything you’re doing to Amos,” Stella cut in. “Don’t give me another reason to hate you.”
Felix went silent.
“If you insist on continuing, then we…”
She paused briefly.
When she spoke again, her voice was calm.
“Then we’ll become enemies too.”
Felix’s expression changed.
“You…”
“In Eirden, I allowed myself to be trapped by both of you,” Stella said. “But don’t forget what I was capable of doing in Harbor City when I had nothing left to lose.”
What had trapped her in Eirden?
Felix’s false devotion.
And the family ties Aaron had used to bind her to the Hogarth family.
Because they were supposed to be her family, she had never been able to treat them the way she had treated the Wrights.
But if they continued pushing her, that would change.
Felix drew in a deep breath.
“Do you really think the Hogarth family is the same as the Wright family?”
“I know,” Stella said casually. “Going against the Hogarth family would be like an ant trying to bring down an elephant.”
There was no fear in her voice.
“But don’t forget,” she continued, “while you’re busy taking what you want from others, there are plenty of people who want you dead.”
“No. Not for him.”
“Then why?”
Felix’s question was sharp.
She had called because of Amos.
And protecting Amos meant protecting what Evan had left behind.
Now she was even threatening to fight the Hogarth family because of it.
How could she claim this had nothing to do with Evan?
“For myself,” Stella said.
It was the truth.
She had no intention of doing anything for Evan.
Even if he had died because of her, she had never considered repaying him.
“You’re coming after me now,” she continued. “This is about me.”
“I already told you. We never intended to hand you over to that old man.”
“But he demanded me, and you still sat down to negotiate with him.”
How much clearer did it need to be before they finally admitted the truth?

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