Shadows Between Us (Stella and Sebastian) novel Chapter 223

Chapter 223

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Emily was left speechless. She slammed the car door shut, not saying a word.

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Then she gave the black car a respectful bow, and the next second, without looking back, she dashed straight to Stella, yelling, “There’s a ghost.”

She buried her face in Stella’s neck.

Stella and Jake sighed.

The backseat window slid down slowly, and there was Sebastian, his face totally blank and unreadable.

Emily sobbed, feeling nauseous. She couldn’t hold it and vomited.

Stella and Jake were speechless.

Jake kept shuffling away in tiny steps, desperate to put some distance between himself and Emily.

Emily sat up straight like a nervous kid inside the car, her hands glued to her legs; she didn’t even dare to breathe.

Sebastian said, “Take Miss Chase home first.”

His eyes were cold, and his voice had no warmth.

Emily said, “Thank you.”

She sat there, totally on her best behavior.

Thinking that she could barely breathe here for a short while, while Stella had to deal with Sebastian like this every day, Emily felt sorry for her. She thought, ‘Poor Stella.

Stella was a little tipsy, propping her cheek up with one hand in the backseat, looking totally relaxed. “Sorry to keep you waiting.”

Sebastian’s expression stayed calm. “It’s okay. I just got here.”

John just stayed silent at the wheel, thinking, ‘Come on, he has waited for about 45 minutes.

Jake scratched his head, confused. “But my brother said Mr. Gray had been waiting for-”

John snapped, “Shut up.”

He frowned at Jake. “Don’t question Mr. Gray.”

Jake was confused.

Emily shook her head, finding him a little dull.

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Stella looked out the window, biting back a grin.

Sebastian remained silent.

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Eggie poked its head out from Sebastian’s black shirt pocket. Stella was just about to reach for it when Sebastian, with a frosty expression, calmly but firmly pushed the tiny peregrine falcon back inside.

Sebastian asked, “Had any alcohol?”

Stella replied, “Just a bit.”

Sebastian pressed, “And how much is ‘a bit’?”

Stella shot back, “Quit asking.”

Sebastian shook his head.

Sebastian sat in silence for a while, lost in thought. Then he said, “Fine.”

Emily thought, ‘That’s it? Mr. Gray, where’s your badass attitude?’

Stella joked, “So, you came to pick me up just because you knew I’d been drinking, right?”

Sebastian, refusing to admit it, said, “Just happened to be in the area.”

Emily thought, ‘Yeah, right. My high school crush used that excuse all the time.

Sebastian asked, “What’s that?”

He glanced at the small box sitting on the seat between them.

Stella replied, “It’s some chocolate I brought for Lucas.”

Sebastian frowned, looking moody.

Stella shot him a look. “Don’t even think about sneaking a bite.”

Sebastian snorted coldly.

Emily thought, ‘Stella must have lost her mind. Mr. Gray won’t do that!

Ten minutes later, they hit traffic under the overpass. The car was dim and stutty. Emily, tipsy and half-asleep, cast a casual glance over her shoulder.

She was surprised. She thought, ‘Wait, what? Mr. Gray is stuffing chocolate in his mouth while Stella is resting, and he’s not even showing a reaction.

As if he’d sensed her staring, Sebastian looked up, his expression dark and moody,

Emily panicked. She swallowed hard, suddenly feeling a sharp pain in her stomach.

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Sebastian just kept munching away, acting like nothing was out of the ordinary.

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Emily awkwardly turned her head back, thinking, ‘Nope, I didn’t see a thing. I must be totally drunk. Yeah, that’s it.’

Half an hour later, Stella woke up. Her hand accidentally brushed the Godiva Chocolate box, and she froze for

a moment.

She looked up at Sebastian with a blank face.

Sebastian silently looked away, staring out the window.

Stella shot up, yelling, “Sebastian.”

John was so startled that he nearly lost his grip on the steering wheel.

Emily was nervous, too.

Stella demanded, “Look at me.”

All twelve chocolates in the box were eaten, not a single one left.

Sebastian turned his head back, locking eyes with Stella, stubborn as ever. “I didn’t steal any chocolate.”

He hiccupped, and there was a faint whiff of truffle chocolate in the air.

Everyone was speechless.

Stella reached out and swiped her finger across the corner of his lips. “What’s this?”

Sebastian shook his head.

It was chocolate.

Stella laughed in exasperation. “I told you not to steal any.”

Sebastian defended himself, “Well, I never promised.”

Emily was speechless. She thought, ‘Yeah, I heard it. Mr. Gray merely snorted. He never agreed.

Sebastian added, “Besides, I wasn’t sneaking anything, I ate it openly. She saw me.”

He jabbed a finger at Emily.

Emily was completely dumbfounded. She never imagined she’d get dragged into this mess.

The car slowly drove into the villa district. Emily leaned weakly against the seat, thinking, ‘Poor Stella. No, she’s not poor at all. I am!

The further they drove in, the more John’s brow furrowed. Something just felt off.

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“Get out and take a look,” John told Jake.

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Not far ahead was Emily’s villa, though the main gate required a turn to reach. From this angle, lights shone brightly, and faint music drifted. Yet John felt uneasy.

Jake nodded and hopped out of the car. He wandered toward the corner, taking his sweet time.

After a while, nothing happened.

John frowned. “Mr. Gray, let me go take a look.”

Just to be cautious, he warned Sebastian.

Emily’s face instantly tensed up. “What’s going on?”

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