Shadows Between Us (Stella and Sebastian) novel Chapter 224

Chapter 224

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Suddenly, there was a huge crash. Magnus slipped on the moss and went down, his massive broadsword clattering beside him.

Magnus screamed. Emily gasped and dashed over, not caring about anything else.

Stella, Sebastian, and John felt silent.

One couldn’t step into the same river twice, but one could totally slip on the same patch of moss.

Emily rushed over, her voice anxious, “Dad. Are you okay? Why are you even chasing that idiot?”

Jake, who’d been wailing on the ground, suddenly froze.

His face stayed utterly blank. Jake thought, ‘You’re the idiot.’

Emily quickly said, “I’m just trying to cheer my dad up. Don’t take it personally.”

As she spoke, she pressed down on her dad’s lower back.

Magnus screamed, “My back. I think it’s broken.”

The uncles and male cousins all started shouting, “Wait, what? Where’s it broken? What’s the emergency number again?”

Stella, Sebastian, and John were speechless.

They really dismissed the correct emergency number.

Not every family could manage something like that.

Finally, after a long, awkward silence, Sebastian said with a deadpan look, “It’s 911.”

“Right, right. 911.” The uncles and cousins all whipped out their phones at the same time.

Emily shouted, “Stop.”

Her voice cracked with panic as she waved her hands frantically.

Magnus whimpered. “Emmy, am I gonna die?”

Lying there as a turtle flipped on its back, Magnus was bawling his eyes out. He was sure he was paralyzed. Otherwise, he could move.

Magnus said, “When I’m gone, make sure you find all the secret stashes of cash I’ve hidden under the floorboards, by the headboard, in the vases, and outside in the yard.”

Emily cut in, “Burn them for you?”

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Magnus snapped, “No way. Just find it and spend it yourself.”

Stella, Sebastian, and John were speechless.

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Stella couldn’t take it anymore and stepped forward. Emily’s uncles and male cousins all looked up at her, their eyes full of suspicion and mockery. “Thief.”

One of the cousins muttered, “But she’s a girl, though.”

They all instantly switched. “Girl thief.”

Stella was speechless.

Without a hint of emotion, Stella hooked the broadsword on the ground with her toe, picked it up with one hand, grabbed it with both, and with a hard yank, the handle snapped in two with a loud.

The Chase family was left speechless.

The sound of someone nervously swallowing was crystal clear.

Stella swept a cold gaze over them. “Anyone else got something to say?”

The Chase family all shook their heads in perfect unison, tossing whatever they were holding straight onto the ground.

The whole group shouted, “Not a peep.”

Stella just chucked the broken broadsword to the ground. Magnus stared in disbelief, eyes wide as saucers. This was a blade he’d had specially commissioned, and he’d spent half a year just getting the grip right. And

she broke it.

Magnus stammered, “No.”

Stella didn’t even spare him a glance. She patted Emily on the shoulder, motioning her to step aside. The next second, there was a loud crack, and Stella said, “Alright, you can get up now.”

The Chase family was left speechless.

Everyone thought, ‘Wait, what was that sound just now?’

Magnus was left speechless.

Everyone instinctively turned to look at Stella.

Stella was speechless.

Stella sighed, “Relax, it’s not broken. He just threw out his back.”

Emily hurried to help her dad up, and after Magnus stretched a little, he was totally fine.

Magnus blurted out, “Kid, you’re awesome.”

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He couldn’t help but give Stella a big thumbs-up.

Stella was speechless.

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One moment, they were calling her a girl thief; the next, they were acting like she was some kind of hero.

John walked over and hauled Jake up from the ground. Jake, tough as nails, didn’t even have a scratch on him.

One cousin blurted out, “Emmy, weren’t you in a car accident?”

Another chimed in, “No way, I heard Emmy got snatched by some creeps.”

Someone else added, “That’s not it either.”

Everyone started chiming in, talking all at once.

Emily groaned, “What are you all even talking about?”

Emily thought, ‘It’s Stella’s first time here.

‘I’m so embarrassed I could die.’

Meredith’s elegant, commanding voice rang out from the doorway. “What on earth are you all doing?” Instantly, everyone whipped around to look.

Magnus shouted, “Honey. Emmy’s back.”

As soon as his back was fixed, Magnus rushed over and hugged Meredith tight, burying his face in her shoulder. For a guy over six feet tall, he looked just like a big kid, all pouty and clingy.

Sebastian was speechless.

He shot Stella a sneaky side-eye when no one was looking.

Then he pretended like nothing was up.

Secretly, he added that to his mental notebook for later.

Meredith was speechless.

Meredith brushed Magnus aside; her first priority was checking that Emily was safe and sound. Once she saw that her daughter was perfectly fine, she let out a sigh of relief and finally turned her gaze to the unfamiliar guests.

Meredith hesitated, “You must be. Mr. Gray?”

Everyone was left speechless.

The moment they heard Mr. Gray, the whole room gasped.

Instantly, every eye turned to Sebastian, who sat in his wheelchair, face unreadable,

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Sebastian just said, “Yes.”

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Meredith said, “Mr. Gray, everyone here, I’m so sorry. This was all just a misunderstanding, really sorry about this.”

John said, “Mrs. Chase.”

With a frosty look, he suddenly stepped forward.

Meredith blinked, a little confused.

Only then did she look up at the young man towering over her, John. He suddenly gave her a stiff, awkward grin, like he was forcing himself to smile.

Meredith and Emily were left speechless.

Emily thought, ‘That smile looks like it was glued on at the last second, seriously unsettling.’

John said, “Your husband’s secret stash of cash is hidden under the floorboards, behind the headboard, in the vases, and out in the yard.” He gave him a mischievous little smile.

Meredith, Emily, and the Chase family were completely speechless.

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