Shadows Between Us (Stella and Sebastian) novel Chapter 58

Chapter 58

“You’re not trying to pull one over on me, are you?” Landen asked, feeling like he was in a dream.

Stella, whose conscience was barely kicking in, stood there speechless. She turned to leave, but Landen scrambled after her, grabbed her wrist, and plopped down on the floor like a kid throwing a tantrum. “No, you can’t go,” he said.

Stella was speechless. How does a man in his seventies or eighties manage to be this shameless, and so good at it?’ she thought.

She gave Nathan a blank look, and he quickly looked away, feeling a twinge of guilt. After all, some elders were gentle and compliant, while others were utterly unpredictable.

Landen whimpered, contorting his face into a pitiful expression Stella and everyone else were left speechless.

“My heart hurts so much. Am I about to die?” Landen said as he kept looking at Stella with those big, sad eyes, pouting like a child about to cry. Stella was speechless, and so was everyone else.

“Only the Compendium of Medicinal Plants can keep me alive now,” Landen said, sneaking a glance at her from the corner of his eye. Everyone there was left speechless again.

Nathan thought, ‘He ate two steaks the other day.’

As Landen was about to pull another stunt, Stella raised her hand to cut him off, “Stop! Give me paper and pen.” Landen’s eyes lit up. Paper and pen were quickly brought over.

“Which formula do you want to know?” Stella asked.

“The Harmonizing Formula,” Landen blurted out without hesitation. This was the eighth formula from the Compendium of Medicinal Plants that the Trent family had been studying for ten years. But after all that time, they’d only managed to figure out a quarter of it.

Stella lifted her hand and began scribbling a few lines, her strokes confident and expressive. ease, Victor, who was obsessed with calligraphy, felt a surge of excitement.

atching her write with such

As he studied the handwriting, a strange sense of familiarity tugged at him, and he wondered where he had seen it before.

The moment Stella finished, the ink was still wet when Landen snatched the paper, his hands trembling with excitement. It was the Harmonizing Formula.

The first quarter matched his memory perfectly, and he had always assumed that the rest would be lost to his grandchildren after he was gone. He never imagined he would see it in his lifetime.

“You’re such a miracle doctor,” Landen sobbed, his tears streaming and his expression almost comically desperate. Stella could only stand there, speechless, wishing he would release her leg.

Before Stella could react, a cold, powerful hand gripped her wrist and yanked her into Sebastian’s lap. His aura was icy and overwhelming, and the familiar dark, woody scent enveloped her. No one dared approach, and everyone watched in stunned silence.

“She’s tired,” Sebastian said, his voice deep and intimidating, his eyes glinting with icy warning as he stared down Landen.

His large hand, adorned with glinting prayer beads, rested on the back of Stella’s head, fingers threading through her dark, slightly wavy hair. He pulled her onto his lap as if it were the most ordinary thing, unconcerned by the stunned looks

around them.

Landen, who had been throwing a tantrum moments ago, rose immediately, silent and cautious. Stella remained still, intending to stand but instead leaning back lazily into Sebastian’s arms, letting out a deliberately casual yawn.

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That was when everyone remembered Stella had been called in midnight and had finished an intense, high-precision surgery. They all looked a little sheepish

Landen held Stella’s arm, reactant to let her go, and asked politely. ‘Stella, could you add me on WhatsApp? Have you been busy lately Stella ignored formalities and pulled out her phoneadding everyone in the room

If Sebastian hadn’t been here keeping things under control, Landen would have stayed a little longer to soak up Stella’s

presence

“I will be busy? Stella replied. She really wasn’t making excuses.

Busy with what?” Landen pressed.

I’m about to start at Edenbury Academy, Stella replied. Everyone was left speechless, completely stunned that she was still a

student.

On the way back in the Maybach. Stella quickly fell asleep, her head resting against the window. Loose strands of hair partially framed her delicate face, and she still held her unfinished coffee, exhaustion clear in every line of her posture.

With every bump in the road. Stella’s head knocked against the glass again. Sebastian, who’d been watching her the whole time, shot John a frosty look.

The car slowed. Sebastian reached out, slid his elegant fingers between Stella’s head and the window, and gently shifted her so she was resting against his shoulder.

John could hardly find words, stunned by Sebastian’s behavior. He could not reconcile this with Sebastian’s usual obsession with cleanliness

At Sandridge Island, the car had barely stopped at the manor’s gate when Lucas, the small, soft boy who had been resting his chin on his hands, ran over with a pitiful expression. He was still wearing his favorite blue shark pajamas.

Lucas’s cheeks puffed up in annoyance as he watched Sebastian carry the sleeping Stella. He planted his hands on his hips, standing resolutely in front of the wheelchair, daring anyone to make him move.

“Move.” Sebastian said, his voice calm and laid-back, without his usual icy edge.

Lucas huffed and stamped his foot, not moving. Sebastian’s eyes remained blank, his usual icy expression even more unreadable.

Sebastian lifted his wrist and, expression unreadable, gave Lucas a small shake. Lucas froze, staring blankly, unsure of what had happened.

Sebastian kept his face expressionless as he raised his wrist to reveal a matching black digital watch, identical to Lucas’s. On him, even a simple digital watch appeared luxurious.

Lucas was frozen, as if he’d turned to stone. His whole world collapsed. Seeing the effect, Sebastian rolled his wheelchair right past Lucas and into the house. A faint, indifferent smirk curled on Sebastian’s lips. He left Lucas standing there, totally shattered.

Upstairs, Allan, who’d watched the whole thing unfold, couldn’t help but click his tongue. He leaned against the white sheer curtains, arms crossed.

Allan thought, ‘Some people may look nice, but their hearts are small and petty. Lucas will have to learn slowly, letting each lesson sink in. Smiling, Allan pulled down his sleep mask, drew the curtains, and fell asleep again.

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At half past nine in the morning, Haliville’s elite received shocking news. The two prime plots in the South District, long the most sought-after properties in the city, had finally been made public.

News had already spread across Haliville about the Gray family delivering the pill the previous night. Though envy simmered among onlookers, they could not deny that with the Gray family now joining forces with the Penn family, they would rise to the very top.

The Gray family had been determined to secure the two South District plots, but the official results stunned everyone. One of the plots was listed under Sebastian’s name, his name standing out in bold letters for all to see.

After being publicly disowned and expelled from Gray Group by Carlos, Sebastian made a dramatic return that no one could ignore.

Gray Group’s stock price plummeted, hitting the limit down almost instantly. At Gray Manor, Carlos clenched his fists, his face red with fury. “What on earth is going on here?” Carlos asked.

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