The One I Should've Married (Stella and Sebastian) novel Chapter 162

Stella paused.

She looked at Beatrice with a mocking smile. "Haven't you realized? I despise fake victims!"

She would never forget how manipulative Beatrice used to be in front of her grandparents.

Thank goodness her grandparents never fell for her act!

Otherwise, who knows how disgusted her mother would have been before she finally left the Channings.

Her poor mother...

Staying by her grandparents' side, enduring that disgust for so many years.

Hearing Stella's blunt words, Beatrice's expression shifted, looking deeply humiliated.

Stella's gaze turned cold as she looked at Zoe. "Why are you still here?"

Zoe's face turned ashen. She glared at Stella and snapped, "Fine, I'll leave! I didn't want to work here anyway!"

With that, she turned and headed for the door!

"Don't worry," Stella scoffed. "You won't have a job to do for a very long time."

Zoe froze.

She whipped her head around to look at Stella.

The mockery on Stella's lips softened into a dangerous smile. "Enjoy your vacation, hmm?"

Zoe stammered, "You... you're going to blacklist me in the industry?"

"Oh, it won't be limited to just this industry!"

Zoe was speechless.

Beatrice was horrified.

Stella set down her coffee cup. "Or perhaps the ever-so-kind Ms. Channing can arrange a job for you?"

Didn't she want to play the hero?

Let's see what the Ms. Channing she was defending could actually do for her! Help her keep pretending?

Beatrice's face turned a sickly shade of green.

"Zoe is just an employee, you..."

"Tsk, tsk," Stella clicked her tongue, cutting Beatrice off entirely. "See that? She's only good for putting on an act for you!"

Beatrice gaped. "You..."

Zoe's face turned even greener.

She looked at Beatrice, then back at Stella. "You can't blacklist me!"

She couldn't afford to be completely unemployable.

Rent, living expenses—everything required money!

"What do you mean, blacklist? That sounds so cruel. I just think you need to take some time to properly reflect on your work attitude, and that takes time, doesn't it?"

She didn't explicitly say 'blacklist,' but her intention was crystal clear.

Zoe's face drained of all color...

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