There were just some people in Stella’s life, people so insignificant–that she hardly ever thought of them. When Rianne heard her say that, she let out a soft laugh. “Sounds like things have been going pretty well for you since you got back to Falvaria.”
“They have.”
Three simple words, but they said everything about how content Stella had been since her return.
Ethan and the Reed family had waited for her to hit a wall with the Dawsons, but in the end, they were left disappointed.
They had been so eager to see her thrown out of the Dawson family….
“And you? How have you been?”
When Rianne left Rivermount, things between her and Tempest had looked… complicated.
Stella had been a little worried about her.
“I’ve been okay,” Rianne replied.
Unlike Stella’s easygoing response, Rianne’s version of okay came out stiff and strained, like she was forcing it through a clenched jaw.
Stella picked up on the hesi
Falvaria. I can easily get you on and frowned. “If you can’t stand it in Rivermount anymore, come to to a good hospital with a future.”
Bottom line, when things aren’t going your way, you shouldn’t force yourself to stay.
“I don’t need your help,” Rianne said.
“Right, right–you’re the big genius. As long as you get away from Tempest, there’ll be plenty of people lining up for you.”
Rianne was one of those rare, in–demand genius doctors.
To be honest, while Tempest had spent years keeping her under his wing, Rianne had quietly grown stronger on her own, without him even noticing.
She had already found her own path, one that was hers alone to walk.
Even if she left him, she’d be fine. She had already stepped out from under his control in her own professional world.
Still…
“What’s his attitude toward you now?”
Stella hadn’t asked much about what happened between Tempest and that Hailey woman.
But back then, Rianne had asked Stella to take her away, which meant whatever happened had been serious.
“No attitude at all,” Rianne replied. Stella was stunned.
“Actually, I’m already getting ready to leave Rivermount. As soon as the research center in Yalvoria gives the green light, I’m out.”
Right now, Rianne was just waiting for the go–ahead from East Yalvoria.
“You’re going to Yalvoria?” Stella asked.
“Don’t tell anyone.”
Rianne hadn’t even told Tempest yet, she clearly didn’t want Stella passing on the news.
“I know,” Stella said.
Stella was stunned. So now, in his mind, every one of my friends was like Tessa, only reaching out to ask for favors?
Honestly, back when they were in Rivermount, it was Tessa who’d helped her more often.
Abraham let out a helpless sigh and gently pinched her cheek. “And that was worth waking you up for in the middle of the night?”
“It’s daytime in Rivermount.”
“Still shouldn’t have,” he muttered.
“She told me so I’d feel better.” Stella stuck out her tongue as she spoke.
Honestly, when Rianne described how horribly Lillian had died, Stella had felt a little satisfied.
“She couldn’t have waited ‘til morning?” Abraham asked.
“If it’s daytime here, it’d be the middle of the night for Rianne.”
Abraham said nothing after that; he just held Stella close and urged her to get some sleep.
Stella slept well that night, especially with Abraham beside her.
It didn’t take long before she drifted off again in his arms. But the man holding her wasn’t quite as lucky.
At four in the morning, Abraham actually had to get up and take a cold shower.
When he returned to bed and pulled Stella back into his arms, she must’ve felt the chill in her sleep; she squirmed with a soft grumble.
“Don’t hug me, you’re cold.”
That little movement made the fire Abraham had just tamped down start to rise all over again.
The next morning, Stella woke in Abraham’s arms. The moment their eyes met, she could clearly see the fatigue in his.

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The readers' comments on the novel: The Wrong Girl and the Wronged Girl (Stella and Ethan)
Ch 489 Doesn’t this prove that Dan doesn’t actually have amnesia? Why would he go to the island with a strange woman and why would he steal from Derrick? He doesn’t know them....
Ch 488 I feel like this is going to be what Stella stole in his study in Pagenda or wherever his estate was....
Ch 485 I thought it was going to be the Reed family mine that she robbed, thus taking the Keenes product and leaving them in that situation....
Ch 483 o then, how did the Reeds fine her? How did they not know where she was from?...
Ch 477 Definitely hidden pedo in here, referring to tiny women as little girls in every way possible....
Ch 468 How could Stella inherit her adopted father’s weak stomach constitution?...
Ch 468 Abraham and Marie’s mother has been called Evelyn, Diane and Loretta.. which is it? Evelyn has been the most used....
Ch 465 She still doesn’t know the mistress is Lillian’s aunt?...
Ch 464 Why didn’t she kick her out herself be for she went to attack the mistress…...
Ch 463 This is stupid now. I understand being scared in his presence enough to not think straight, but she’s a lone more often than not and has plenty of time to think things through, especially if she has time to get gossip from Rivermount and report to Stella....