Chapter 216

Chapter 216

Undeniably, her fate with these children has been truly agonizing.

The boy now absolutely must find Dr. Gass just to stay alive.

And her daughter, who was perfectly heathy, is now lost.

“Getting your hands on me?” Stella let out a cold laugh. “That’s one thing you’ll never achieve p>

Summer fell silent for a beat.

Then Stella added, “If you want your daughter alive, stop wasting time yelling at me and go find her p>

With that, she hung up.

Unbelievable.

Now anytime anything happened, it somehow got pinned on her.

The call had barely ended when Dora called again.

“Stella,” Dora said, her tone suddenly soft, “we were wrong before. Just tell Mom where the child is p>

Now that the girl was missing, Dora had finally started to panic.

For the first time, there was none of her usual arrogance in her voice.

She sounded almost gentle.

Hearing that tone from her now, Stella found it almost laughable.

She was even calling herself Mom.

As if that word had ever meant anything.

Even after Stella married Evan, they had never once treated her like family.

Back then, she wasn’t worthy of calling them Mom or Grandma.

And now?

“Mrs. Wright,” Stella said coldly, “this is just pathetic p>

How long had it even been since Dora told her that if she had any sense, she’d get out of the Wright family?

And now she was calling herself Mom?

Please.

Dora forced down her anger. “Where is the child p>

“And why are you so sure I took her p>

That question pushed Dora right back over the edge.

“If not you, then who?” she shouted. “After everything you’ve done these past few days, haven’t you been

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trying to drive Summer to her death p>

Her voice nearly turned into a scream by the end.

Because everything Stella had done lately had been aimed straight at Summer.

One move after another.

Enough to push a person over the edge.

Stella’s grip tightened around the phone. “Whether she lives or dies has nothing to do with me.

“Let me make one thing clear, Mrs. Wright. Everything else these past few days, yes, that was me. But not

this.

“If you want the child alive, go look somewhere else. If you keep wasting time on me and the child dies because of it, don’t you dare pin that on me too p>

If she really had taken the child, she’d be using her as leverage with Evan right now.

But Stella wasn’t that low.

No matter how much she despised Summer, she would never lay a hand on a child.

And steal a baby?

As if a baby were easy to take and hide.

Babies were the hardest to care for.

She’d have to be out of her mind to kidnap the most high-maintenance thing on earth just to threaten Evan.

She hung up again.

A second later, Jennifer called.

Stella answered, “Jennifer p>

“Summer’s kid is missing. Did you know p>

Stella paused.

Even Jennifer knew already?

So outside Mount Lara, things had really exploded.

“I know,” Stella said. “Evan rushed over there. Pretty fast too p>

Usually, if it wasn’t something urgent but he still absolutely had to go, he’d drag Stella along with him.

But today he left without her.

So this time, it really had to be serious.

“How did you hear p>

“My aunt,” Jennifer said. “She’s on shift there today. The whole hospital’s gone crazy p>

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“That, I believe p>

A missing child was no small matter.

Jennifer went quiet.

Stella frowned. “What p>

Jennifer hesitated. “This… isn’t connected to you, right p>

Stella fell silent.

Great.

So it wasn’t just the Wright family now.

Even Jennifer thought the missing child might have something to do with her.

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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.