Chapter 288
Chapter 288
Stella had no idea how she made it out of the hospital.
Now standing at the hospital entrance under the pale winter sun, all she felt was cold.
Grandma Diana’s words kept echoing in her ears.
She had said, “It was the Wright family. Your grandmother’s house was being taken for redevelopment, and the compensation was unfair. Your mother refused to accept it. People from the Wright family came to the house, and both sides got into a heated argument. Your mother was shoved backward and hit the back of her head on a rock. There was so much blood. They didn’t get her to a hospital in time p>
Grandma Diana added, “That piece of land was worth a fortune. It was right in the center of the city, and a lot of people were fighting over it back then. The Wright family got to it first.
“And to get the demolition done faster, people from the Wright family even went to the house themselves. Mrs. Wright was there too p>
Mrs. Wright.
Dora Wright.
So Grandma Diana, who had stayed by her side all those years in the orphanage, had once been the nanny her mother hired to care for her at home.
After her mother died, Grandma Diana had wanted to take her home and raise her herself.
But her son and daughter-in-law refused.
So she was the one who took Stella to the orphanage.
Afraid Stella would suffer there, she later found work at the orphanage too.
She had kept the truth from her all those years because the Wright family had been too powerful.
In Grandma Diana’s eyes, Stella had never stood a chance against them.
If she had gone looking for justice, she would only have destroyed herself too.
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Grandma Diana had also said, “That whole family was made up of monsters. Men or women, none of them
cared about reason.
“If even one of them had acted like a human being that day and gotten your mother to a hospital in time, your mother would not have died p>
Stella’s chest hurt so badly it felt like it was caving in.
It was as if her whole world had frozen solid.
She had never imagined that the Grandma Diana who had stayed with her through all those years at the orphanage had originally been the nanny her mother brought into their home.
Seeing the cold, rigid line of Stella’s back, Gray stepped forward. “Miss Rowan, please get in the car. It’s cold out here p>
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The weather had been getting colder by the day.
And in her condition, she could not afford to get chilled.
Stella nodded and got into the car.
The moment Gray climbed in, his phone rang.
The person on the other end said, “Mr. Gray, Ms. Betsy was in a car accident on the way to the Civil Affairs Bureau. The car exploded p>
Gray’s face changed instantly. “What? The car exploded p>
“Yes p>
“And where is Betsy now? Is she all right?” Gray forced his voice steady, though the pressure in it was
unmistakable.
Instinctively, he glanced at Stella through the rearview mirror.
Betsy was the lawyer handling Stella’s divorce paperwork. She had only recently completed the necessary local registration to work in the country.
That morning, she had picked up the signed divorce agreement from the hospital and was on her way to the Civil Affairs Bureau to finalize Stella’s divorce certificate.
And now he was hearing that her car had crashed and even exploded.
“Ms. Betsy was pulled out just before the car blew up, but there was no time to save her briefcase p>
At that, Gray let out a slight breath of relief. As long as Betsy was alive, that was what mattered.
The briefcase was most likely where the divorce papers had been.
“All right. I understand p>
After hanging up, Gray looked at Stella in the rearview mirror. Miss Stella p>
“I heard p>
Before he could finish, Stella cut him off coldly.
Betsy had gotten into a car accident.
Which meant her divorce certificate with Evan had not been finalized.
Gray asked, “Should I have a new copy of the divorce agreement prepared for you p>
“Do it,” Stella said coldly.
Of course it had to be redone.
Things between her and Evan had already been beyond repair before.
And now, even more so.
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Stella immediately dialed Dora’s number.
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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.