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Stella slightly lifted her eyes to see Nathaniel, his expression as usual, treating her wound. She finally let out a sigh of relief.
Nathaniel looked at her wound, though not deep, it was long, extending from her ankle to her calf. Her fair skin was somehow enticing under the contrast of the blood beads.
However, her feet were not as enticing.
Stella noticed Nathaniel’s gaze, wiggled her toes, and tried to pull her foot back.
“Don’t look at my…” foot.
“The wound is quite long. A band–aid won’t cover it. I’ll just wrap it with some gauze to prevent infection.”
Nathaniel calmly interrupted Stella’s embarrassment, continuing to apply iodine to her wound.
“Um. Thank you.”
Stella was not only grateful to Nathaniel for tending to her wounds without disgust, but also appreciated him for interrupting her, sparing her some dignity.
Although she always believed that ability is superior to
appearance, the truth is that she lacked confidence in her own
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Especially when she often heard Jack commenting on her words.
“Your waist is too thick. My friend’s girlfriend’s waist is just a bit wider than a palm’s width. But I don’t mind. I like you just the way you are.”
“There are freckles on your face, making you look a bit dirty. But it doesn’t matter, no matter how dirty, you are still my treasure.”
“Your thighs would be even more perfect if they were a bit thinner, so you should stop wearing pants. Pants don’t suit you. Wearing a long skirt can cover your legs, so it won’t be noticeable.”
Jack spoke casually, but Stella cared deeply about his opinions. She always felt that she was not good enough, and she cared even less about her appearance.
Fortunately, she understood to compensate for her lack of physical attractiveness with her abilities, so she worked even harder, instead of blindly pursuing changes in her appearance.
But deep down, Stella still felt somewhat inferior because of Jack’s words.
Now seeing Nathaniel’s reaction, she understood that a real man would not show his magnanimity by belittling women.
The more Stella thought about it, the more repulsed she felt. Jack was her first love, so she cherished this relationship deeply.
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She looked at Nathaniel, who was cold on the outside but warm on the inside, and an inappropriate thought arose in her heart.
Stella thought: If I ask Nathaniel to accompany me to the company tomorrow, he would probably agree, right?
She just wanted to quickly sever all ties with Jack, because she simply didn’t have the energy to deal with him anymore.
Stella slightly parted her lips, but in the end, she closed them with hesitation.
She worried that Jack might cause trouble for Nathaniel.
Jack would definitely do it for his own benefit.
Dalla Technology Group is now one of the popular companies in the Cutas district. If the company feels that Nathaniel’s personal affairs are affecting the company and fires him, Stella thinks that she would be the one who harmed him.
So, she decided to solve the trouble she had caused herself.
“Pain? Why that expression?” Nathaniel frowned.
“It doesn’t hurt, it doesn’t hurt, it’s just… I’m wondering what will happen to that peeping Tom.”
Stella told a little lie, she didn’t want to involve Nathaniel.
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Nathaniel’s brow furrowed even more. “You’re injured, how can you still have the time to think about others?”
Stella pursed her lips, looking down at her wound, just in time
to see the iodine mixed with blood dripping onto her high heels.
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The bloodstains are hard to clean, she didn’t want to dirty the shoes her parents gave her.
In the next second, despite her foot injury, Stella stepped directly onto the ground, reaching out to block the shoe’s surface.
Because of the exertion, the wound that was fine just now started to bleed slightly again. She straightened up to find a cotton swab to wipe it, but found Nathaniel looking at her high heels with a cold expression.
“Are these shoes really that important to you?” He asked, his face expressionless.
“Um, because it’s me…”
Stella couldn’t help but smile at the mention of her parents, but Nathaniel found her smile extremely irritating.
He thought: Does she still love her ex–boyfriend that much?
Nathaniel interrupted, “You don’t have to tell me, let me tend to your wounds first, it’s getting dark.”
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He wasn’t interested in hearing her love story with her ex–boyfriend.
Stella glanced at the sky and nodded, “Oh.”
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Nathaniel quickly bandaged her wound. As she got up to thank him, she found that Nathaniel had already turned around and walked away in silence.
She hurried to catch up. “Mr. Beaumont, it’s a bit late today. Can we have something simple for dinner tonight?”
“No need. We can just buy some food and go home,” Nathaniel said in a deep voice.
“Alright then.”
Stella didn’t put on a brave face upon hearing this. Probably because she had stepped too hard earlier, the wound on her heel and ankle was hurting.
Tonight, she is also planning to perfect the proposal for Dalla Technology Group, indeed she has no energy to cook anymore.
Nathaniel didn’t look like someone who could cook, so buying food was the best option.
On their way back to the apartment complex, Nathaniel stopped at a restaurant to take away four dishes, and then they journeyed home in silence.
Upon arriving at the apartment, Stella took off her high heels
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and found them dusted. She quickly took out a shoe cloth and wiped them clean.
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As she rose again, she found Nathaniel looking at her, his gaze indifferent, and his face devoid of any emotion.
“I’m not hungry yet. You go ahead and eat. I’m going to be busy in the study.”
“But dinner won’t taste good if it gets cold.”
Nathaniel didn’t say a word, he just placed the packed food on the table and returned to the study.
What’s the matter?
Why is he always so unpredictable?
Stella was a bit confused, but she didn’t mind. After all, this was Nathaniel’s home, and he could do whatever he wanted. She had no right to interfere.
She turned and went straight into the kitchen to get the
tableware, only to find that there was an extra item in the corner of the kitchen.
Electric Fan?
Is this what Nathaniel bought?
Why?
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Stella was very confused. Suddenly, she thought of something.
Stella stared at the fan for a long time without regaining her senses, she seemed to have casually mentioned that it was hot to cook in the morning.
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So Nathaniel bought a fan?
Stella stood still, but quickly regained her senses from the shock.
She felt that the kitchen was not for her use alone, perhaps Nathaniel bought the fan because he felt too hot while washing dishes.
Stella didn’t have the confidence to think that Nathaniel would go out of his way to buy her a fan. However, the thought of being able to use the fan in the future made her smile contentedly.
