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At noon, because Christina’s fool was hurting, Stella accompanied her to have lunch in the office,
After lunch, as usual, Stella dialed Heilyn’s video call.
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“Ms. Edwards, your mother is fine. Don’t worry. The doctor also said she is temporarily stable, and she will definitely be better after the surgery.”
“Um, Heilyn, could you do me a favor? I’ve been too busy with work lately,” Stella explained.
“No problem. You carn money also for your mother. I understand this principle. You are very filial.”
“Thank you.” Stella saw that Heilyn hadn’t finished her meal, so she urged her, “Heilyn, you should eat quickly. I’m going to hang up now. Let me know if anything comes up.”
“Okay.”
After Stella ended the video call, Christina leaned in closer.
“Your mother is going to have surgery?”
“Um, the day after tomorrow,” Stella said with some worry.
Christina patted her shoulder. “Stella, don’t worry. Your mom
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has held on for so long. She will definitely be okay after the
surgery,”
Stella nodded. That was the only way she could think of it.
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Seeing her dark circles, Christina knew she hadn’t slept well and urged her, “You should get some sleep, you still have to work in the afternoon.”
Stella nodded, picked up the pillow from the chair and laid it on the table. Just as she was about to close her eyes, someone knocked on the office door.
“Stella, someone is looking for you, says she’s your mother–in–law. Should I let her come up?”
“Grandmother?”
Stella thought, “Could it be Ella again? I’m really unlucky.”
Stella shook her head. “No.”
Sandra immediately turned around and said insincerely, “Stella, her husband has called the police and had her son arrested. Maybe she’s here to apologize? You should see her, to avoid her crying and making a fuss, it’s too unsightly.”
When saying this, Sandra was actually laughing.
She was eagerly anticipating Ella causing a ruckus at the company, making everyone tired of Stella.
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Sandra thought, “Stella wants to compete with me for the position of deputy director? As long as Ella causes a scene, Barnes can rightfully eliminate Stella.”
Stella ignored Sandra. As she was about to refuse, a familiar voice sounded from outside the door.
“Stella, don’t you want to see me?”
Hearing the voice, Stella froze in place.
She thought, “Jennifer?”
The next second, Jennifer appeared at the office door.
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Although she was in her fifties, she took good care of herself and looked young and beautiful.
She wore a long dress, her figure was excellent, and she was elegant and noble when she smiled. Apart from the faint laugh lines at the corners of her eyes, one could hardly tell that she was of a certain age.
“Jennifer?”
Sandra was greatly shocked.
She looked incredulously at the middle–aged woman in front of her, thinking, “Impossible! Absolutely impossible!”
Shouldn’t Stella’s grandmother be a rural woman who is very ugly, wears tattered clothes, and speaks vulgarly?
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How could her mother–in–law possibly be a noblewoman?
Compared to the brand–name clothes off the assembly line, the long skirt on this middle–aged woman appeared to be handmade, extremely exquisite, radiating a subtle sheen.
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This dress cannot be bought for less than ten thousand dollars, not to mention she also matched it with a same–style small bag, which makes the price even higher.
Could it be that Stella’s mother–in–law has a very strong background?
“Even if she’s not from a wealthy family, the fact that she can maintain herself so well at this age definitely indicates she’s from at least an upper–middle–class family.”
In an instant, Sandra became very jealous.
She thought, “Why could Stella still marry a good man after breaking up with Jack?”
Sandra squinted her eyes, smiling as she met Jennifer.
“Hello…”
Jennifer looked at Sandra coldly and said, “Are you in your thirties? Are you married? Do you have a boyfriend?”
“I’m only twenty–six! Everyone thinks I’m just twenty.” Sandra immediately got angry when someone said she was in her
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“Others? Myopic? Sorry, I’m just straightforward. Many young people praise me for being straightforward. You should feel the same way, right?” Jennifer retorted.
Hehe.
Stella and a few colleagues bowed their heads to suppress their laughter. This is probably what they call taking someone else’s path, leaving them with nowhere to go.
Normally, Sandra speaks very directly and often mocks others.
Now that she has been confronted by the elders in the same way, she should be particularly angry.
Sandra was stunned, her face flushed red, as if she had been slapped twice.
Jennifer rolled her eyes lightly past Sandra, walked over to Stella, and affectionately held her hand.
“Jennifer, what brings you here?” Stella asked curiously.
“I was just shopping nearby and thought I’d come to see you. during your lunch break. I also brought you something.”
After speaking, Jennifer placed a beautifully wrapped box on the
table.
Christina took a glance and exclaimed, “A gift box from Green
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Leaf Restaurant!”
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Jennifer looked at her and smiled, saying, “You really know your stuff. I just happened to pass by and bought two boxes.”
Christina laughed, “Jennifer, we’re at least an hour away from Green Leaf Restaurant. How could it possibly be on your way? You must have bought it especially for Stella, didn’t you?”
“Sigh, you saw through me. I noticed Stella has been working hard these days, so I specifically went to buy this.”
“Jennifer, you’ve traveled so far,” Stella said with some regret.
“It’s okay, as long as you like it. You’ve lost weight. Hurry up and sit down to eat.” Jennifer opened the gift box, and said to the people around, “You all come and taste it too.”
The gift box from the Green Leaf Restaurant is a famous pastry from Cutas, expensive and limited in quantity every day. Such a small box costs at least over five hundred US dollars.
Even in the office, if people want to eat, they usually buy together, as no one is willing to spend so much money on food
all at once.
Hearing someone’s invitation, everyone said thanks and came over to get pastries, only Sandra stood there unmoving.
She watched Stella and Jennifer talking and laughing together, completely like friends, with no signs of abuse at all.
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Sandra thought, “I mocked Stella this morning for being abused by her husband’s family, but now I’ve been proven wrong. What will the other colleagues think of me?”
Thinking, Sandra came up with an idea, and then she laughed.
“Jennifer, you are truly wonderful. Stella is sure to be happy with a mother–in–law like you. You’re nothing like her ex–boyfriend’s mother. That woman came to our company making a scene, claiming that Stella broke up with her son over a hundred thousand dollars.”
Suddenly, the entire office fell silent.
Sandra feigned surprise and said, “Stella, you didn’t tell your mother–in–law, did you? She’s so good to you, how could you deceive her about something like this?”
Stella didn’t know whether to swallow the pastry in her mouth, she didn’t even have time to explain.
“Stella!” Jennifer’s brows furrowed, her face gloomy as she quickly walked up to Stella, raising her hand.
“Jennifer, Stella definitely didn’t do it on purpose! You shouldn’t…” Sandra gloated.
She thought, “Now let’s see how Stella brags about her mother–in–law!”
But before she could finish her sentence, she was stunned by
Jennifer’s next move.
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