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It was almost midnight by the time Stella arrived home and the baby was already asleep.
"Are you doing fine? You worked till late on the first day," Madison asked as she yawned.
"Something was up, I won't be this late tomorrow," Stella replied.
"Yeah I know, my husband called and told me about what happened at your office, I'm not complaining." Madison
picked up her stuff, "I shall leave now, see you tomorrow."
Stella went into the bedroom to have a look at the baby soon as Madison left. All worries and stresses vanished at
that moment.
Sherry came from next door at this moment, "You are back, Stella."
"You are still awake?" Stella asked as she nodded.
"I went back for a shower," she sat on the sofa, "Madison is such a nagger but she is good at taking care of the
baby. The baby kept crying after you left in the morning while Madison had been trying to calm him down the whole
day, patiently. She wasn't annoyed at all."
Stella was stunned when hearing that and automatically looked at the baby in the bedroom, "He cried?"
Realizing she said something wrong, Sherry let out a laugh, "It's nothing really, maybe he wasn't used to not having
you around at first, but he was fine right after that, not crying."
Stella remained silent for a while before she asked, "Daniel is not home yet?"
Sherry leaned on the sofa, "He called thirty minutes ago saying he'll be here tomorrow morning. It's good that he is
not coming, I could have some leisure time alone."
"Do you really mean it?" Stella smiled lightly.
"Of course… I mean it. You don't know how stressful I feel having him monitoring me like a criminal every day."
Stella sat next to her, "What is happening between you two now?"
A lot had happened in these few days and she didn't even have time to ask.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSherry sighed, "He asked me to keep the baby and promised to take good care of me. This is it and we will talk
about the rest in the future. It's no big deal. I can give birth and raise the child on my own like you. It makes no
difference with or without him."
She had given it a thorough thought at the hospital last time and decided she couldn't abort the baby. Especially
when she saw Stella's son these days, crawling and playing around, she began looking forward to the arrival of her
own kid.
She knew Daniel didn't want to get married, and she had no intention of asking him for anything, but he had
allowed her to settle down.
"Have you decided?" Stella asked.
Sherry nodded, "Yes. A single mother raising a kid is very common nowadays. Instead of forcing two individuals to
be together because of a baby, it is better to have separate lives. He can spend time or lives with the baby anytime
he wants to, I think this is a good idea."
"Alright, it's late, I'm going to hit the sack now, rest early," she said as she rose.
"Alright, good night."
Stella sat resting on the sofa for a few moments after Sherry left. Her doorbell rang as she was heading for the
shower. She thought Sherry left something behind but saw Clarence instead when she opened the door.
Stella blocked him from entering the house, "The baby is asleep, come tomorrow if you want to see him."
Clarence stood with his hand in his pocket, "I know, I'm not here to see him, I'm here to…"
Stella wanted to close the door before letting him finished.
Clarence quickly blocked the door with his hand, "I'm not finished," he said as he frowned.
Stella stood behind the door, 'There is no good thing whenever he visits,' she thought.
Clarence stroked his wet black hair and said slowly, "Can I borrow your hairdryer?"
"I don't have one."
"Liar, let me go in and check," Clarence insisted.
Stella didn't move an inch, "You have two houses and no hairdryer?"
Clarence, "It's all broken coincidentally."
"You are such a misfortune guy."
Clarence was speechless for a second and said, "Aren't neighbor should help each other? Can't you lend me a
hairdryer?"
"I'm stingy and petty, if you borrow and refuse to return it, I'll be uncomfortable asking it back, so I can only choose
not to lend it to you now."
Clarence's pulse on his temples was racing, "I will return it."
Stella was determined, "That's hard to tell, you are not trustworthy to me."
Clarence lost his energy, "How am I going to sleep then?"
"It's pretty windy today, go sit for half an hour downstairs to dry your hair." She closed the door after that.
Clarence had the door closed on his nose and went back next door with pouting lips.
He went into the washroom, took out the dryer, turned it on, and an idea crossed his mind. He brought the toolbox
and broke some wires in the dryer before he went for a cold shower again.
…
The next afternoon, Stella received a call from Nathan.
"Ms. Radomil, Mr. Conrad hasn't shown up at work and he couldn't be reached via phone, do you know where he
is?"
"How would I know?"
"Mr. Conrad had never been missing in action like this, I'm worried if anything happens to him."
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"You can visit his home if you are worried," Stella replied casually.
"I can't. There is a meeting ten minutes later and I have to attend on behalf of Mr. Conrad since he is not here."
Stella, "I see."
Nathan coughed and began worrying again, "Mr. Conrad was discharged from the hospital before fully recovered,
and a lot had happened these days, I wonder if his body could handle it. If he faints somewhere without anyone
knowing…"
Stella interrupted, "Don't you have a meeting to attend ten minutes later, do you not need to prepare?"
"Oh yes, goodbye Ms. Radomil."
Stella set her mobile aside after hanging up. She stared at the design draft in front of her but couldn't start
drawing.
She let out a breath after a few minutes, picked up her stuff, and stood up.
"Do you need to go somewhere?" Her assistant asked with files in hands.
Stella nodded, "I will have a look later when I come back, call me if anything happens."
"Okay."
Stella headed back to her rented house right after she left Steward Group.
She stood at Clarence's door and rang the bell several times but no one answered.
Stella looked at the lock, hesitated for a moment, and pressed the same passcode of the previous apartment.
The door was opened two seconds later.
The passcode was the date of their wedding anniversary.
Stella went in and found that all curtains were closed and the house was quiet.
"Clarence?" She called out softly.
There was no reply.
Stella opened the curtains for some air ventilation and then headed to the bedroom. She heard some noise in the
bedroom, opened the door, and saw Clarence lying on the bed with his head soaked in sweats, frowning.