Chapter 557


    Chapter 557


    Instead of crying out, Ste simply endured the pain.


    But Weston could see that she was hurt, so he let her go.


    “Wash yourself,” he snapped before getting up and stomping out of the bathroom, leaving Ste alone


    in the bathtub.


    Weston closed the door behind him. Now, all that remained in the bathroom was a thick cloud of mist.


    Ste couldn’t see very clearly. For a good while there, she just sat like a statue in the bathtub.


    As the minutes passed, she finally slid down until the bottom half of her face was underwater. She


    breathed out, creating bubbles in the water. She closed her eyes, but the scenes from her nightmare


    came flooding back.


    She didn’t want to remember all those things… but all she could do now was hug herself tight.


    Meanwhile, Weston stood on his bedroom balcony with a ss of champagne in hand. The sight of


    Ste whimpering and sweating in her sleep still ran fresh in his mind. He didn’t mean to be so cold to


    her, but the thought of her willing to risk her life for Roger made him burn with rage.


    In this state, it would be best for him to just be cold and


    distant right now, as he feared that he might really hurt her. Once his tempestuous emotions finally


    simmered down, he picked up his phone and called Ben.


    “Get Ste’s background information and send it to my email,” he instructed.


    By then, it was already midnight, and Ben was about to go to bed, so he was a little confused by this


    sudden demand.


    “Ste’s background information…?” he asked.


    Ever since Ste changed her identity, Ben had always been cautious about how to address her. He


    would make sure that he called her Miss E even when he was alone with his boss, just to prevent


    anyone from overhearing and thus exposing her true identity.


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    But now, he wasn’t quite sure if Weston wanted Ste’s background information… or was it E’s?


    Weston merely frowned and said nothing.


    That brief silence unsettled Ben, who quickly responded, “I’ email you both sets of background


    information right away!”


    Weston hung up the phone immediately,


    Soon afterward, twopressed hiles were sent to Weston’s email


    Weston went inside and opened his notebookputer to check his email. He then clicked on those


    files…


    Ste Sealey grew up in apletely normal family. Both of her parents were college professors, and


    they raised her in a safe and loving environment.


    Her parents had a good reputation among their friends and family. Ste and Roger themselves were


    excellent children that never got in any trouble.


    But Weston had to pause when he learned which university Ste went to.


    She had, in fact, attended the same university that he did!


    Indeed, they must’ve surely bumped shoulders with each other, since Weston was only a few years


    older than Ste. But s, he simply didn’t know her at all at the time.


    The year Ste turned eighteen, her parents tragically died in an air crash where no survivors were


    found. Not long afterward, Ste and Rogerpletely left the Sealey household, even though she still


    had her grandparents and an uncle who was only ten years older than her, and all signs pointed to


    them being a tight-knit happy family.


    Yet for some reason, Ste and Rogerpletely severed their connection to the family from then on.


    Now that he thought about it, Weston recalled that when they got married, Ste only told Roger about


    it. He didn’t think much of it then, though. He simply assumed that she must be at odds with her family


    for some reason.


    But looking at it now, he was sure that something fishy that he didn’t know about had to be going on.


    Even when news got out that Ste had died falling from a building, no one from her family showed up


    to look for her.


    It was almost as if her family didn’t care for her existence at all.