Mr. Kane Got cklisted By Eleven Jewell Chapter 40


    Chapter 40


    It was a bite and not a kiss.


    Ste protested with all her might, but Keegan pinned her down along with the nket. Her limbs were


    trapped inside the nket like a cocoon. He ravished her lips recklessly.


    Because of the gendered difference between their strengths, Ste had no chance of resisting him.


    When she quieted down, Keegan became gentler toward her, and his bites turned into kisses.


    As his lips reached her pale corbone, Ste suddenly spoke. “Keegan, are you mad at me because


    you’re jealous?”


    Keegan stopped to look at her. Ste, who was under him, stared into his eyes and enunciated her


    question word by word. “Did you fall in love with me?”


    Keegan loosened his grip and sat up. He gave her an icy nce. “Don’t tter yourself. Ste Jewell,


    before we officially divorce, you’re still a member of the Kane family. Know your ce. Don’t mess up


    and expect others to clean up after you.”


    He put on his clothes and left the room. Ste raised her head up and stared at the ceiling. Out of


    nowhere, she forced a self–deprecating smile.


    She knew that she had no ce in his heart, but even though she asked that question to anger him,


    she still had hope for his answer to be affirmative.


    I expected that answer,‘ she thought.


    Ste hated her heart for skipping a beat at his touch. She hated that she foolishly allowed herself to


    have hope despite knowing what his answer would be.


    Her phone rang again. She unplugged it from the charger and answered the call.


    “Ste?” Felicity’s voice transmitted through the phone.


    “It’s me,” answered Ste.


    Felicity let out a relieved sigh. “You scared me to death! Why didn’t youe backst night? Your


    phone was unreachable. Where have you been? I almost called the cops!”


    Ste massaged her temples, trying to ease the headache from her hangover. “I’m fine. Last night… I


    was with my mom. I forgot to bring my charger along, and my phone ran out of battery and died.”


    Ste hid the fact that she got drunk because she did not want Felicity to worry about her.


    “Okay, then,” Felicity said. “As long as you’re alright. I was worried that you might forget about the


    audition today. Are you still at the hospital? I can pick you upter so that we can reach earlier to


    prepare for the audition.”


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    “No need for that. Let’s meet up at the hotel,” Ste answered.


    “That works too. See you in an hour,” Felicity replied.


    After hanging up, Ste wasted no time. She got out of bed and got ready.


    The clothes she worest night reeked of alcohol, so she had no choice but to brazenly pick an outfit


    from the dressing room.


    For the few days that she was gone, Keegan did not remove any of her belongings. The disy of the


    dressing room was still arranged in the way that she used to arrange them. The only difference was the


    addition of a few outfits from Prada’stest spring collection.


    Ste assumed that they were gifts from Cordelia. Cordelia was the only elderly in this family that cared


    for her.


    When Ste first married into the family, she was mocked for her outdated clothes on her first family


    dinner with Keegan.


    Although the Jewells were also businessmen, their wealth and status were nothingpared to the


    Kanes.


    For the daughters of these wealthy families, like Aurora, their clothes were always thetest release of


    the current seasons. Ste, with herst–season clothes, seemed out of ce among them. When she


    stood beside Keegan, they looked mismatched. ‘I should’ve seen the signs,” thought Ste.


    The incident at the family dinner was deescted by Cordelia’s few words. Since then, after each


    seasonal release, Cordelia would send thetest outfits from various brands over to Ste. Perhaps


    Cordelia only meant to maintain her family’s reputation by doing so, but to Ste, Cordelia’s


    attentiveness made Ste’s life in the Kane household easier.


    ‘I wonder if the divorce would affect Mrs. Lawson.‘ Looking at the clothes, Ste felt guilty.


    By the time Ste was ready and came downstairs, Keegan was nowhere to be seen. ‘I guess he left,‘


    thought Ste.


    As Ste was changing into her shoes, Maya called out to her. “Mrs. Kane, breakfast is ready. Please


    have some before you leave.”


    “No thanks, I’m quite busy.”


    “Just a few bites. It’s harmful to take medicine on an empty stomach.”


    When Ste paused, Maya had already ced a bowl of dark–colored medicine in front of her.