Chapter 945


    ‘Her?’


    “Who are you talking about?” Ste asked while frowning.


    Keegan did not speak for a long time. Just when Ste thought he had fallen asleep, he softly said, “My


    mother.”


    Ste was stunned for a moment. Keegan never spoke ill of Dahlia in front of her when he was sober.


    He held onto traditional concepts whereby elders were to be respected no matter how evil they could


    be. He would never say anything like that in front of others.


    Ste could see Dahlia’s entricity, even as an outsider. Hence, it was very likely that Keegan


    noticed it too. For example, Dahlia was swiping Keegan’s cards non-stop when she went to Europe


    with her friends for a monthst year.


    Keegan was a VIP in the bank, so they arranged for someone to deliver his monthly private ount


    statements to him every month. Ste often signed for them because she habitually kept tabs on their


    financials. She would jot down their expenses, including food, luxuries, daily necessities, gifts for


    weddings, funerals, etc. That way, they could track how much they were spending and bnce


    everything out.


    Keegan’s bank ount was sucked dry when Dahlia went on her trip. She had spent more than 10


    million dors in that month alone. The statement from the bank clearly showed all of the expenses.


    Dahlia spent more than half of the money in duty-free stores and a few luxury ces. She even


    stocked up on a few things, such as skin care products worth ten thousand dors. Ste understood if


    Dahlia had bought two to three bottles of skincare. However, she purchased 20 to 30 bottles in one go.


    Ste found her behavior strange, but she knew it would not be easy to tell Keegan about it. It would


    also seem highly inappropriate since Dahlia was her mother-inw. So, she did not say anything and


    sent the bill to Keegan after jotting down the monthly expenses.


    When Ste woke up the following day, she heard Keegan talking to Dahlia on the phone. It was


    unclear whether he asked her about the money. After a while, Keegan asked Ste what she wanted


    from Europe since Dahlia was returning to the country soon and wanted to bring them gifts. Ste told


    him that she was fine with anything.


    Then, Dahlia returned with presents from Europe for both her and Keegan. She gifted Keegan a


    branded belt worth more than ten thousand dors and a Swarovski ck Swan ne for Ste.


    Keegan was sitting next to Dahlia when she presented them with the gifts. He and Ste both fell silent


    when they saw the ne. In an attempt to save his mother’s face, Keegan said it looked nice.


    Soon afterward, the family went to Cordelia’s ce for a small gathering. It was the end of September,


    and the weather was chilly. However, Aurora wore a halter dress that day, which was very unlike her.


    She also wore an eye-catching bracelet and ne that day. Cyreneplimented her essories.


    “Mom bought it for me while she was traveling abroad,” Aurora said proudly.


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    Hearing that, Ste thought about Keegan’s belt and her ne, which was two to three hundred


    dors. She immediately felt sick. Keegan’s face did not look too good either at that time, but he did not


    say anything because Dahlia was his mother.


    Later, Ste realized that the dozens of expensive face creams Dahlia had bought were party favors


    since her birthday wasing up. Dahlia had spent her son’s money to buy expensive gifts for her


    friends, yet the ne she bought for Ste was nowhere near as costly.


    People often took advantage of their parents, yet Dahlia took advantage of her son. Ste always felt


    that Dahlia treated Keegan as her ATM.