Chapter 1275


    ’Why the hell is he ming me? Does he even remember what he said about the ripped jeans?’


    thought Ste. She recalled Keegan had looked at her indifferently and said,” Can’t you afford clothes


    without holes? How expensive can normal clothing be? It’s one thing for Aurora to dress like that at her


    age, but you’re a married woman; could you dress a bit more maturely?”


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    Naturally, that did not go down well with Ste. She felt offended because she was only a few years


    older than Aurora. So, she bought a few more pairs of ripped jeans and wore them every day,


    purposely showing them off in front of Keegan.


    By coincidence, autumn arrived and brought rain for over half a month. Ste preferred sun-dried


    clothes since airdrying left a lingering smell, and machine-drying made clothes feel less fresh. As a


    result, a pile of dirty clothes umted and remained unwashed.


    When the skies finally cleared, the housekeeper tossed everything into the washer, unintentionally


    causing some of the holes in the ripped jeans to tear even wider during the wash cycle. By the time


    they were taken out to dry, most of them had transformed into a different type of fashion. A few pant


    legs were entirely torn away, and some jeans turned into tatters.


    At that moment, Keegan stood nearby, leisurely sipping his coffee. He found a bit of amusement in the


    situation. “Looks like you’ve turned some into DIY skirts. No wonder Grandma calls you thrifty.”


    His words were enough to send Ste’s frustration rocketing. She


    Back in the present, Ste red at him. “Anyone with half a brain can tell you’re crazy from the way


    you talk!”


    Keegan was stunned upon hearing that. He decided to test the waters and said, “Should I just be more


    direct next time?”


    “Yes,” Ste replied. She paused for a moment, nced at him, and added, “But I’ll probably ignore


    you anyway.”


    Dumbfounded, Keegan thought, ‘So, what’s the point then?’


    Subsequently, Ste put on a deeply resentful expression as million dors back from Albert?”


    Keegan’s eyelid twitched. He leaned in closer and asked,” How would we even do that?”


    “Um… I have an idea! We could fake a kidnapping of Xenia. Given Albert’s age, it’s unlikely he’ll have


    another child. And this is his only son. He might be willing to pay to get him back.”


    Keegan looked at Ste, who was full of cunning ideas, and for extortion is?”


    “We could ask Carter to help us set up an overseas bank ount, like Albert did befo-“


    Before she could finish, Keegan flicked her forehead and said, “Technology is supposed to make our


    lives better, not help you do illegal stuff.”


    Ste rubbed her forehead, pretending it hurt a bit from the flick. As she did that, she grumbled, “Didn’t


    you use technology to send five million dors to Albert?”


    “Our situations are different. I was being ckmailed, and you’re trying to ckmail someone else.”


    Keegan replied calmly.


    Ste rolled her eyes, finding his logic a bit of a stretch.


    However, Ste’s worries were somewhat unnecessary. Keegan wasn’t foolish; he wouldn’t just hand


    over five million dors to Albert. To withdraw arge overseas transfer, Albert would need a way to


    launder the money, which wasn’t easy to set up. It had been over two months, and Albert hadn’t


    withdrawn any of the money. That was likely why he was so eager to adopt Ste.


    Seeing that Keegan’s work hours wereing up, Ste quickly urged him to call Albert.


    Keegan had nned to make the callter, but he couldn’t resist her persuasion and ended up dialing


    Albert’s number early in the morning.