Chapter 2228


    The waiter crashed right where Ste had been standing, sending the table and its contents crashing to


    the ground, shards of ss flying in every direction. Ste, still shaken, felt her heart pounding in her


    chest as she turned even paler.


    A voice beside her said, "Don''t worry, everything''s fine." Ste snapped out of it, looking at Marshall


    Moore who was holding her. She took a deep breath, pulling her wrist away and whispered softly,


    "Thank you."


    Marshall''s eyes showed concern, but he held back from moving closer. He tightened his grip on Ste''s


    hand, murmuring, "As long as you''re okay."


    Keegan, wearing a stern expression, approached. Before he could react, Ste stepped forward,


    grabbing his hand. "Get someone to clean up. Don''t rm the guests."


    Keegan''s hand trembled slightly in hers. Ste squeezed it firmly, her eyes assuring him that she was


    fine, urging him to stayposed.


    She noticed a few kids chasing each other, identally tripping the waiter. It was just an ident, but if


    Keegan lost his temper, it would ruin the image he had just projected to Marshall.


    Gradually, Keegan calmed down under her reassurance. He suppressed his emotions,forting the


    crowd while instructing Aldor Hart to send people to clean up.


    Vermont, who had been chatting with friends nearby, was startled by themotion. He quickly asked


    what happened.


    Marshall exined, "A few kids were chasing each other, they tripped the waiter, and almost knocked


    Ste over."


    Vermont took a sharp breath, subconsciously ncing at Ste''s belly. He was about to speak but was


    silenced by Keegan''s sharp look.


    Vermont suddenly felt guilty.


    Before the appreciation banquet, Keegan had specifically told him to stay with Ste. But he had just


    returned from the restroom and got caught up in conversation with friends. He didn''t expect things to go


    south so quickly.


    Luckily, nobody was hurt. Otherwise, Keegan would have been furious.


    "These kids... I''ll talk to their parentster."


    Keegan red at Vermont, his face tense. "Let''s clear the area first. There''s ss everywhere, we


    don''t want anyone to get hurt."


    To Vermont, it sounded like: "Get my wife to safety first. If she''s harmed, you''ll answer to me."


    Vermont felt uneasy.


    All those people online only knew Keegan as a genius. Why hadn''t anyone exposed his phndering


    and bad temper?


    Despite his emotions, Vermont moved Ste and the others to a table farther away.


    Marshall handed Ste a ss of water. Ste looked at his hand holding the ss, remembering what


    had happened at Vermont''s birthday party a year ago.


    She had left the table early to unlock a safe, andter received a call from Marshall, saying Keegan


    was drunk and needed her to pick him up.


    When she arrived, he was waiting downstairs, saying Keegan was resting in his room upstairs and


    wanted to take her there. But after taking a few steps, he turned pale, saying he was feeling dizzy.


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    She had asked for water then, and after Marshall drank it and rested for a while, he escorted her


    upstairs. That''s when she saw Sophia Jewell trying


    to climb onto Keegan''s bed.


    Previously consumed by anger, her thoughts had been clouded with Keegan''s behavior. Who gave


    Sophia the audacity to try to take her man? She failed to realize how opportune her timing was when


    she went upstairs.