Chapter 191
With Phoebe Steward’s words came nothing but awkwardness.
Ste wanted to say something, but no words came out of her mouth.
But that could be for the better, if William saw how messed up rence’s private life was, he might
start having second thoughts, and refrain from cooperating with rence.
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That probably counted as aeback, right?
Her wish was fulfilled.
rence’s gaze was darkened and he narrowed his eyes, not saying a thing.
Then, William looked towards Phoebe and said suddenly, “I’m sorry, who are you?”
Phoebe smiled and introduced herself, “My name is Phoebe Steward, pleased to make your
acquaintance.”
William nodded lightly and said, “Ms. Steward, I see.”
Phoebe replied, “I will leave you all to it now. I have things to tend to for now.”
She then told Daniel, “Let’s go, Mr. Daniel.”
Daniel looked at Ste, nodded and left with Phoebe.
After Phoebe and Daniel were out of earshot, William said, “I assume that Ms. Steward is the daughter
from the Steward Group?”
rence looked at him and said, “Do you know her?”
William smiled, “I don’t, but I’ve heard of her before.”
After they left the restaurant, Ste said goodbye to William, then turned around and stared at rence
for quite a while.
rence matched her gaze, his mysterious expression showing no emotions.
He asked, “What are you trying to say?”
Ste licked her lips. Since rence started it, she might as well seize the chance.
“I’ve told you so, Mr. Conrad, don’t treat rtionships haphazardly. Look at you now, getting ridiculed
by your fiancé in public and unable to do anything about it.”
rence replied, “Who do you think I did that for?”
Ste chuckled and said, “Who knows?”
“...” rence was speechless.
He pressed his tongue tip against his teeth, and asked, “Does Miss Steward meet with you often?”
“You know, I agree with Miss Steward on one of the points she made, which is why you care so much
about the private life of your ex-wife…”
Before Ste could finish her sentence, she felt that someone was holding her waist.
Her body was pulled towards rence, and right before their bodies could make contact with each
other, she extended her arMs. and prevented that from happening.
Ste frowned angrily and asked, “What are you doing, Mr. Conrad?”
rence red at her, “I did not answer Phoebe’s questions because her private life is none of my
business and is out of my jurisdiction. You, on the other hand, are different.”
“Everyone’s equal, so why am I different?”
“Your name was filled in on the ‘Partner’ section of our marriage certificate for three years. In other
words, you’ve slept with me for three years. Are these two reasons good enough for you? If they aren’t,
I can provide other reasons.”
It was Ste’s turn to be speechless.
She was well aware that rence’s foul mouth wouldn’t say anything resembling nice things, so she
chose to ignore him.
Not far away, Phoebe was standing outside of the restaurant, spying at the couple.
She recalled Ste iming that she doesn’t want to have anything to do with the Conrad family.
It would appear that she underestimated just how cunning Ste was.
Phoebe turned around and left.
On the other side…
Ste used all of her body strength to try to break free from rence’s grasp.
No matter how hard she tried, that bastard rence never loosened his grip. He instead strengthened
his grip around her waist.
The snow had stopped falling by then and the streetlights cast a warm orange on the snow.
It provided a sense of warmth on this cold winter day.
rence maintained eye contact with her and said with a low voice, “Don’t move.”
Obviously, Ste would not listen to hismands at all. She continued to struggle and said, “I will
stop moving if you let go of me.”
rence’s lips twitched lightly and he stopped talking.
Ste kept struggling and she suddenly realized that something was wrong.
No one on earth knows better than Ste about how rence behaved when he was aroused.
She froze in ce, lifted her head in utter disbelief, looked at him and said, “What the hell is wrong with
you!? You’re in the middle of a goddamn street!”
rence said with an even lower voice, “I told you to stop moving.”
Ste was silent.
This bastard really knew how to shift the me.
Now he made it look like it was her problem.
After a while, rence’s Adam’s apple rolled back as he smothered the fire inside his body. He
eventually let go of her and said, “Get in the car.”
Ste did not dare to have any objections. She pulled open the door and got in the car quickly.
On the way back, the car was overwhelmed by silence.
Other than silence, there was some subtlety sprinkled in as well.
Nathan was at the front of the car and he also felt the atmosphere in the car was curious.
These two were at each other’s throats on the way here, and now they were somehow ambiguously at
peace with each other.
Ste felt the stuffy air eating at her mind, so she lowered the car window and let in the cold air.
She let the air circte in the car before closing the window again.
Ste exhaled, and when she instinctively turned her head, she saw that rence was looking out from
the window calmly.
His jawline appeared distinct under the low light conditions in the car.
She kept looking at him, lowered her line of sight until she reached his legs. When she did that, she felt
as if something had stabbed her eyes, so she immediately averted her eyes and started feeling uneasy.
rence seemed to detect her uneasiness, and shifted his gaze to her.
Ste regained herposure and asked Nathan, “How long until we arrive?”
Nathan replied, “There’s snow on the road, so I’ll have to drive slower. It shouldn’t take longer than
thirty minutes.”
“Noted, thanks.”
Ste sat back up straight, and ced her hands on her knees.
That interaction broke the weird atmosphere that was present in the car ever since it started moving.
rence said tly, “If Phoebe bothers you in the future, pay her no mind. If she doesn’t stop bothering
you, tell me immediately.”
Ste replied without as much as a thought, “That doesn’t count as her bothering me…”
She turned her head and stared at him as she was speaking.
rence matched her gaze, presenting a cold look.
Ste gave him a perfunctory smile in return.
After half an hour, the car came to a halt in front of Ste’s apartment.
When Ste went to leave the car, she suddenly recalled something, and she turned around to tell
rence, “Mr. Conrad, please wait for a while, I have something for you.”
rence lifted his eyebrows and seemed content.
In her residence, Sherry Perry was being a couch potato and watching television. She heard the door
opened and looked towards the door and said, “Ste? Youe home sote tonight…And why are
you wearing this stuff?”
Ste took off her high heels, her coat, tied up her hair, walked into her room and changed her clothes,
“I’ll tell you all about itter, Sherry. Can you give me a hand in gathering all of the jewellery that
rence gifted me? Put them all in a pile, I’ll return them to him.”
Sherry started walking and asked, “Is that bastard downstairs?”