Chapter 8
at her meaningfully as if he was going to bore a hole through her. Bella felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand. However, Keegan merely reminded her, “Your manager’s here.” Bella snapped back to reality. She looked out the window and saw her manager waving at her. She frowned. She initially wanted Keegan to send her home. However, Keegan’s assistant— Aldor Hart—had already opened the door and was beckoning her to get out. At this point, Bella could not shamelessly ask to stay. She bade Keegan goodbye and got out of the car without forgetting to give Aldor a deathly glare. “Where to, Mr. Kane?” Keegan pinched the bridge of his nose and said tiredly, “Home.” He had not been sleeping well for the past few days. To be precise, ever since Stella moved out of the house. He felt annoyed once more at the thought of her. Keegan twisted a bottle of water open. He took a sip and frowned, “Plain water?” Aldor explained, “The tea bags that madam gave are all used up. The new ones haven’t been stocked up yet. I’ll call madam later.” Keegan paused and coolly responded, “There’s no need for that.” ‘If I go find that woman, she’ll say things that’ll piss me off again!’ he thought. Then, he took another sip of water. For some reason, the plain water he had been drinking for the past twenty-something years had become unpalatable. ‘Did plain water always taste this bad?’ wondered Keegan. They arrived at Royalpark Villa. Just as Keegan got out of the car, Aldro retrieved a beautiful gift box from the car. Then, he handed the gift box to Keegan. “Mr. Kane, the bag you pre-ordered two months ago has arrived.” ‘A bag that costs over four million dollars. It’s like carrying a house around. My worldviews are constantly being changed while I’ve been working here for the past few years,’ Aldor thought. “When madam sees it, she’ll definitely like it.” Keegan unfurrowed his brows slightly. However, he coldly said, “How could she not like something she wanted?” Aldor raised his eyebrows but did not speak. ‘I’ve never heard madam say she wants this bag. But, she did say that the bag looked nice while she was reading a magazine in the car one time. That very night, Mr. Kane asked me to purchase the bag. Since there wasn’t any stock locally, we had to pull a few strings to purchase it abroad. That’s why it took two months for the bag to arrive,’ he thought again. “Leave it in the car.” Keegan buttoned his shirt and said, “Come pick me up tomorrow morning at nine.” At nine o’clock the following morning, Stella got a call from Keegan right after she got dressed. “Come downstairs.” Stella was confused. Keegan “thoughtfully” added, “I’ll wait for you downstairs.” Stella frowned and said, “You know where I live?” Keegan was not bothered enough to answer her nonsensical question, so he hung up. ‘Every time we fight, she stays at a hotel or at her poor bestie’s place. Since I canceled her room card, where else would she be other than Felicity’s place?’ he thought. Sure enough, Stella walked out of the apartment and saw Keegan’s Mercedes-Benz parked by the road. She stopped walking. Just as she was about to walk to the passenger seat, Aldor got out of the car and opened the rear door. Keegan was sitting on the other end of the backseat and looking down at his phone.