Lingering Passion: Mr. Sutton Wants to be Your Male Lead!-Chapter 214: Avoiding the Problem Won’t Solve It
Upon seeing Sue Woods’ message, Stella Grant pinched her brow with her fingertips.
This matter is hard to explain, and actually, it’s inexplicable.
Let alone Sue Woods, she herself found the whole thing quite ridiculous.
At that time, how did it just...
Thinking back to that time, some indescribable images flooded into her mind, and Stella’s cheeks suddenly flushed red.
The car arrived at Bloomwood Gardens, and all four of them got out two by two.
Silas Sutton and Ben Lawson walked ahead, Stella and Sue followed behind.
Sue was unaware that Stella lived at Bloomwood Gardens and murmured quietly, "No wonder so many women want to take shortcuts. Saying you’ll save decades of struggle is an understatement; marrying a man like Silas Sutton means you could save several lifetimes of struggle."
Stella laughed and reminded her, "Remember what Ben Lawson just said in the car."
Sue paused in her steps, recalling Ben Lawson’s comments about The Sutton Family, as if a revelation dawned on her. She shook her head repeatedly, "Forget it, I still prefer to earn my keep. Some money, you might not live long enough to spend, even if you get it.
Stella chuckled, "You made a good point."
Sue immediately caught on, "I’ve always been good at backing down."
It was nearing noon, and Ben Lawson and Sue naturally stayed at Bloomwood Gardens for lunch.
After the meal, Ben’s company required his presence, so he asked Sue whether she was leaving.
Sue looked confused, "I’ll leave with Stella."
Ben looked down at her, his eyes teasing, "Stella isn’t leaving; she lives here."
Upon Ben’s words, Sue suddenly turned to Stella in disbelief.
Stella held her water glass, met Sue’s gaze, wanting to explain but constrained by Silas and Ben’s presence, she could only say, "I’ll tell you later."
Sue understood and nodded, "Alright."
Seeing Ben and Sue off, Stella turned to Silas, "Was Ben deliberate?"
Silas pretended not to know, "What?"
Stella, "Did you instruct him?"
Silas’s long eyes were deeply imbued with laughter, "Instruct him on what? Obviously, the truth cannot be hidden."
Stella’s lips curled, "Childish."
Stella hadn’t slept until it was almost dawn last night. Although she had caught up on some sleep in the car, she still felt tired, so she headed straight to her bedroom to rest after they left.
Silas watched her enter and climb the stairs, hands in pockets, lips curling into a smile.
After returning to her room, before she could catch up on sleep, Sue’s message arrived.
Sue’s message was very simple, not a word, just a string of question marks: ??????
Stella: The situation was urgent, I didn’t get a chance to tell you, put simply, Silas and I are temporarily living together.
Beyond that, she really couldn’t explain.
Sutton’s affairs, Stella didn’t want to involve Sue for one thing, and for another, it was ultimately Silas’s family matters, it wouldn’t be right for her to gossip behind their backs.
Sue accepted the situation quickly and wasn’t upset that Stella hadn’t told her, she replied: Stella, I think you’ve fallen for him.
Stella: At most for half a year.
Sue knew Stella very well; with her personality, if she hadn’t been moved, she definitely wouldn’t have done such a thing, asking: Have you fallen for Silas Sutton?
Looking at Sue’s message, Stella held her breath, didn’t directly answer: I didn’t rest well last night, let me catch up on sleep, we’ll talk when I wake up.
Sue: Avoidance won’t solve anything.
Sue’s last message went unanswered by Stella, who put her phone down and snuggled into her blanket.
Avoiding does indeed solve nothing.
But when a problem is fundamentally insoluble, avoidance does seem like the best solution.
Stella slept particularly soundly.
When she woke up, it was already dusk outside the window.
Stella stared at the scenery outside, lost in thought, as the twilight sunset made her inexplicably calm.
However, Stella’s tranquility didn’t last long before the honking of cars outside shattered the atmosphere.
Stella was puzzled about who it could be; soon, the sounds of a woman crying and accusing echoed from the living room downstairs.
"Miles is still your brother; how could you be so ruthless?"
"He’s already in such a state; why can’t you spare him?"
"Silas, I beg you on behalf of your uncle’s wife, please spare Miles and Theodore, will you? I promise they won’t compete with you for Sutton Group."
"I know what happened back then was unfair to you, but it has already happened, and so many years have passed, isn’t it enough that you’ve caused so much trouble all these years?"
"You can’t take everyone down with you!!"
The woman cried hysterically, her voice clear to Stella lounging in the upstairs bedroom.
After the woman finished speaking, Silas’s cold voice immediately followed, "Auntie, how can you be so sure that what happened to third brother was done by me?"
The woman replied instantly, "If not you, then who else?"
Silas, "Everything requires evidence; it’s inappropriate for you to accuse me without proof."
As Silas finished, the noise in the living room quieted for a moment; after a few seconds, a dignified voice rang out, "Kneel!!"
