Chapter 324 A Stakes Are Raised
The next second, Derrick grabbed the phone out of her hand.
It was a video call from Abraham,
Derrick glanced at Stella, then tapped to answer. He brought his face up to the camera.
“Abraham.”
There was a brief silence on the other end.
Then Abraham’s gaze turned cold. “Where is Star?”
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A moment later. Derrick turned the camera to show Stella and pressed the barrel of his gun to her forehead.
Stella instinctively raised her hand to push it away, but Derrick gave her a warning look.
When Abraham saw the image on the screen—Stella soaking wet and looking utterly miserable—the atmosphere around the call instantly turned dangerous.
“What did you do to her?”
His voice dripped with menace.
Derrick let out a slight chuckle. “Abraham, I want what’s mine.”
“Fine.”
Stella was stunned.
Derrick was equally surprised. That easy?
So this girl really meant a lot to Abraham now.
His eyes fell on the marks on her neck.
His voice grew colder. “When?”
“With Bernie. Haven’t you heard?” Abraham said.
Stella blinked. Does Bernie have it? Wasn’t that what Lancelot stole from Abraham?
How did it end up with Derrick?
Is that what he’s been after all this time?
She couldn’t help but be curious.
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As he spoke. he tapped his muzzle against her head again.
Abraham’s voice dropped dangerously. ‘Get that thing off her head. This is the last time I’m going
to tell you
“Abraham, it seems you haven’t realized yet, you’re no longer in control of this hunt.”
Derrick said it casually, like a man who thought he held all the cards.
“Is that so?”
Abraham’s camera flipped, too.
And there was Sebastian, screaming for help.
“Derrick, save me, please!!
Derrick froze. That useless idiot.
How did he get caught by Abraham so fast!
Then Eddie’s familiar voice came over the line.
“Mr. Derrick. Sebastian here is crying like a baby. I wonder if he can handle my experiments.
Derrick’s eyes narrowed in anger.
Then the once–begging Sebastian exploded in anger at the insult.
“You moron, who are you calling a baby?”
Moron? Was that mean to me?
Eddie didn’t get it. “You. I’m talking about you.”
As he said that, he raised the scalpel to Sebastian’s throat and looked at Derrick through the
screen.
“Mr. Derrick, how about I start the dissection from the carotid artery?”
Stella’s eyelid twitched.
The artery? That’s a kill shot…
Derrick radiated cold hostility. He sneered. “Do you all really think Sebastian means anything to
me?”
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Eddie replied. “Perfect. I’ll kill him right now.”
With
With that, his scalpel sliced into Sebastian’s neck.
“Aaagh!”
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Sebastian screamed in pain and tried to grab the scalpel, but as he lunged, Eddie grabbed his wrist, and the two began to struggle.
At the same time. Stella lunged and bit down hard on Derrick’s wrist.
He let out a grunt. “Ugh… Stella, you bit me again!”
Chaos broke out on both ends of the call.
Eddie yelled, “You bastard, Sebastian! I’m going to kill you today!”
Derrick yelled. “You damn woman, let go of me!”
She had hit me earlier with a steel showerhead.
That blow has scrambled my brain, and now she is biting me again.
But Stella wouldn’t let go after all that effort.
Then a loud bang echoed through the phone. The other side fell silent.
Sebastian stared at Abraham, his pupils constricted, his leg bleeding.
For a moment he even forgot the pain.
Then he howled like a slaughtered pig.
Abraham looked back at Derrick. “Not important?”
Derrick’s face hardened. “Don’t hurt him.”
Abraham said, “Send Star back. You’ll get your stuff.”
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Derrick was furious. “I’m not turning her over until I get my stuff.”
Right now, the only real leverage I had over Abraham was Stella.
If I sent her back, how could I ever expect to get what I wanted?
“Derrick. Abraham muttered.
Just hurry up. Derrick snapped, ending the call without warning. Then he grabbed Stella’s chin.
“You dare bite me? I’ll knock your damn teeth out.”
He was really angry.
I had never expected Stella to resort to something so shameless, biting me like a wildcat.
Was there anything this girl wouldn’t do?
“Go ahead then, Stella said. “Try it.”
She opened her mouth defiantly. His blood still clung to her teeth.
The sight made Derrick’s blood boil.
“Fine. If I touch you now, Abraham will go crazy. I’ll wait until I have the stuff. Then I’ll take care of you.”
He pushed her away roughly.
Stella rolled her eyes.
That only made Derrick angrier.
The damn woman is too confident that I won’t really hurt her.
And… I wouldn’t.
He glared at her. Tell me the truth. Did he get yet?”
Even though Abraham had said on the phone that Bernie still had the item, I didn’t buy it.
Stella replied, “If I told you, would you believe me?”
Derrick was stunned.
Of course not.
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Meanwhile, a cold, dangerous aura surrounded Abraham.
Eddie had just dragged himself back on board after swimming the enormous distance and looked. completely exhausted.
As soon as he climbed up, he saw that Abraham had already captured Sebastian:
With his injured leg. Sebastian could barely move. Eddie sat on the ground, exhausted.
Abel returned and looked surprised when he saw Sebastian. “Abraham.”
“Bring Bernie back.”
Abel froze. “Bring him back?”
We had just thrown him off the yacht.
But from the way Abraham operated, I could tell that this was just step one, a calculated humiliation.
Kicking Bernie out was to remind him who was in charge, no matter where he was.
From what I knew of Abraham, this was definitely part of a larger plan.
But now this..
Abel didn’t dare think about it. He nodded. “Yes, I’ll go immediately.”
The threat was already clear.
Bringing Bernie back now would also probably achieve the desired result.
Abel left.
Eddie looked over at Abraham. “Even though Star is in Derrick’s hands, I don’t think you worry. He won’t hurt her.”
Everybody knew how Derrick felt about Stella.
It could have been peaceful.
need to
But in the end. Derrick and Abraham had become enemies. And now the chances for Derrick to see Stella
When Mr. Kelvin was alive, Derrick had made his interest in Stella clear.
No one expected the tragedy that followed, both the fall of the Tom family and the rift between Derrick and Abraham.
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Soon Bernie was brought back by Abel and his men.
Bruised and bloodied, it was clear that he had been beaten before being thrown from the yacht..
He had been halfway to leave when they dragged him back.
Bernie was seething. “What do you mean? Are you really going to break up with Kealis Island?”
Insulting me meant cutting ties with the entire island.
After all, Bernie’s brother was the shadow leader behind it all.
Abraham gave Abel a cold look. Abel understood immediately and kicked Bernie hard behind the
knee.
Bernie lost his balance and fell to the ground with a thud.
He gritted his teeth in silence.
Abraham clasped his hands and looked down at him, eyes full of menace. “I told you before. I want that item.”
And he had no intention of giving anything in return.
If Abraham had been polite before, it was clear now that he was done pretending.
“Sebastian, I have watched you grow up. You know what Star means to the Dawson family, don’t you?”
You see? I knew we shouldn’t have touched Stella. One word from Abraham, and none of us would leave this vacht alive.
He didn’t dare delay. He glanced over at Eddie, who had taken his phone earlier.
Eddie tossed the phone back to him. “Talk to your brother properly. Of all the people he could have touched, he went after Star? Took a hostage? Should’ve taken me instead. I’m tough; at least Abraham wouldn’t have been so pissed.”
She was already in his hands, and Derrick took her away. That was practically asking Abraham to kill
I’m really careless to have ended up here.
If I really ended up with Derrick, I wasn’t sure if I would make it out alive.
“Who?”
Anyone around someone like Abraham must be just another toy, right?
And he still thought Abraham would show him mercy? He was dreaming.
When Stella had been taken to Pagena, he had already suspected that she might now be Abraham’s wife.
But Eddie had just blurted out that she was still Derrick’s fiancée.
Meanwhile, in the room, Derrick turned on the TV and casually played a game. He didn’t think Abraham would act so quickly.
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My hair was a mess, and I wanted to go to the bathroom to clean up, but Derrick wouldn’t let me. He had even searched me and taken my phone.
And now this lunatic was actually playing video games. As if he wasn’t afraid that Abraham would break down the door any second and shoot him to pieces.
“You’re a woman. Go learn to cook or arrange flowers or something.”
To be fair, Madam Evelyn never forced me or Marie to do anything like that. While other high society girls were busy learning graceful manners, Madam Evelyn had always let them grow free.
I can cook. The only question is whether it is edible.
This woman had too many tricks up her sleeve. After her time at Rivermount, her fiery attitude had taken on
It was a live broadcast of a boxing match on the yacht.
There was nothing special going on. Why was she so engrossed?
This wasn’t even a real boxing match. More like a punching showcase for someone with power.
This crazy woman was biting people. It’s best to keep her mouth away.
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“Get to the point,” Derrick said.
As soon as she heard these words, she understood what he meant.
He wanted to return me to Abraham.
So far, I still didn’t know if the thing Lancelot had stolen really belonged to Derrick.
Derrick held the gun to Stella’s head. “Sebastian, come here.”
“Mr. Abraham, wait…” Bernie panicked.
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“Where are we going now?” Stella asked.
“To find someone. Be good, Abraham replied, pulling her along.
Eddie and Abel knew exactly who he was looking for.
Derrick had just taken Bernie, and Abraham was determined to get what was his this time.
Feeling the cold energy around Abraham. Stella said nothing more and followed quietly.
Just as they got into the car, her phone started buzzing.
It was Tessa calling.
Stella picked it up.
Tessa?”
“They’re fighting! It’s a full–on fight!”
Stella’s eyes
widened. “What? Who?”
“Rebecca is fighting Lillian. It’s intense!”
“What?” Stella gasped.
Is Rebecca fighting Lillian?
“How do you even know that?”
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“I’m at the villa next to the Reed. I left something here after an interview and came back to get it.”
“You really can stumble into gossip anywhere,” Stella said.
“I’ll send you a video.”
Tessa hung up before Stella could answer.
Hearing the excitement in Tessa’s voice, Stella could tell that the drama at the Reed house must be wild.
Back at Tessa’s side, her hands were shaking with excitement as she rushed to record the chaos and send it to Stella.
Ever since Rebecca had forced her way into the Reed house. I knew the place was going to turn into a
madhouse.
Back at the hospital, it was already clear that Rebecca was a firecracker.
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of this house.”
She flung open the closet and threw all of Lillian’s things on the floor.
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Lillian was already very ill. Without proper medical care in the past few days, her condition had worsened dramatically.
Rebecca’s attack nearly drained what little strength she had left.
“Cough… cough… cough…”
Rebecca threw a pile of clothes at her head. “You accused me of stealing your diamond necklace? Ha! Lillian Reed, you really are something. Only a foster daughter and already full of dirty tricks. Stella may have put up with your crap before, but not me. Are you trying to force me out of the Reed family with this little stunt? I’m the mother of the Reed grandson. Who the hell are you?”
Rebecca was furious.
She couldn’t stop thinking about Susan downstairs demanding that she return the necklace.
Give it back or get out of the house.
Lillian has lost something, and now I’m expected to return it?
“So you want to act, huh? You want to play the victim?”
Lillian shook her head, her eyes filled with tears. “It wasn’t me. I didn’t do it.”
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Thwack!
Before Lillian could finish defending herself, Rebecca stormed over and slapped her across the face.
Her head snapped to the side, a sharp sting blossoming on her cheek.
Hearing the commotion, Susan rushed over.
“Rebecca Zahn, are you crazy? Put that down right now. This is not your house to rule.”
ou
Lillian looked pitifully at Susan, her eyes filled with tears. “Mom, I told you not to argue with her. You see? She misunderstood and came at me.”
“Not arguing with me? You call that not arguing?”
Furious. Rebecca grabbed another pile of clothes and threw them at Lillian, hangers and all.
The hook on one of the hangers scraped Lillian’s forehead, making her scream in pain.
“Ah!
Rebecca wasn’t done. Still burning with rage, she grabbed another handful of clothes to throw.
Susan lunged and held her back. “Rebecca, that’s enough. Let go now.”
“She needs to get out. Out of this house.” Rebecca shouted.
Susan snapped. You shut up. You don’t get to decide anything here. If anyone’s going, it’s you.
Still blindly biased in favor of Lillian.
Rebecca crossed her arms and sneered. “I’m the one who should go? Really? Dear Madam Susan, thanks to this foster daughter of yours, your biological daughter is dead, your son’s hand is crippled, and your husband barely comes home. And you’re still protecting her?”
Susan froze.
Her expression stiffened.
She instinctively looked at Lillian, who shook her head weakly. “Mom…”
Lillian said nothing more, but her pale, fragile look was enough to evoke sympathy.
Susan glared at Rebecca. “Stop trying to sow discord. Everything that’s happened to the Reed family is because of Stella.”
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Just the thought of the company and the mess at home made Susan grit her teeth in anger.
Rebecca scoffed. “Exactly. And the twins your husband had with the CFO, was Stella the one who introduced them?”
Susan said nothing.
Lillian was silent too, her eyes flickering with guilt
Rebecca looked at her with a mocking smile that said she knew exactly what was going on.
Lillian lowered her head. her lips sealed.
The mention of Patrick only increased Susan’s anger. Her fists clenched at her sides.
Meanwhile, Tessa sent the video to Stella with a dramatic tsk tsk.”
Then she called her.
“You have to see this. The drama at the Reed house is on a whole new level. It’s like a roller
coaster.
Stella laughed. “If you have the energy to gossip. I guess what happened at the airport didn’t shake you too much.”
I had worried that Tessa might be shaken up by the
But apparently she’d bounced back quickly. Just hours before, she had been crying on the phone about her first kiss. Now she was in the front row of the Reed family’s meltdown
Tessa snorted. “Come on, that was nothing.”
“Not even your first kiss? Stella teased her.
“Hey, are you trying to bring up the one thing I can’t take back?”
If I’d picked a fight with someone I could afford to insult. I’d have gone over and slapped him twice.
But Victor? No way.
Anyway, just watch the video. I’m hanging up.
Tessa ended the call and looked back at the Reed house. The shouting was still going on.
But her interest was waning.
There was too much chaos in the house. I couldn’t keep up even if I wanted to.
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“Mother you’ve been calling me a lot lately. Have you decided its time to finally take care of your only daughter?”
Normally we
– unless it was necessary. Twice a month was car al
more,
and we might forget each other even cristed
“Tessa, leave the country immediately
Diana’s voice was sharp and stern
Diana remained silent.
“Leave the country? What’s going on?”
Tessa could tell from her mother’s heavy tone that this wasn’t a joke.
“Don’t ask questions. I have already sent Wesley to pick you up. She’ll take care of everything”
Tessa fell silent. Going abroad again! And have someone take care of me!
This is no small
Where to?”
“Falvaria”
“Right now
Falbaris! That is potere Star had grown up. And now I’m going there, too!
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Diana said firmly, “Until I tell you to come back to Rivermount, you are not allowed to return.”
Tessa’s tone became anxious. “What happened?”
Though their contact had been infrequent and her mother rarely had time to care for her, Tessa still loved Diana deeply. So hearing that something was wrong made Tessa panic a little.
She wants to know what had happened, but her only answer was the sound of Diana hanging up the phone.
“Tessa was stunned.
Am I really not worthy to know what is wrong with my mother?
As she listened to the dial tone on the other end, Tessa couldn’t help but feel uneasy.
She called her mother back, but the phone only rang twice before being disconnected. Just as Tessa was about to try calling again, Wesley’s call came through.
“Ms. Tessa, where are you right now? I’ll pick you up right away.”
“I’m going back to pack my bags; you wait at my house. Tessa said.
Wesley replied, “No need to pack; we must leave for Falvaria immediately. Please send me your location.”
Tessa was stunned again.
Why the rush?
Her heart jumped into her throat.
“What exactly happened to my mother?”
I’m not even allowed to pack my bags before I rush out. I had an instinctive feeling that whatever is happening to my mother is serious.
Deep down, I don’t want to leave.
Wesley replied, “This is nothing for Ms. Tessa to worry about.”
“But I’m her daughter! Wesley, tell me what’s going on!”
Tessa was now completely distressed.
Wesley replied. “Ms. Diana’s affairs aren’t your concern.”
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Tessa shouted into the phone as she walked towards the can
I simply want to see my mother. That’s i
Wesley replied. You can’t see Ms Diana right now
“Why
“Because I don’t know either where she is
Tessa was stunned.
Her body went cold in an instant.
Wesley had always been at Diana’s side. If he didn’t know where she was then what about my
Tessa’s fear surged.
She hung up the call.
mother?
She sent her location to Wesley, who replied with a voice message “Wait for me at the location. Don’t leave
Tessa stood in the cold wind and felt a chill.
The New Year was approaching. In previous years, no matter how busy my mother was the would always spend the New Year with me.
But this year, at this critical moment, she is sending me gay
Tessa felt like she couldn’t breathe.
Meanwhile, Stella watched the video that Tessa had sent her. In the video. Rebecca repeatedly threw clothes at Lillian.
She even stood up and slapped her twice.
One could only say that Rebecca’s temper was truly explosive. Watching this, it was clear that the tactics Lillian had once used on me were now being used on Rebecca
Not everyone chooses to explain when faced with a misunderstanding, but not everyone chooses to endure
Abraham looked at the screen of Stella’s phone. “Is this from the Reed family
“Yes. Tessa sent it to me.”
Abraham asked, “She still has the energy to watch the drama?”
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Just as I thought.
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Earlier, Tessa had been crying on the phone, saying how scared she was of Victor. I thought she would need a few days to recover at home.
But here she was, already at the center of the chaos.
Seeing how much Stella enjoyed watching the drama unfold in the Reed family. Abraham’s eyes darkened with a deep, loving amusement.
Just as he was about to speak, his phone rang.
He looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Marie. “Abraham, are you on Kealis Island?”
Abraham frowned and instinctively looked at Stella. “Are you over there?”
Maric replied, Tm on Star’s yacht, on vacation. By the way, I just saw that bastard Derrick.”
At the mention of Derrick, Marie’s tone immediately turned angry.
It was clear that even though things had calmed down, Marie still wanted to skin Derrick alive the moment his name was mentioned.
“Should I take care of him?”
Abraham replied, “It’s not your problem.”
“Abraham!”
Marie’s voice sounded frustrated.
Abraham said. “There is still something on him.”
Marie was speechless.
Sensing Abraham’s intention, Stella instinctively looked at Abraham.
Marie asked, “What is that thing? Is that why you never killed him directly all these years?”
Abraham had always been ruthless with Derrick, but he had never taken his life.
Was it because Abraham couldn’t kill Derrick? Not necessarily!
Abraham replied, “Are you going alone, or do you want Dan Morris to come with you?”
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