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Chapter 1745
Chapter 1745
Chapter 1745
Jaylene immediately said, “It’s orange chicken, one of my favorite dishes.
Keegan, have you not tried it before?”
Keegan said, “It doesn’t sound like something I’d normally eat,” he paused before continuing, “I wouldn’t mind giving it a try.”
Jaylene thought Keegan was trying it for her, so she was overjoyed and quickly served the dish to him.
The maid who was supposed to serve the chickpea salad to Keegan moved the dish to Stella’s side.
Stella momentarily paused and immediately scooped some of that onto her plate.
Next, Keegan told Jaylene to get him all the heavy dishes and did not eat any of the vegetables at all. And the maid who was supposed to serve him the vegetables went to Stella’s side.
It did not seem like a coincidence.
After a short while, Stella was already full.
Wenham could not hold himself back anymore and said,” There are so many other dishes on the table. Why are you only eating the meat?”
His precious daughter had not eaten a bite of her favorite dishes, yet Keegan was feasting like a king, choosing only the dishes he wanted to eat.
Darcie noticed what was happening and chimed in, “Jaylene, mind your manners.”
Jaylene’s face blushed with embarrassment. She simply wanted to please Keegan and did not think much about it.
At this moment, Keegan finally spoke, as if defending Jaylene, “Jaylene, you don’t have to keep helping me. I can get the food I want myself. You should eat more. You’ve lost so much weight lately.”
Jaylene’s heart melted, “Thank you, Keegan.”
Stella kept quiet.
Perhaps Keegan used to put all his attention on herself and did not really have any interactions with Jaylene, so she did not really notice anything.
However, now that she looked at how Jaylene reacted to what Keegan said, she realized that Jaylene was truly obsessed with Keegan.
Keegan did not even serve her any food, but she was already moved just because he told her she should eat more.
Stella figured that if Keegan served her something, she would preserve it and put it in a box. She could feel that Jaylene’s affection for Keegan was more than just admiration.
And as for Keegan…
Stella turned to him.
‘Every time the maid was about to serve him something I wanted to eat, he would ask Jaylene to serve him some other dishes instead. What are the odds of that happening coincidentally?’ As Stella thought about that, she suddenly stood up with a bowl in her hand, “Dad, I’m going to the kitchen to get some soup. Do you want some?”
“Just sit down. Sandra will get it for you.”
Stella replied with a smile, “Sandra’s eating now, too. I’ll just do it myself.
There’s no need to trouble her.”
Marshall put down his utensils, ‘Til get it for you.”
“You’re our guest. How could we let you do that?”
Seeing this, Wenham said, “Be careful then. Don’t hurt yourself.”
“Okay,” Stella responded and went to the kitchen.
The soup was very hot, so Stella only filled half a bowl. Then, she opened the tap and added half a bowl of water to cool it down before going out with it.
As she walked past Keegan, her hand suddenly slipped, spilling the bowl of soup directly onto his back.
Before Keegan could even react, Jaylene was already screaming in fright.
As she anxiously wiped the soup off Keegan’s back, she could not help but blame Stella, “Why are you so careless? Keegan’s wound hasn’t fully recovered yet. Are you trying to kill him with this bowl of boiling hot soup?”
Wenham instantly got upset, “What are you saying? Stella couldn’t have done it on purpose, right? There’s some water on Stella’s hand, too. It was clearly an accident!”
Stella was taken aback.
She was surprised that her father blindly believed her and even spontaneously came up with an excuse to defend her.
So, she played along with Wenham and said cluelessly, “I’m sorry. I wasn’t paying attention…”
Jaylene looked aggrieved after Wenham scolded her. Her gaze toward Stella was filled with dissatisfaction and resentment.
Meanwhile, Darcie seemed slightly displeased with Wenham’s reaction, too, but she kept it to herself. Instead, she told Jaylene, “Jaylene, take Keegan to get changed.”
“Keegan is Stella’s fiance. How can you ask an unmarried girl like Jaylene to get him changed?” Wenham’s mind turned unusually sharp, and he said to Stella, “Stella, take Keegan to Trevor’s room and give him Trevor’s clothes.”