Right in the middle of the room, the man seated there was none other than Stephen!


    At first, Stephen didn''t even nce toward the door.


    It was only when ke had noticed Wendy''s odd behavior that he asked in confusion, "What''s wrong? Why did you stop?"


    Wendy wanted to run away, but ke quickly grabbed her. "Why are you running? Don''t you want to flee the country anymore?"


    Themotion had attracted some attention, and a few people turned to look.


    Someone seemed to have recognised Wendy, and they immediately eximed in shock, "Isn''t that Wendy? Why did you bring her here?"


    The scandal where Wendy had ndered Tessa online and incited her followers to cyberbully Tessa had caused quite the stir.


    Many wealthy heirs who didn''t know who Wendy was before had heard of her name because of the scandal.


    When Stephen heard Wendy''s name, he immediately turned to look at them. His gaze was sharp like an eagle, and there was a terrifying chill in his eyes.


    Wendy felt her heart drop as chills ran down her spine.


    It was over for her. There was no way that she''d be able to leave the country anymore.


    Fred knew about the incident between Wendy and Tessa, and he quickly realized that the friend ke wanted him to smuggle out of the country was Wendy.


    His expression darkened as he questioned ke, "Is she the friend you were referring to?"


    ke wasn''t aware that Fred was acquainted with Stephen. He was in the same social circle as Wendy and Zachary, so he was well aware of the bad blood between Wendy and Tessa.


    "Bring her here," Stephen ordered coldly.


    Not daring to go against Stephen''s orders, ke could only bite the bullet and drag Wendy over.


    Wendy struggled to break free, but she wasn''t as strong as ke, so her resistance was futile. Soon, she was dragged in front of Stephen.


    Stephen didn''t even spare Wendy a nce as he turned to Fred, who was sitting beside him, and said coldly, "Exin."


    Just that one word was enough to make Fred break out in cold sweat. He secretly cursed at himself. He had ended up offending Stephen.


    Everyone knew that Tessa was Stephen''s true love.


    At that moment, Fred just wanted to p himself silly. Why did he agree to ke''s request without asking for details?


    Fred cleared his throat and felt his scalp tingle. He quickly exined, "Mr. Jacobson, this is a misunderstanding. ke called me today@sking for a favor. He only told me that a friend of his wanted to go overseas and that he wanted me to bring her along. Since I was nning to go on a trip, I agreed to his


    request.


    "However, I didn''t know that his friend in question was Wendy. If I knew it was her,


    I would have never agreed to anything!"


    Stephen nced at Fred, and judging from his reaction, it seemed that Fred wasn''t lying.


    Fred was panicking when he noticed


    Stephen fooking at him. He was


    terrified that the business


    partnership he had just secured


    would fall apart since Stephen was


    now visibly pissed.


    "Deal with it. Herwsuit with Tess isn''t over yet, so she can''t leave the country," Stephen said.


    Fred quickly nodded and smiled apologetically. "I will. I''ll definitely take care of it. Don''t be angry, Mr. Jacobson."


    Throughout the entire encounter, Stephen had not spoken a single word to Wendy.


    ...


    On that same day, Stephen called Tessa and informed her of Wendy''s n to flee the country.


    Tessa did not say much to him, but she did thank him.


    After ending the call, Stephen raised his eyebrow. At least Wendy still had some


    use as she had given him the perfect excuse to call Tessa.


    He had not talked to Tessa for a few


    days now, and he missed her dearly. If it weren''t for Wendy''s idiotic n,


    he would not have had the chance to hear Tessa''s voice.


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