Mr. Kane Got Blacklisted (Stella and Keegan)
Chapter 2273

Chapter 2273

Her voice trembled with sorrow as she spoke. Mom, is Dad still mad at me?"

When she was hospitalized after being injured by Keegan's aunt, Wenham Saun visited her every day. But he no longer treated her with the same warmth and intimacy he had when she was a child. There was a newfound distance and coldness.

She had been deceived by Dahlia because she couldn't let go of Keegan. Wenham had already warned her once when he noticed her feelings, but she had knowingly ignored his warning. He was utterly disappointed in her.

Jaylene didn't think it was wrong to love Keegan. She believed the fault lay with Stella. If she had been lost for over twenty years why did she have to come back and disrupt everything? Why did she have to come back and steal her father and brother?

Their family of four had been so happy. Stella's return had caused her parents to fall out of love, her brother to shift his affection toward his biological sister, and her father to no longer dote on her as he once did. Even her mother had become calculating, obsessed with shares and wealth.

The blood relationship felt like a sharp knife, slicing their family apart the moment Stella appeared.

She rebelliously loved Keegan, yet she also yearned for her father and brother to love her as they used to.

Darcie looked up at her. "When you decided to compete with Stella for Keegan, you should have prepared yourself for this. Your dad raised you for twenty years and truly loved you, but Stella is his biological daughter, the child he once longed for and lost. After discovering the hardships she endured with the Jewell family, how could he not desperately try to make it up to her?

"When I merely tested the waters at the reunion, your dad was furious. Without consulting me, he transferred all of Caline's shares to Stella. We've been married for twenty years, and no matter how well I managed Caline or how outstanding my achievements were, he preferred to give me more dividends rather than shares. That's the difference."

She chuckled, but the smile seemed odd to Jaylene. "I should thank Freesia Hall for being generous. After Caline started making money, she sold her 25% stake to me at a low price based on the original capital ratio. Otherwise, how could I be sitting here now?"

Darcie looked at her daughter. "Jaylene, don't always seek pity from others. Mountains crumble, and people leave. The only one you can truly rely on is yourself."

Jaylene felt a deep sadness. "Why isn't he my biological father? Mom, if my dad were still alive, would someone care for me? He wouldn't want me to be sad."

Darcie's eyes turned colder as she seemed to recall something. "If someone can't give you anything but love, then it's better to be without them."

Jaylene was about to say more when the office lights went out, and the computer screen went dark. Someone in the hallway shouted, "Did the power go out?"

Darcie paused for a moment, then got up and walked out.

Several people had already emerged from other offices, looking confused. Darcie noticed a shadow flickering at the end of the hallway.