CHAPTER 132: CHAPTER 132: WHEN SHAMELESSNESS REACHES ITS PEAK, NO ONE CAN DEFEAT YOU

Stella Grant was resolute, and anyone could tell that there was no room for negotiation.

Zeke Adler was at a loss for words against her, and Lily Harrison, seeing his lack of action and fearing that Stella might publicly fall out with them, lowered her voice a bit and said, "Didn’t you say yesterday that you would give us three days?"

Stella responded without a change in expression, "I initially said I’d give you a week."

Lily was speechless.

She finally understood that Stella meant if they dared to cause her trouble again, she’d shorten the repayment time by half.

Sure enough, Stella’s next words confirmed her thoughts.

Stella glanced at her watch and said coldly, "You still have about sixteen hours left. If you continue to cause trouble, the repayment time will be moved up to six o’clock this afternoon."

Lily, "..."

Zeke, "..."

Neither of them expected Stella to be so ruthless. Lily’s face remained stiff for a good ten seconds, and then, as if giving up, she laughed mockingly, "Stella, technically, we shouldn’t make this a family embarrassment, but if you’re going to force us like this, your uncle and I won’t care about the family ties."

Family ties?

Hah.

Indeed, when one is shameless, nothing can defeat them.

After Lily spoke, she made a move to take the elevator up to the ward to find Lynn Adler.

Stella watched her frantically pressing the elevator button and didn’t stop her, just stood a meter away, coldly watching.

Lily was all for show, seemingly imposing but actually waiting for Stella to come over and plead with her.

When the elevator doors opened and a crowd of people squeezed out, Lily glanced at Stella and then at Zeke, "Aren’t you coming? We can’t reason with her here, so let’s go up and talk to your sister. I refuse to believe that your own sister would take her brother to court for fifty thousand."

After Lily spoke, she gave Zeke a look.

Zeke understood, his face reddening as he took a step.

As the two were stepping into the elevator, Stella squinted her eyes and spoke lightly, "Lily, do you think you’re the only one who can make a scene?"

Hearing Stella’s words, Lily’s back stiffened, a chill running up her spine.

Zeke turned around, his long-suppressed anger boiling over, and pointed at Stella through the bustling crowd, "You ungrateful thing, if you have the guts, say what you just said again."

Stella, "So the two of you are dead set on being completely shameless, aren’t you?"

Stella’s voice was so cold it was chilling, and more onlookers gathered around.

Seeing that people were starting to gossip, Zeke rolled up his sleeves and stepped down from the elevator, "Today I’ll teach you a lesson on behalf of your mother. As a junior, how dare you call your aunt by name? Don’t you have any manners?"

As he spoke, Zeke walked up to Stella and raised his hand to hit her.

Stella stood still, with no intention of resisting, her slender, fair neck slightly raised, her eyes aloof and indifferent, "This is the first time I’ve known someone could be so shameless. Our family goes bankrupt, and my mom and I can’t even afford food. I only got to attend university through the help of others, yet you occupied the fifty thousand my dad left for us mother and daughter as your own."

If Stella had just been speaking softly and rationally, now she was raising her voice, tearing apart all pretenses.

As Stella finished, the onlookers began to gossip.

"Is this man the uncle of the young lady?"

"Seems like it. Truly heartless."

"Oh my God, how could an uncle do such a thing? It’s bad enough when others do it, but an uncle kicking you when you’re down."

Hearing the chatter around him, Zeke’s face turned beet red, his raised hand awkwardly hanging in the air.

Stella looked at him coldly and continued, "Now your son is dating and planning to get married. My mom is hospitalized with uremia, and you’re coming to the ward to eye my mom’s house, wanting her to give it to your son as a wedding home. Yet you point at my nose and call me ill-mannered and even want to hit me. Do you want everyone here to judge who really lacks manners?"

Zeke’s hands shook as Stella confronted him, "Shut up."

Stella said, "I won’t be quiet. I still have a lot to say. It’s not just you who can throw a fit and act shamelessly."

"Seriously an eye-opener, using a sister’s house for his son’s marriage."

"And the sister is suffering from uremia."

"Isn’t this clearly bullying an orphan and a widow?"

The chatter from the onlookers grew louder, as more young people started to pull out their phones to record. Lily hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Zeke away.

Watching the two of them flee in embarrassment, Stella’s lips pressed into a thin line.

Someone, feeling sorry for Stella, approached and softly comforted her, "Don’t be afraid, you don’t have to indulge people like that."

Stella responded with a smile to their kindness, "Mm-hmm."

A few minutes later, Stella walked out of the hospital to buy breakfast, dialing the phone number of the legal officer from the company where she’d previously worked in Brynnfield.

When the call connected, Stella lightly smiled and said, "Lawyer Marshall, this is Stella Grant. I need your help with something."