Stella Begs Nathaniel Cecilia had only gotten Stella blacklisted, yet the woman was already unraveling, her panic bordering on hysteria.

“Mr. Rainsworth, I beg you, for the sake of our past relationship!” Stella pleaded desperately.

Past relationship?

Nathaniel recalled their past, his gaze filled with disgust.

“Stella, you actually have the audacity to bring that up?” His voice dropped to an icy whisper as he took slow, deliberate steps toward her. A suffocating chill radiated from him, making Stella instinctively shrink back.

At that moment, she was truly afraid.

“I had no choice!” she blurted out, her voice trembling. “It was Mr. Nicholas-he ordered me to do it! If I hadn’t obeyed, he would’ve taken my life!”