NovelEnglishChapter 534
"It's just a bit of harmless bickering between the kids, Mr. Burton. No need to take it to heart."
As he spoke, he turned to Stella.
"Raven, I'd like to have a word with you in private."
Stella hadn't planned on talking to Skyler, but considering she still needed the Williams family's help with her
academic credentials, she gave a small nod.
Just as she was about to leave, Nicolle spoke up as well.
"Ms. Cameron, I'd like to have a chat with you later too, if you're free?"
Seeing Nicolle, Stella could guess it was probably about Antoney.
She agreed, "Of course, Mr. Watson."
A top graduate and so polite, Nicolle thought, feeling quite satisfied.
After exchanging a few words with Mr. Burton, Stella left the room with Skyler and Jonathan.
Aurora alone remained, lingering in the room.
Mr. Burton glanced at her, his expression unreadable.
"Aurora, aren't you joining them?"
Aurora gave a small laugh and shook her head.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"No, | don't think Ms. Cameron wantsthere right now."
The door had barely closed before Jonathan spoke bluntly.
"Stella, you can't agree to the Watsons adopting you."
Stella's expression was cool. "And why not?"
"You're part of the Williams family. Being adopted by the Watsons-what sense does that make?"
Stella replied, "Does it really matter whose daughter | am? It's not like anyone else knows the truth. Either way,
I'd be a foster daughter-what's the difference which family | belong to? If becthe Watsons foster daughter,
I'll get a ten percent share in their company."
She remembered overhearing Skyler and Jonathan discussing, long ago, that
they'd announce her as their foster daughter to the public.
Jonathan's displeasure was obvious, though he tried to hide it.
"Stella, you can't measure family with money."
Stella countered, "Then what do you measure it with? Affection?" Jonathan opened his mouth, but the words
caught in his throat.
As far as affection went-they might be siblings by blood, but they'd spent years apart and didn't have much of a
bond. Since Stella's return, she'd barely spent any twith the Williams family. His two younger brothers were
indifferent toward her. Aurora's relationship with her was complicated. As for himself, he was always buried in
work, rarely home.
He couldn't, in good conscience, try to play the "family card."
At that moment, Skyler spoke.
"Raven, whatever the Watsons offer, | can give you too. | was already planning on giving you a ten percent
share."
Stella knew as well as anyone that nothing in this world cfree. If she accepted those shares, the rest of her
life would be under the Williams family's control. They might even try to marry her off for their own benefit.
She replied calmly, "You can keep the shares. | don't need them. What | do need is your cooperation to correct
my non my academic records. It doesn't match
the one | use now."
Skyler frowned. "Raven, you don't like this name?"
Stella's smile was half-amused, half-cold. "Who would want to spend their life as someone else's shadow?"
Skyler rushed to explain, “You're misunderstanding. The nwasn't meant to make you anyone's shadow. It's
just—"
Stella cut him off. "It doesn't matter what it was meant to be. There's no need to explain. All | need now is for the
Williams family to givethe adoption paperwork and an official letter, so | can get my records changed."
Skyler tried again. "If you don't like that name, then just go by Stella Williams... Stella is a beautiful name."
Stella looked at him, her voice flat. "It's just a name. Is it so shameful to take my mother's surname? She gave
why are you so hung up on a name?"
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