Chapter 183
hapter 183
then Brian returned home, Stella was looking at her phone. When she heard some noises at the door, se quickly shoved her phone under the pillow.
rian opened the door just in time to see her stuffing her phone under the pillow and pretending to sleep. e frowned and took off his coat. “Why aren’t you asleep?”
owever, Stella didn’t dare to answer him and turned sideways, pretending to be asleep.
rian was helpless upon seeing that. He took off his shirt and pants and put on his nightrobe. Then, he
sticed that her nose was red.
Why are you crying?” He turned up the brightness of the wall lamp and looked at her face under the light.
tella’s nose felt tingly. She sniffled. “I’m fine.”
Why are you crying if you’re fine?” Brian asked. Then, he remembered what Stella had been doing before.” ‘hat did you see on your phone?”
lothing,” she lied.
ake out your phone and show it to me.”
- lo. Stella refused, but Brian had already taken her phone away. She tried to grab her phone, but he held to her face to unlock it.
he was stunned. Then, she yelled, “Give it back!”
jan held the phone up high and looked at it. Then, he smiled. “Is this… a novel?
ella was so embarrassed that Brian had found her reading romance novels. She wanted to hide away. he said softly, “Give it back to me!”
et’s see… Bran browsed through her phone. He read out the title. “My Husband, the Professor.”
the novel, the heroine was yelling at the professor, the male protagonist.
ian inexplicably remembered that Stella had once talked in her sleep in the middle of the night. She
pt yelling for some teacher not to leave her. So, the teacher she talked about was the novel’s male otagonist?
ian frowned. “You’re crying while reading a novel?”
‘s really emotional, okay?”
ow emotional is it?” Brian was unconvinced as he continued to look through the novel.
alla blushed profusely. She had just read the part where the male and female protagonists solved their sunderstandings and were about to celebrate their reconciliation.
e didn’t dare to let Brian read any more of it, so she rushed over to snatch her phone away. “You can’t ad anymore!” However, when she rushed over, she fell straight into Brian’s arms.
Brian touched her delicate skin, and his gaze darkened slightly. “Are you trying to seduce me again?”
if Give my phone back!” Stella anxiously reached out for her phone.
When Brian saw how panicked she was, he refused to return her phone to her. He raised an eyebrow and asked. “What’s happening in the story that made you blush like this?”
He swiped the screen to look at the next paragraph. After reading the next two paragraphs, he looked at her red face. “So, you were reading something like this. That explains why you’re blushing.”
Stellas face tumed even warmer. She felt something inside her dying. She twisted her body to grab her phone “Give my phone back
Brian hugged her slender waist and smiled amusingly. “I didn’t expect an innocent girl like you to enjoy reading things like that.”
Stella’s cheeks were warm as she whined, “Give it back
Brian finally gave the phone back to her. Stella got her phone back, but he was still hugging her waist. She lowered her head, only to see his handsome face.
Stella felt like a deer that had been caught in the headlights. Her heart pounded as she whispered, “Is Sharon awake?”
“Yeah”
“Did she say anything?” Stella asked
Brian shook his head. ‘She can’t speak yet, but Joseph said that she’s in a stable condition. She may be able to sit up in a few days.”