Lingering Passion: Mr. Sutton Wants to be Your Male Lead!-Chapter 117: Stepping Stone

Silas Sutton’s narrow eyes held a smile, deliberately emphasizing the words ’steal. someone’ with deep meaning.

Stella Grant slightly tilted her head to look at him. After about four or five seconds, her red lips slightly parted, "President Sutton seems to feel quite honored as the one being stolen."

Silas Sutton laughed instead of getting angry, the smile on his face deepened, "Indeed."

Stella, "Then you really have no sense of shame."

Silas Sutton’s voice was deep with laughter, "If I knew about shame, would I repeatedly sleep with you despite knowing you have a boyfriend?"

Stella took a breath, "Indeed."

Stella was already prepared to confront Silas Sutton head-on at this moment.

It was mainly because the recent experience left her terrified, and she didn’t want to go through it a second time.

Sue Woods and Ray Woods were still okay.

What if...

As the atmosphere between the two became increasingly tense, ready to explode, Silas Sutton’s phone suddenly rang.

Silas lightly raised his eyebrows, took his phone out of his pocket, and upon seeing the caller ID, a trace of impatience flashed across his brows as he pressed to hang up.

Just after he hung up, the phone rang again.

This repeated several times before Silas coldly answered the call, "Speak." 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Silas’s voice was so cold that the person on the other end paused noticeably.

After a moment, the person on the other end asked in frustrated defeat with a hint of resentment, "Where did you go?"

Silas coldly replied, "None of your business."

The caller, "I am your fiancée, how is it none of my business?!"

After saying this, seeing that Silas had no intention of responding to her, she took a deep breath and said, "Silas Sutton, don’t think I don’t know, someone has already told me. Are you with that project manager you recently poached? Did you go to Portmere with her?"

The caller was Charlotte Shelby, who first caused a scene at a birthday party and later ran to a shooting site to fight with a model rumored to be involved with Silas Sutton.

People on the surface praised her as a ’warrior of love’, but privately, there was no shortage of laughter at her expense.

Especially those few seemingly close friends of hers, who privately leaked her secrets to others.

After Charlotte spoke, unable to hear a response from Silas, her voice suddenly choked with sobs, "I’m talking to you."

The room was as quiet as ever, and Stella Grant was just inches away from Silas.

Even if his phone had great soundproofing, secrets couldn’t be kept at this distance.

Facing Charlotte’s questioning, Silas lightly glanced at Stella.

As expected, in Stella’s gaze, he saw intense disdain.

The next second, before Silas could speak, Charlotte continued, "Silas Sutton, do you want me to use some extreme measures against her to satisfy you?"

Upon hearing this, Silas’s gaze chilled a few degrees further, his throat moved, "Since you’re so good at finding out, how come you didn’t find out Hugh York is also here?"

Charlotte pursed her lips over the phone and then broke into a smile, "Did you go to Portmere with her for Shawn Bishop’s project?"

Silas didn’t respond to her, directly hanging up the call.

After disconnecting, Silas added Charlotte Shelby’s number to the blacklist, then quickly sent a WeChat message to Zachary Shelby: Control your sister, don’t let her go crazy.

Zachary replied: What happened?

Silas: Find out for yourself.

Having sent the message, Silas was about to put away his phone when he heard Stella say, "President Sutton, Miss Shelby loves you deeply."

Silas lifted his gaze, showing an ambiguous smile, "So?"

Stella, "When a woman loves a man deeply, she often loses her rationality. In Veridia, I have little power or influence, I’m aware I’m not qualified to be anyone’s obstacle, but I also don’t want to become a thorn in anyone’s side.

President Sutton, I understand you don’t want a business marriage or to marry a woman you don’t like, but could you also try to sympathize with me?"

Silas expected Stella’s previous stance would lead her to clash directly with him.

Unexpectedly, she chose to retreat instead.

Sympathize?

Silas scoffed, "How do I sympathize with you?"

Stella said calmly, "It’s simple, just give me a break and don’t make me a stepping stone in your family’s rebellion."

Silas heard the implication in her words and replied with a hint of mockery, "Do you think I want to use you to create a false impression for The Sutton Family and The Shelby Family, using you as a shield to cancel the marriage alliance?"

Stella, "Isn’t that the case?"