Stella was not going to waste her time on arguing with him, so she talked back immediately, “Never mind if you don’t want to tell me.”

Clarence grabbed her shoulders and asked word by word, “Stella, do you like Emmett?”

“…” Stella frowned, “What a weird question.”

“Just answer me.”

Stella answered after a while, “No.”

Clarence tightened his grasp and asked again in a soft and low voice, “Then do you like me?”

“You stopped me here for asking these boring questions?”

“How could they be boring?”

Stella raised her voice, “They are totally boring! And, I have been wondering why did you come to my party with my friends. Don’t you feel embarrassed and uncomfortable?”

“Not at all.”

“But Mr. Conrad, have you found that everyone else was upset by your present?”

Clarence responded in an unemotional voice, “I don’t care others’ opinions. I only care you.”

Hearing his words, Stella couldn’t help laughing, “Mr. Conrad is serious?”

“Yes.”

“If Mr. Conrad really cares what I think, haven’t you figured out that I hate you? Your appearance upset not only my friends, but also me ….”

Clarence interrupted her, “Stella, this is your answer?”

“What ….”

Stella realized what did he mean as soon as she uttered the first word.

He referred to the question that if she liked him.

Stella looked at him calmly, “I thought you knew the answer.”

Clarence asked, “Now that you hate me, why did you help me today?”

“I simply considered that since you were one of the guests joining us for dinner, we shouldn’t destroy the atmosphere because of you. And, I owed you a lot, so I want to seize every opportunity to return your favor. That’s it.”

But Stella had to admit that she was soft at that moment.

Clarence, the wretched man had been mean to her most of the time, but he was nice to her sometimes.

Those days living at the Anqiao Street was the most peaceful and comfortable time in her life.

At that time, although Clarence couldn’t cook, he cooked fish soup for her without any complaints.

At the expense of a ruined kitchen though.

Although he always complained that she was a trouble, when there was a power blackout, he would take out the coal burning oven to heat water so that she could wash her hair.

Even though the electricity supply was restored before he could do that.

Although he asked her to have an abortion, but he still accompanied her to see the doctor.

Although ….

Stella sighed and stopped recalling it.

Clarence said, “Stella, you like me. It’s a fact that you can’t deny.”

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