Now They Want My Forgiveness - Chapter 326: Chapter 326

"An irrelevant person?" Stella repeated, finding the words almost laughable. "Who's irrelevant? Anna?"
Monroe said, "Look, I saw you in trouble and I saved you. But this is how you treat my girlfriend? If I'd known you'd act like this, I wouldn't have bothered helping you at all."
Stella chuckled. "You saved me because you felt like it. If you didn't want to, you could've just walked away. I never begged you for help, did I?"
"You!" Monroe sputtered, furious. He had never met anyone so infuriating before.
"Look, I've already made it clear. Your saving me settles things between us. It's just between you and me. It has nothing to do with Anna," Stella said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Monroe couldn't get it at all.
Stella couldn't be bothered to explain. If Monroe actually cared, it wouldn't be hard for him to dig up the truth. But he clearly didn't want to. Maybe he really did have feelings for her, so she wouldn't even bother worrying about it.
"Yeah, I admit it. I did it to Anna. Go ahead, call the cops or try to get revenge, whatever. I did it, and I just have one thing to say: Anna had it coming," Stella said flatly.
With that, she turned to leave, but Monroe yanked her back. His hand raised like he was about to slap her.
Stella stared him down, waiting. When he still didn't dare hit her, she sneered, "You really are a useless coward." Then she turned around and walked away without another word.
Monroe stared at Stella in utter disbelief. He thought, 'Did she really just call me a coward? How the hell am I a coward?'
Meanwhile, back at the office, when Stella returned unscathed, Nola let out a huge sigh of relief.
As soon as Stella got back to the office, she received a video call from Jordan. She settled into her chair and answered. The scenery on the other end was completely unfamiliar to her, but it was absolutely stunning.
"So, what do you think? Isn't it gorgeous?" Jordan asked.
Stella nodded. "It is beautiful. Jordan, have you had lunch yet?"
"Yeah. Guess what I had for lunch?" Jordan asked.
Stella smiled. It was a genuine, heartfelt smile that seemed to only appear when she was with Jordan, as if she could truly be herself around him.
"What did you have?" she asked.
"Local home-cooked food. It was really good. Next time I bring you here, I'll take you to try it," Jordan said.
Stella nodded. "Okay."
For the first time, Stella felt like someone actually cared about her. Whenever Andrew or Max went on business trips, they'd always bring back snacks, but Anna was always the first person they thought of. No one ever remembered her.
Stella realized just how tough she used to be. No matter what people did to her, she always managed to tough it out. She thought, 'It'll be one thing if putting up with everything actually leads to something good, but what if it doesn't?'
Jordan went on, sharing all kinds of stories about the place and even promising that he'd take Stella there someday. Whether she would go there or not, at least she knew that, right now, she really mattered to him.
"You don't believe me?" Jordan teased when he noticed Stella hadn't answered.
"Of course I do. Didn't you say if my supermarket wasn't about to open, you'd have already taken me there?" Stella replied.
"I thought you were quiet because you thought I was just messing with you," Jordan said.
"No, I was just lost in some old memories, that's all. Oh, by the way, Anna came to see me today," Stella said.
Jordan immediately tensed up. "Did she mess with you again?"
Stella said, "Hey, don't get worked up. She didn't do anything. Actually, it was me..."
Stella confessed everything she'd done, but even after admitting it, she couldn't shake the guilt. She felt like she was no different from Anna.
"You're not in the wrong," Jordan suddenly cut in.