Chapter 30

She struggled like crazy, fists pounding on Charles's chest, yelling at the top of her lungs. "Charles, stop dreaming already! I told you I'll pay the money back myself. I don't need your charity! Put me down, stop being so damn unreasonable!" But Charles was like a wall, holding Stella tightly in his arms no matter how much she squirmed. He dumped her into the passenger seat and got in the driver's seat himself. Stella was visibly shaking with anger. She shot him a fierce glare and practically hissed, "Charles! If you don't let me go right now, I swear we're done!" Done with him? Oh, that actually sounded kind of nice. If only it were that easy—for Charles, this whole situation was driving him insane. When he ran into Edward earlier, he barely kept himself from throwing a punch. Charles just glanced at her, calm as ever, and started the engine. "Stella, stop fighting me on this. Just come home with me. Let's talk it out." Stella scoffed, twisting her head to the side so she didn't hav