My Amnesic Ex Married My Sister, So I Married His Uncle-Chapter 136: Looking Like the Lady of the House

Chapter 136: Chapter 136: Looking Like the Lady of the House

Jonathan Rhodes and his wife exchanged a glance, then both turned to look at their son’s piercing gaze.

Even if they had wanted to argue, Ethan Rhodes’s expression at that moment left them unable to offer any defense.

Stella Sterling continued, "Since you’ve all made your choice, there’s no point dwelling on the past, is there? It’s getting late. I won’t keep you. We need to rest. Mr. Joel, see our guests out."

Stella Sterling glanced at them, then took Owen Rhodes’s hand and turned to head straight upstairs.

She wasn’t nearly as accommodating as Owen Rhodes.

He had just been sitting there, planning to wait for them to leave on their own.

If Owen Rhodes wasn’t going to rush them out, she would.

’Jonathan Rhodes and Yolanda Thorne already dislike me anyway. Offending them a little more won’t make a difference.’

Taking two steps, Stella Sterling stopped again.

She turned back and said, "You have to fight for your own opportunities. Ethan Rhodes, you’re a grown man. Don’t tell me you still think crying to the adults when you feel wronged will solve everything. If Owen Rhodes agreed to your demands today, what happens tomorrow if Evan Rhodes comes over crying? Would Owen have to give him the president’s position too? I think your brain really hasn’t recovered properly! And another thing, stop sending me gifts. You may be shameless, but I still care about my reputation!"

After speaking, she shook her head in disdain before pulling Owen Rhodes upstairs.

Owen Rhodes had at least tried to save them some face.

Stella Sterling, on the other hand, had left them with none at all.

The expressions on Jonathan Rhodes and Yolanda Thorne’s faces were even uglier than when they had been facing Owen Rhodes.

Jonathan Rhodes had originally come to put in a good word for his son, to fight for him.

But after what Stella Sterling had said, forget fighting for him—he felt more like killing him.

Mr. Joel had been listening from a corner the entire time. Since Stella Sterling had told him to see the guests out, he naturally had to comply.

But seeing their terribly grim faces, he found it hard to even speak.

Seeing Mr. Joel standing there, Jonathan Rhodes felt that this idiot son of his had completely disgraced him.

He let out a heavy, cold snort, abandoned the mother and son, and walked out alone.

Only after Jonathan Rhodes had left did Yolanda Thorne sidle up to her son and give his arm a frustrated pinch, one that was neither too hard nor too soft.

"What have you done now? What did you send to Stella Sterling? Ethan, it’s been over between you and her for ages. How could you... Ugh!"

Ethan Rhodes hadn’t expected Stella Sterling to bring these things up at a time like this.

In fact, after the roses that day, he had been picking out and sending gifts to Stella Sterling every day.

Stella Sterling had never responded, so he had assumed she’d accepted them all.

But now it seemed...

As he was thinking, Mr. Joel approached with a large bag.

Mr. Joel’s expression was a little awkward. "Young Master, the missus asked me to give this to you. She also said you should stop sending things in the future, and that you might as well use the effort to pick some gifts for your own fiancée..."

Hearing this from the side, Yolanda Thorne quickly asked, "You’ve been sending gifts to Stella Sterling? Does Kiana Sterling know?"

Ethan Rhodes was still a bit dazed. "I don’t know..."

Yolanda Thorne couldn’t tell if he meant Kiana didn’t know, or if he himself didn’t know whether Kiana knew.

Yolanda Thorne felt that every extra second she spent here was an agony.

She quickly grabbed the bag Mr. Joel was holding out and pulled Ethan Rhodes away.

Ethan Rhodes noticed and quickly said, "Mom, the gifts were already given. Why are you taking them back!"

"She didn’t accept them, so how can you say they were given? You, shut your mouth!"

Yolanda Thorne had initially been angry at Jonathan Rhodes for his poor attitude toward their son.

But after this whole ordeal, her own attitude was no better.

She wasn’t worried about what Kiana Sterling might say if she found out.

She was just worried that if Kiana had another health episode because of this, the Sterlings would come back and blame their family for it.

Yolanda Thorne was starting to regret choosing Kiana Sterling.

「...」

Stella Sterling wasn’t as tough as she appeared on the surface.

The moment the master bedroom door closed, she asked Owen Rhodes nervously, "Owen, was I too rude just now?"

Looking back, she felt that perhaps she shouldn’t have been so blunt.

But Owen Rhodes didn’t mind at all. On the contrary, he seemed quite pleased.

A smile played on his lips as he reached out and pinched Stella Sterling’s cheek. "Not at all. You’re acting like the lady of the house."

Owen Rhodes thought she looked beautiful no matter what she did, a sweet feeling blooming in his heart. He found himself liking her more and more.

Owen Rhodes had been making these small, affectionate gestures a lot lately, and Stella Sterling was gradually getting used to them.

This time, as Owen Rhodes gently squeezed her cheek, she took the opportunity to suck in a puff of air, puffing out that same cheek to pop his hand away.

Seeing this, the smile in Owen Rhodes’s eyes deepened.

Stella Sterling pushed him toward the bathroom. "Go get ready for bed!"

Owen Rhodes complied readily. "As you command, Mrs. Rhodes."

When he came out after washing up, Stella Sterling was sitting on the bed, replying to a message.

Owen Rhodes was curious, but he didn’t want to just go over and look, so he asked casually,

"Who is it, so late at night?"

Stella Sterling looked up at him, a grin on her face. "Faye. She’s telling me about Evan Rhodes’s promotion and how Ethan Rhodes isn’t happy about it."

Audrey Rhodes is in charge of HR at Kyros, so she was the first to know about Evan Rhodes’s promotion.

As one of the Rhodeses, Audrey Rhodes naturally knew a bit more of the inside story than others.

She’d said a few extra words to her daughter after getting home, and Faye Rhodes immediately turned around and told Stella Sterling.

Faye Rhodes was basically Stella Sterling’s number one fan now. She also happened to detest Kiana Sterling, and by extension of that hatred, she disliked her own cousin, Ethan Rhodes, as well.

The moment she heard Ethan Rhodes had been thwarted, she immediately came to share the "good news" with Stella Sterling.

Seeing the excitement radiating from Faye Rhodes’s messages, Stella Sterling felt a little worried.

"Will Ethan Rhodes end up accusing me of sowing discord and stirring up trouble in the Rhodes Family?"

Owen Rhodes found it amusing. "People aren’t blind. Everyone can judge for themselves what kind of person he is."

Take the Veridian incident, for example.

If Ethan Rhodes hadn’t just dropped the ball and walked off the job, perhaps Evan Rhodes’s excellence wouldn’t have been so apparent.

As a fellow scion of the Rhodes family, Evan Rhodes was even younger than him, but he worked hard without complaint, stuck with the project from start to finish, and seized the opportunity to improve himself along the way.

That’s precisely why no one objected to his promotion this time.

Stella Sterling thought for a moment, then said, "Come to think of it, I met Evan Rhodes before I went abroad. I think it was at Ethan Rhodes’s tenth birthday party. But we were too young back then; I wonder if he’s changed much."

Since returning to the country, Stella Sterling hadn’t made an effort to socialize. Evan Rhodes had kept to a corner during Ethan Rhodes’s engagement party, and after that, he’d gone to cover for Ethan, so he hadn’t attended the Rhodes family banquet either. She had no impression of him at all.

Owen Rhodes smiled and said, "We can invite him over to the house for a visit sometime when you’re free."

Owen Rhodes leaned against her. Stella Sterling thought for a moment, then propped herself up on her arms, leaned in close, and studied his face.

Owen Rhodes didn’t know what she was up to, but he generously let her stare.

After a long moment, he heard her ask, "You know, thinking about it now, I have no memory of you at all from when I was a kid. What were you up to back then?"