Stella seemed very afraid that she would know she was with Hayes Simmons; there was a hint of nervousness in her tone when they just started the call.
Scarlett Yates stood by the street holding the phone, and quietly sighed.
She felt that the entanglement between Stella and Hayes Simmons would probably continue.
Both of them were actually quite aware of the consequences of continuing this entanglement, but it seemed neither was willing to give up.
Perhaps, they were both unwilling to let go.
She felt that Hayes Simmons was actually quite pitiable.
On the surface, he was so glamorous, yet in reality, he couldn't even make decisions about his own lifelong matters.
But Stella was even more pitiable.
Knowing full well it would lead to nothing, yet she plunged headlong into it, like a moth to a flame, willing to risk her life for that tiny bit of brightness.
But thinking of her own situation at the moment, a self-mocking smile curled at the corner of her lips.
