Renee munched on a soft cake as she casually asked Joanne.
The smile on Joanne's face froze, and her gaze turned icy.
"Why are you asking?" "I'm just asking; | don't have any hidden agenda, | promise." Renee put two fingers
together and said seriously.
"| swear I'm just concerned about you as a friend.
If I lie, letbe struck by lightning." "There you go again!" Joanne immediately frowned.
"Stop saying such unlucky things!" "What else can | do? | have to prove my innocence so you won't be so
guarded around me." Renee shrugged and pouted.
"Fine, but just keep it to yourself." Joanne took a deep breath and confessed, "I've been working as a language
teacher at an elementary school.
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Mr. Hunt helpedget the job.
He even bought a three-bedroom house fornear the school.
| spend the day with my students, and go hto watch s or scroll through my phone at night.
It's calm and peaceful...
It's the happiest I've been in years." Joanne felt like she had been reborn.
She didn't want to think about her terrible past, and if there was a way to remove those memories, she'd gladly
do it.
"Did Stefan...
help you that much?" Renee asked in surprise.
Stefan looked aloof and distant, but he had actually done something so kind on the quiet.
"Don't getwrong—we're not in that kind of relationship!" Joanne waved her hand dismissively.
"He's a good guy, but he's only helpingbecause he feels sorry for me.
We're honorable people, and he's loyal to you, so don't get him wrong." "T didn't even think of that," Renee
hurriedly explained.
"I'm just surprised he did something so kind...
He's usually quite aloof." Stefan might have approached Joanne to defeat Quinton back then, but he had nothing
to gain from helping Joanne now.
It was unlike him.
Joanne shook her head.
"You don't know him well.
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He's the most loyal and charming man I’ve ever met
He's second to none—you should cherish him well!" "Yeah. but it didn’t stop him from abandoning his family and
cheating on me!" Renee burst out, unable to stop herself.
"He abandoned his family?" Joanne looked stunned.
"That can't be.
I'm sure there's skind of misunderstanding.
| can swear on muy life that he's not that kind of person." "Ah who knows Renee wanted to stop talking about it,
so she changed the topic smoothly.
"You said Stefan's second to none...
So, what about my brother?"