Chapter 2030

Stella chuckled, "This necklace is so heavy; I doubt flushing it down the toilet would work." Keegan gritted his teeth and said, "How could you say that? You deliberately put it on the bedside to make me uncomfortable, right?" Stella nodded unapologetically and replied with a smile, "I just wanted to see how long you could pretend." Keegan was at a loss for words. Feigning anger, he said, "You have no sense of boundaries! How many times have you received gifts from him?" "Not many. Just a necklace and a talisman." Keegan's fake irritation turned into genuine annoyance. "What about the phone he gave you?" Stella chuckled nervously upon hearing that. "It's been too long; I forgot." Then she justified herself. "Besides, it's not like I accepted it for free. I gave him a tie in return. It cost me 6999 dollars. When I think about it, it feels like a loss. That phone wasn't worth that much either." Keegan had a deadpan face at that point. "It cost you 7098; you missed ninety-nine dol