Chapter 430

After a while, Stella said, "Did it cross your mind that you'd just end up an average Joe, earning an average salary if you start working so soon? That you won't be able to fight back if something happened to me? On the other hand, if you further your studies abroad, your options are limitless—and you wouldn't be constrained because you prioritized short-term profits." She continued, "For example, if you somehow end up working at the company you interviewed for, you'd be under Weston's control. There is no choice for you but to run at that point, and if he really found me, do you think you can stop him with you being as you are now?" Roger's eyes twitched and slowly turned red, and seeing that he was shaken and his stubbornness slowly crumbling, Stella pushed on. "Right now, I don't need you to relieve my financial burden—we have our savings, and I'm doing just fine. That's why you don't have to pressure yourself. Just focus on your own future and keep climbing, as long as there are