Female Novel
Chapter 2073
Chapter 2073novelbin
Stella continued to tease Keegan. She said, "Mr. Kane, as someone in R&D, you should know the importance of data, right?How could you ever manipulate them?"
His eyelid twitched as he sneered. "If you keep blabbering, I'm going to conduct a control experiment on you and redo the datacollection!"
Stella kept her mouth shut but kept blinking her eyes at him.
Keegan reached out to cover them and kissed her fiercely. Then, he said through gritted teeth, "Close your eyes! It's time tosleep!"
Stella chuckled, rested her head on his shoulder, and hugged him.Just as she was about to fall asleep, her phone rang.
Keegan tapped her. "Why didn't you put it on silent?" "I forgot." Stella took her phone, intending to turn the silent mode on. Then,she suddenly saw a text from Marshall.
[Stella, do you know Luanna Saab?]
Marshall attached a photo with that message.
When Stella read it, she sat up abruptly.
Keegan was startled by her sudden movement and opened his eyes, asking, "What's wrong?"Stella said, "Marshall is asking me about an old classmate."
Keegan frowned. "What old classmate? Why does he have to bother you in the middle of the night?"Stella shrugged. "Let me ask him."
The girl in the photo sent by Marshall was Luanna Saab, Stella's classmate from university. They had a pretty good relationshipwith each other during that time. Luanna had a very innocent look and was selected by a production crew to star in an idoldrama, becoming an overnight sensation.
After that, she was offered countless other roles and turned herself into a rising star in the industry. Perhaps she got too busy, orher mindset changed after meeting more people, but Stella talked less with her than before.
The trend of idol dramas died off very quickly-the agency she signed with wanted to make quick money and only offered hersimilar types of roles. The trend faded in just a few years, and the types of dramas she starred in had extremely poor ratings.
Her popularity declined, but she managed to sustain her career due to her previous success.
However, at the beginning of last year, Luanna was exposed for testing positive in a drug test. Consequently, an officialannouncement was made to confirm it. After that, all her dramas were taken down, and she disappeared from the entertainmentindustry.
At that time, everyone in the group chat talked about it for some time.
Since then, Stella had not heard any news about her. Luanna even deleted Stella's number from her phone.
Stella could not figure out why Marshall would ask her about Luanna. She texted back: (We were university classmates androommates, but we haven't gotten in touch much. Why?]
It did not take Marshall long to reply: (Luanna Saab committed suicide by charcoal burning. She left a note stating how she wasdrugged and framed. Her sister brought the note to me, wanting to sue everyone involved.
[However, the note can't be used as direct evidence. Her sister also sent me her contact list, and | saw your name on it. | thoughtit might be someone else with the same name, so | decided to ask you.
[I didn't wake you up from your sleep, did I?]Keegan looked at Marshall's text and spoke to Stella coldly, "You're already awake. Why is he even asking that?"
Stella ignored Keegan as she typed: [When did it happen? | haven't seen any news about it.] (New Year’s Eve. She washospitalized for a day but couldn't make it anyway. A lot of people knew that she had taken drugs before, and her family feltashamed. So, they had a very low-profile funeral.
(They also didn't want to go after the people mentioned in her suicide note. However, her twin sister couldn't accept it and cameto me for legal advice. ]
Stella could not accept that her once close friend was suddenly gone. She felt very uncomfortable.Marshall texted again: [Can | call you now? | have a few questions.]
Before Stella could reply, Keegan snatched her phone and responded: (No. I'm going to sleep now.]