Therefore, her coworkers would prefer to think that Joanna was her ex-husband's mother if Stella wanted them to think that way. After all, the official wife had come to correct Stella, the mistress.
Stella opened her mouth, deciding there was no use in explaining. She then made the decision to move on. Not that she could stop hundreds of her colleagues from discussing, much less Clarence.
Stella went straight to Conrad Group after leaving SG Jewelry. She intended to give Clarence the envelope. She wanted no part of the farce their Conrad family tried to pull, no matter how big of a joke they made of it. Stella discovered that the Conrad Group's receptionists had changed when she got there.
One of the receptionists said, "Excuse me, Ma'am," after she completed the registration form.
