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What Coleman didn't know was that, at that very moment, Stella had already been granted early admission to
Neo-Vespera University.
Still, Stella was young and proud, with a fierce sense of dignity.
She refused the card Coleman offered her.
Coleman sighed, "You may only be a year younger than Aurora, but you're nothing like her. Take the card, all
right? If it's not enough, you can always cto us—or to Dad. After all, you're family. Life out there couldn't
have been as comfortable as it is here. If you want to buy sdesigner clothes, jewelry, or maybe a car, just
make a list. We'll take care of it for you. We don't want anyone thinking we're treating you unfairly."
If you need more, ask them? Make a wish list?
She'd barely set foot in the house and they were already encouraging her to indulge in extravagance.
It didn't feel like they wanted her back as family-more like she'd returned just to spend their money.
If she really did what they suggested, it would only give them another reason to look down on her.
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Stella had never lacked for anything growing up. Back home, she was the golden girl-smart, popular, and from a
wealthy family.
Why would she accept being pitied by her own relatives?
She refused, standing her ground.
Seeing her reaction, Coleman didn't push the issue, quietly slipping the card back into his wallet.
No one else ever found out about this-not Skyler, not Jonathan.
A million dollars in pocket money seemed like a lot, but in the Williams family, it was hardly a blip on the radar.
Nobody paid much attention to such things. Money transfers were always handled by the family's assistants
anyway.
Even when Stella ran away after that scandal, Skyler--though furious and harsh in his words-never actually
canceled her card. She was, after all, his own daughter. That money was more than enough for her totive
comfortably.
To this day, Skyler still believed Stella had that card in her possession.
Lauretta's voice pulled Stella from her thoughts.
"Star, does the Williams family really not know which college you go to? The last
t| met your older brother and mentioned you, he was shocked when he heard you'd graduated from Neo-
Vespera."
Stella's eyes glinted with a trace of
irony. "I only attended high school in Solmaris for a few months before
Neo-Vespera sentan
acceptance letter. They always assumed | was still in high school. | meant to tell them, but at the time, everyone
at hwas too busy fussing over where Aurora would go to college. They didn't have tfor me."
The truth was, tension had run high in the house back then. Skyler and his three sons were constantly at odds,
the atmosphere stretched tight as a wire.
Everyone—including her three brothers and Aurora-insisted Aurora should apply to business school. Only Skyler
disagreed.
No one had the energy to care about Stella.
The few times she managed to speak to Skyler, he brushed her off, telling his assistant to send her more pocket
money whenever she mentioned needing anything.
Three months later, Aurora finally caved.
She decided to apply to a conservatory instead.
It wasn't Neo-Vespera, but it was still one of the world's top ten music schools.
The day before Aurora made her decision, their father and eldest brother called Stella in for a private
conversation.
"Raven," Skyler said carefully, "we've all agreed to give Aurora a fifteen percent share of the Williams family
estate. You know about all the
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college . | want her to pursue music, but she's resistant-she wants to shine in her own field. It's causing all
kinds of conflict at
home."
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