"I thought you were mature enough to know that running away doesn’t solve anything," Edward replied. Although it was his first time meeting Stella's mother, he saw through her character at once. Elena was the kind of person who was willing to hurt herself if it meant that it would hurt her enemies.
Hadn’t Elena humiliated herself that day?
She had been thoroughly humiliated, but she had chosen to do so to force Stella to compromise.
Stella fell silent. She understood that avoiding the problem did not help, but she was worried about something else. “I can handle this myself. You don’t need to be there.”
After all, Edward's status was different from Stella’s. What if Elena caused a scene and embarrassed him? Stella thought to herself.
Edward glared at her. “Are you going to make me into
