For the first time, the woman who used to answer him no matter the hour gave him nothing back.
Wyatt refused to believe it.
He opened our chat and flooded my phone with texts, one right after another.
I still didn't reply.
When Stella heard what had happened, she slipped up behind him and wrapped her arms around him.
Her voice was warm and steady, the kind that could calm anyone down.
"Wyatt, don't panic. The Stouts may be the richest family in Boston, but they don't control everything! The Gomez family will be fine!"
She rubbed his back as she spoke. Even as she soothed him, her own mind was racing.
Wyatt didn't notice the shadow in her expression.
He swiped at his tears and said through clenched teeth.
"You're right. Quinn was just trying to scare me. She can't really bring dow
