He Never Noticed Me Until I Loved Someone Else novel Chapter 222

Stella shook her head. "I'm fine."

Sebastian explained that he had rushed over the second Mr. Stafford called him about the vandalism.

"Do you have any idea who would do this?" Sebastian asked, his voice tight with concern.

Stella shook her head again. Right now, SD Apparel was only handling small-scale orders. There was zero chance they had triggered some vicious industry rivalry.

Initially, she had been certain it was George Quinn orchestrating a crisis to force her to hand over her exhibition spot to Seraphina. But his genuine shock on the phone had completely derailed that theory.

"We'll just have to wait for the police investigation," Stella finally sighed. "My biggest concern right now is the machinery. If they can't be salvaged, we're going to miss the production deadline for the expo pieces."

Sebastian laid a reassuring hand on her arm. He knew some top-tier industrial repair technicians and had already called them in. He promised her they would figure it out.

A short while later, George arrived, flanked unexpectedly by Sylvia Quinn.

Although Sylvia didn't hold an official executive position at The Quinn Group, George had gifted her shares over the years, and her status as his wife gave her the authority to meddle whenever she pleased.

Stella's brow furrowed the second she saw Sylvia strutting onto the floor.

"Stella, darling, I heard the terrible news. I was so worried about you that I made your father bring me along."

Sylvia wore a mask of impeccable maternal concern. "Don't you worry about a thing. Your father and I will get to the bottom of this and get justice for you."

To any outsider, she looked like the picture of a doting mother.

But Stella felt violently ill just looking at her. She didn't want to waste a single breath responding.

George frowned, clearly unhappy with Stella's blatant disrespect, but Sylvia gently touched his arm and shook her head, silently urging him to let it go. He swallowed his reprimand.

Stella turned on her heel and led George toward the security office to review the footage.

A few minutes later, Sebastian approached them, announcing that his specialized technicians had arrived. Stella immediately moved to join him.

When Sylvia laid eyes on Sebastian, her expression faltered for a fraction of a second before morphing back into her perfectly constructed smile.

VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABELVerify