Chapter 231

"Why?"

The question lingered in the stairwell, echoing softly.

Stella nuzzled against his chest once more, whispering, "Because I like you. I like you, like you..."

Her repeated confessions echoed in Ronald's ears, stirring his heart like a thunderous roar across the mountains, making his pupils contract uncontrollably.

"Do you like me as a brother, or do you like Ronald?"

His voice, magnetic and deep, would be hard to decipher for anyone fully conscious, let alone Stella in her state.

This time, however, there was no reply.

After a few seconds of silence, Ronald looked down to find Stella's lips slightly parted, her breathing even and calm. Her once tightly clenched hand on his shirt gradually loosened. She had fallen asleep.

Gazing at her flushed cheeks, Ronald couldn't help but smile helplessly.

He carried her upstairs to her room, and as he laid her on the bed, Stella stirred, but her eyes remained hazy, barely awake, "Ronald."

"What is it?"

"I want a hug."

Her voice was plaintive, tinged with a hint of grievance. "I want to be hugged forever."

"Alright, a hug."

on

she might catch a cold from the alcohol, he quickly wrapped her in

kiss landed on Stella's forehead, "Goodnight, sleep

like a

on Ronald, insisting that he tuck her in

school, she would wait

and even college, Ronald was driven home every

the distance Ronald had to travel,

Ronald ended up taking Stella with him, hiring a nanny

school

Adam's apple bobbed, the heat in his

meeting hers in a kiss that carried the rick scent

of

grapes, intoxicating and ire.

opened her drowsy eyes to see Ronald, the familiar warmth enveloping her. She wrapped her arms around his neck,

for a moment. His reaction was even more

buzzing of a phone broke the

the sleeping Stella. He laid her

on his lips. Touching his lips, he

sharper than

Stella's phone continued ringing.

checked the caller ID - an

Uninterested, he hung up.

other end of the line, Yorick dialed Stella's number repeatedly, his mind racing as

with the Quarry family was off, and

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