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As Ronald reached the doorway, he paused, turning back slightly.

"What?" Xander asked, puzzled.

But Ronald wasn't looking at him. His gaze was fixed on Stella behind Xander. "Why don't you head over to the medical room. I'll join you and the baby soon."

Stella nodded obediently. "Okay."

Xander was taken aback. B-baby?!

Before he could voice his confusion, Ronald had already started walking away, leaving Xander frozen in his tracks, his blood seemingly turning to ice.

Baby? He glanced at Stella's flat stomach. "You're pregnant? Whose is it?"

"Are you coming or not?" Ronald stopped again, throwing Xander a dangerous look.

Those deep-set eyes of his radiated a chilling intensity. It was clear that Ronald's mention of the "baby" was meant for Xander's ears.

The conversation Ronald had just had with his mother in the study made it clear to him that Xander still harbored feelings for Stella.

took a shaky breath, meeting Ronald's icy stare. His pupils contracted, shooting metaphorical daggers. After a tense moment,

room, Stella put down the photo frame and

shook her head. "I'm fine. What were you thinking, provoking

had genuinely feared for her sister. She was half-convinced that if Stella had thrown a vase at him, Xander might have offed her right

"I saw him hitting

nails. I can take a beating. But what about you? What if

she was relieved she

who had been hovering anxiously, chimed in, "Exactly, Star. That

mom; you can't

equally terrified, talking to Stella

into fights." In all honesty, when Xander and Yvonne started brawling, she'd jumped right in. That

continued, "I know you were worried about your sister, but you're not in any shape to deal with Xander's wrath. Besides, when Yvonne and Xander

had been confronting Xander a lot lately, and she

her daughter's

bonding between these two couldn't be ignored, and that he

years. Ronald, in particular, had vented his anger about Stella's disappearance on Xander, leaving him no

the bed, inspecting