Love After Divorce by BELLA

Chapter 8:.

Emily had returned to the kitchen to prepare dinner while Stella remained on the couch, thinking about what Emily had said.

“Ding, ding…”

Suddenly, the ringing of the phone brings her out of her thoughts. Without checking the caller ID, she answered. “Stella…”

A familiar but distant voice rang on the other end of the phone. It was her father, David Richard.

Stella tightened her grip on the phone.

She didn’t know how to feel; it had been nine years since she had last heard that voice. During her three years of marriage to RK, her father had never called or visited her.

Even after she had moved to France for six years, he had never reached out to inquire about her well-being. Had it not been for this unexpected call, she would almost have thought he had forgotten he had a daughter like her.

He had almost forgotten that he had another family besides his son. Yet today, out of the blue, he called her.

“I hear you’re back. Come out and let’s have dinner.” Stella’s emotions were a tangled mess. “Dad, I’m busy today. Let’s meet another day.”

“I just saw you go upstairs. I’ll wait for you downstairs.”

Stella didn’t know what to do.

In the Restaurant…

Stella accompanied David Richard to the restaurant. As to how he knew she was back and where she lived, no one knew.

Once there, David ordered a variety of food. But as they waited, the atmosphere around them was very quiet. Although they were father and daughter, they felt more like strangers.

After a while, David broke the silence. “Stella, I heard from your sister that she saw you at the company. I hadn’t thought you’d come back from France.”

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of her cynically. How much did he not want her

she looked at her father, whom she hadn’t seen for nine years, a smirk appeared on

I was waiting downstairs, I noticed you had a child with you. Who

froze

Adrian, and not many people knew him in X City. She didn’t want anyone to know either. After all, she

tell them about her son? She didn’t want them to

“Dad, I…”

her tone turned cold. “You haven’t asked me how I’ve been all these years, and yet all you do is

was. Such significant questions; she was sure

he had asked the wrong question

I’m getting old and my words don’t always come out right, how have you been? You left without telling me, I didn’t know where to

even care?” thought

Stella, you know your sister is going

you didn’t meet her. You don’t want to go back to France and you plan to

“Don’t you…”

go is my decision. You don’t have to worry or make arrangements for me.” His

looked at the man sitting across from her, and the last shred of hope and kinship in her heart vanished like the

father who had arranged her marriage to RK three years ago and had used her as a

ago. In this second chance of her life,

thought so, Stella picked up her purse

at David Richard and said, “I thought this time you wanted to see me because you still think

you for clearing up

me for profit. So… it’s better that in the future you

forgetting me because I’m going to do the same. From

sure that if he thought of her again, he would try to use her as a chess

Outside the restaurant…

lined the street. In the middle of the crowd, one man stood

moonlight bathed him in a soft glow, accentuating

just glanced away and

was just a stranger. She didn’t want to show up in