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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front of her cynically. How much did he not want her

years, a smirk appeared on her lips. She

waiting downstairs, I noticed you had a child with you. Who is that child?” asked

froze on her

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

her son? She didn’t want

“Dad, I…”

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

significant questions; she was sure they hid a danger for the future. That’s why her face

had asked the

my words don’t always come out right, how have you been? You left without telling me, I didn’t

he even care?”

Stella, you know your sister

want to go back to France and you plan to stay here, so why don’t you

“Don’t you…”

my decision. You don’t have to worry

heart vanished like the wind. She looked at her father – had David Richard met with her today

who had arranged her marriage to RK three years ago and had used her as a chess piece for his sister, and now? Did he want her to become a

this second

she thought so, Stella picked up her purse

David Richard and said, “I thought this time you wanted to see me

thank you for clearing up that

better that in

then added, “Please keep forgetting me because I’m going to do the same. From now on, you no longer have a

thought of her again, he would try to use her as a chess piece once more. When he

Outside the restaurant…

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

bathed him in a soft glow, accentuating his noble

glanced away and went in

stranger. She didn’t want to show up in his world