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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in front of her cynically.

hadn’t seen for nine years, a smirk appeared on her lips. She lowered

with you. Who is that child?” asked David, his

hand froze on

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

her son? She didn’t want them to hurt her

“Dad, I…”

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

sure

he had asked the

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

care?”

know your sister is going to

don’t want to go back to

“Don’t you…”

have to worry or make arrangements for me.”

kinship in her heart vanished like the wind.

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

three years ago. In this second chance of

up her purse and

this time you wanted to see me because

for clearing up

know you are only looking at me for profit. So… it’s better that in the

do the same. From now on, you no

he would try to use her as

Outside the restaurant…

the middle of the crowd, one man stood out like

bathed him in a soft

and

a stranger. She didn’t want to show up in his world again or have anything to do with