Love After Divorce by BELLA

Chapter 22:.

Stella peeled an apple for her grandmother as they talked about her life abroad over the past six years, especially the time she spent in France when Adrian was still a toddler.

Stella had not had the opportunity to bring Adrian home to meet his grandmother. So her grandmother only knew that she had a son, but she had never seen or met him.

“Stella, he’s so cute! He sure is the cutest little boy in the world,” Grace praised, looking at Adrian’s picture on Stella’s phone.

But then, with a shrinking heart, he asked, “Stella, he’s already five years old…. But you’ve never told me who her biological father is…”

Stella’s hand, holding the apple, stopped. She had never discussed Adrian’s father with anyone except Emily, not even her grandmother. Now that she was divorced and the man was about to marry someone else, it seemed even more unnecessary.

Stella didn’t want to talk about him. She knew that if she told her grandmother about RK and how she was about to get married, Grace would feel sorry for her and Adrian. She didn’t want to affect her grandmother or her life because of that man.

“Grandma, Adrian’s biological father is no longer in this world,” Stella said, ending the conversation.

Grace sighed, “Ah, what a poor child. He had no father when he was a child. What a poor child!”

Grace was a very optimistic and open-minded woman, so it wouldn’t be long before she was back in a good mood. “Well, it’s no big deal…. We’ll find him a good stepfather. I think Rene is a good boy; let them spend more time together…”

Stella didn’t know what kind of charm that man had or if he had worked magic on her grandmother, because Grace loved to talk about him and wanted to make him Adrian’s stepfather.

Stella felt she had to meet this man named “Rene” for sure.

“But it’s a shame your mother is no longer here.”

Grace looked at Adrian’s picture and said regretfully, “Stella, if your mother were still here, she would be very happy after having such a handsome grandson.”

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Stella’s mother had not been with her since she was a child.

Stella learned from her father and grandmother that her mother was ill and had died after giving birth to her. Because she had lived with her father for so many years, it was only after she had a “so-called sister,” Sophia, and a stepmother, that she became sensible.

“Grandma, it’s okay. As long as you’re healthy, that’s all that matters to me.”

Stella said, resting her head in Grace’s lap.

Grace looked at Stella fondly and then at Adrian’s picture. Since Stella was in France and her grandmother had let her return, she didn’t want her to worry about her health. Grace had never seen Adrian and had only heard about him.

The whole afternoon passed quietly.

There was a knock at the door…

It was Emily, who had taken Adrian to the hospital to see his grandmother. Adrian was wearing a dark blue coat and a red scarf around his neck. In his school uniform, his chubby little face looked cuter.

and walked toward Stella on his little legs. He looked at Stella with

head and said, “Baby, this is Mommy’s grandmother,

to his mother’s

“Ahhh!”

sweet little childish voice. She reached out to

and turned around so she could take his

little

head to toe, sitting on the hospital bed. “Our Adrian is such a handsome boy. And those beautiful blue eyes…. I’m sure when he grows up, he’ll attract a

praising him. But

women, and his

heard it and smiled too. Grace, noticing this, said, “Stella, your friend

nodded and said, “Of

should be thanking, but the gentleman who has been taking care of you for the past

know him too?” Stella looked at

him. But grandma often talks about him. She says he’s a handsome, rich, kind man. Besides, he’s like you. He’s also divorced

paused and looked at her with a smirk. “You two

this and looked at her “good friend” angrily. “So that’s the reason you

her up on several blind dates, all with divorced men, some even with children.

Emily admitted with a shake

continued, “I have always believed that love should be fair. If you marry someone who has not been married before, there will be a

all

Emily is

her and nodded. “You and Rene are alike. In

Emily also nodded.

them and was speechless. “Do you also

I’ve never seen him or heard from

“Ohhh,”

Stella wanted to meet him. From his words, she was even more curious to meet this man

man, but they forgot

the three women in front of him. They were so lost in their conversations that

So he purposely raised his voice. “I’m hungry. I want to

only now remembered that there

about proposing blind dates in front of a five-year-old didn’t seem right. They were also talking about

quickly grabbed fruit, cookies and milk from the next table and handed them

my fault and I haven’t been considerate enough. Here, eat this. If you don’t

looked at the food and pouted.

I preferred snacks like…

“Chat and samosas”.

abundant in France, but they

a very thoughtful boy. Every

understanding her grandmother’s subtle message: she loved