Chapter 23:.

Stella snapped back to reality at the sound of Adrian’s voice.

Seeing RK had made such an impact on her that she momentarily forgot the main issue.

Rene Kingston… And Adrian was still in the room. She had kept her son hidden for six years, and now he was standing right in front of this man.

Stella felt her heart rise in her throat.

Adrian, realizing that no one had answered him, continued in his innocent voice. He turned to look at Stella and asked, “Honey, who is that guy?”.

“Hey, Adrian…don’t call him uncle,” Stella quickly corrected.

Hearing Adrian call him uncle, Grace made a disgusted face. In her mind, RK was likely to be Adrian’s stepfather in the future, and it was not good for him to call RK uncle so lightly.

He looked at Adrian and started to say, “Adrian, it’s your big…”.

“Adrian, he’s just a friend of my grandmother’s,” Stella quickly interrupted, cutting Grace off before she could finish.

Grace looked at Stella quizzically, wondering why her granddaughter was so quick to intervene.

But then she reconsidered, thinking it wasn’t a bad idea to introduce Rene that way. In the end, she merely added, “Adrian, you can call him Uncle René. Don’t just call him Uncle.”

“Ohhh,” Adrian replied, not understanding how complex the situation was. He continued to sit on the small stool next to the hospital bed, swinging his legs and nibbling on his apple.

Then, looking at RK, he said politely, “Hello, nice to meet you, Uncle Rene.”

Her big blue eyes met RK’s. Her small face, smeared with a little milk, stared unblinkingly at RK.

RK heard his voice and raised his eyes to look at Adrian. His gaze remained fixed on the boy, deep and calm.

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For a minute, the two pairs of blue eyes stared at each other.

But for Stella, that minute seemed like an eternity….

Did you notice something? Adrian looks so much like him… But no, surely you hadn’t noticed, had you?

Stella’s mind churned with countless thoughts and she prayed, “Don’t. Don’t…. Don’t let him know. Please, God…”

After a while, RK merely nodded and let out a small “Hmm.” There was a half-smile and half-silence in his eyes. But Stella knew… this smile was no comfort.

saying

anything… but his heart was still

and asked RK to sit next to Adrian.

them, felt as if she

of his chest. It was as if he

was that RK just sat next to Adrian and looked at Grace calmly, without looking

that she hadn’t found

kept looking at the tall, handsome man sitting next to him, his little face full of curiosity as he sipped his milk through a

looked back at Adrian. Embarrassed, Adrian quickly

It seemed like they were cultivating a relationship with their eyes,

what you’ve done. You’ve ruined

to tell the man, whom she had just met on a blind date, that she was a mother. Maybe she wanted

turned her attention back to Stella and RK,

He is a very kind man. For the past six years, when you were away, he

He even visits me twice a week and calls to check on me when he is free. His calls are as frequent

with all

all this,

I will ask the hospital to calculate the expenses you have paid and I will pay you back in the future. Once again,

were

just been doused with cold water, stiffened. Her lips, which

to wink at Stella,

to change the subject, but RK was

return the money,” he said calmly. “There’s no need to be polite between me and Miss

Stella’s eyes snapped open.

words suggested a familiarity that did not

Grace heard his words,

and asked, “Do you know each

not familiar,”

coldly and said to Grace, “We

trace of emotion. It was impossible to

you?” spat

still calm, but his eyes were deep and dark. This time, when he spoke, there was a

still think we don’t know each other? Or do you

his words, Stella’s

Old memories?

referring to his past? Was

dare he bring it up here, in front of his

to lash out at him, but restrained herself, not wanting

for his grandmother’s health, he would have given

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