Love After Divorce by BELLA

Chapter 23

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.

he wasn’t saying

to notice anything…

sit next to Adrian. She thought this would help cultivate their bond as stepfather and

Stella, standing behind them, felt as

out of his chest. It was as if he was living a horror movie and felt a tingle

some clue…. But the truth was that RK just sat next to Adrian and looked at Grace calmly, without looking at Adrian

hoped that

his little face full of curiosity as he sipped his milk through a straw. His innocent gaze was fixed

Adrian. Embarrassed, Adrian quickly turned his head away and pretended

they were

“Look what you’ve

whom she had just met on

Grace did not mention Adrian again and turned her attention

is Rene, the man I’ve been telling you about. He is a very kind man. For the past six years, when you were away,

expenses. He even visits me twice a week and calls to check

it with all

all this,

of my grandmother all this time. I will ask the hospital to calculate the expenses you have paid and I

words were

had just been doused with cold water, stiffened. Her

at Stella, signaling her

change the subject, but RK

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

Stella’s eyes snapped open.

not exist, or

his words, she sensed some

and asked, “Do

familiar,” Stella quickly

at her coldly and said to

no trace of emotion. It

you?” spat

looked at her. His voice was still calm, but his eyes were deep and dark. This time, when he spoke, there was a subtle menace in

between us years ago, do you still think we don’t know each

his words, Stella’s face reddened with

Old memories?

he referring to his past?

he bring it up

him, but restrained herself,

it weren’t for his grandmother’s health, he would have given her a spanking right

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