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 much, he relaxed

didn’t seem to notice anything… but his heart was

interaction was not bad and asked RK to sit next to Adrian. She thought

felt as

his chest. It was as if he was living a horror movie

But the truth was that RK

just hoped that she hadn’t

to him, his little face full of curiosity as he

caught on and looked back at Adrian. Embarrassed, Adrian quickly turned

like they were cultivating a relationship with

you’ve done. You’ve ruined

she had just met on

Adrian again and turned her attention back to Stella and RK, eager to

kind man. For the past six years, when you

that, but he has also covered all my medical and hospital expenses. He even visits me twice a week and calls to check on me

with all

all this, Stella merely

I will ask the

words were distant and

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

continued to wink at Stella, signaling her

wanted to change the subject, but

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

Stella’s eyes snapped open.

a familiarity that did not exist, or at least

heard his words, she

at them in surprise and

not familiar,” Stella

from her cross-legged, looked at her coldly and said to Grace, “We know each other quite

emotion. It was impossible to know

knows you?”

were deep and dark. This time, when he spoke, there was a subtle menace

happened between us years ago, do you still think we don’t know each other? Or do you need me to remind you of old

words, Stella’s face

Old memories?

to his

bring it up here, in front of

out at him, but restrained herself, not wanting

health, he would have given her a spanking right there and

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