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,

to notice anything… but his heart

saw that their first interaction was not bad and asked RK to sit next to Adrian. She thought this would help cultivate their bond as stepfather

as if she were having a

to burst out of his chest. It was as if he was living a horror movie and

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

just hoped that she

for Adrian, he kept looking at the tall, handsome man sitting next to him, his little face full of curiosity as he sipped his milk through a straw. His innocent gaze was fixed on

at Adrian. Embarrassed, Adrian

cute. It seemed like they were cultivating a relationship with

you’ve done. You’ve ruined

Perhaps Stella was too shy to tell the man, whom she had just met on a blind

and turned

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

expenses. He even visits me twice a week and calls to check on me when he is free.

praised it with all

hearing all this, Stella merely

all this time. I will ask the hospital to calculate the expenses you

were distant and

feeling as if she had just been doused with cold

wink at Stella, signaling

subject, but RK was the first to

calmly. “There’s no need to

Stella’s eyes snapped open.

that did not exist, or at least

Grace heard his words,

them in surprise and asked,

not familiar,” Stella quickly

at her coldly and said to

was calm, with no trace of emotion. It was impossible to

you?” spat

still calm, but his eyes were deep and dark.

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

Stella’s face reddened with

Old memories?

to his past? Was

up here, in front of

out at him, but restrained herself, not wanting to

he would

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