Love After Divorce by BELLA

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.

wasn’t saying much, he

didn’t seem to notice anything… but his

first interaction was not bad and asked RK to sit next

Stella, standing behind them, felt as if she

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

found some clue…. But the truth was that RK just sat next to Adrian and looked at

that she

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

back at Adrian. Embarrassed, Adrian quickly turned his

like they were cultivating a relationship with their

“Look what you’ve done. You’ve

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

thinking this, Grace did not mention Adrian again and turned her attention back

this 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, he has

also covered all my medical and hospital expenses. He even visits me twice a week and calls to check on me when he is free. His calls are

with all his

this, Stella merely replied,

ask

were distant and

feeling as if she had just been doused with cold water, stiffened. Her

at Stella, signaling her to

change the subject, but

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

Stella’s eyes snapped open.

suggested a familiarity that did not exist, or

words, she

looked at them in surprise and asked, “Do

familiar,”

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

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

knows you?” spat

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

between us years ago, do you still think we don’t know each other? Or do you need

words, Stella’s face reddened with

Old memories?

his past? Was there something

up here,

lash out at him, but restrained herself, not wanting

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