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.

gαℓησν?ℓs․com is your story source

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 a

notice anything…

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

behind them, felt as if she

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

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

just hoped that she hadn’t

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

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

they were cultivating a relationship with their eyes, but

out, “Look 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

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

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

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

it with

this, Stella merely replied,

ask the hospital to calculate

words were distant and

doused with cold water, stiffened. Her

Stella, signaling her

subject, but RK was the first

he said calmly. “There’s no need to be polite between

Stella’s eyes snapped open.

words suggested a familiarity that did not exist,

Grace heard his words,

them in surprise and asked, “Do you

not familiar,” Stella quickly

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

calm, with no trace of emotion. It was impossible

knows you?” spat

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

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

his words, Stella’s

Old memories?

referring to his

he bring it up here,

to lash out at him, but

his grandmother’s health, he would have

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255