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 a

to notice anything… but his

saw that their first interaction was not bad and asked RK to sit next to Adrian. She

as if she were

out of his chest. It was as if he was living a horror

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

that

Adrian, he kept looking at the tall, handsome man sitting next to him, his little face full of curiosity

on and looked back at Adrian. Embarrassed, Adrian quickly turned his head away and pretended

others thought it was cute. It seemed like they were cultivating a relationship with

heart cried out, “Look what you’ve done. You’ve ruined

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

not mention Adrian again and turned her attention back to

kind man. For the past six years, when you were

me twice a week and calls to check on me when he is free. His calls are

with all his

after hearing all this, Stella merely replied,

thank you for taking care of my grandmother all this time. I will ask the hospital to calculate the expenses you have paid and I will pay you back in the

were distant and

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

to wink at Stella, signaling her to stop

to change the subject, but RK was the first

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

Stella’s eyes snapped open.

not exist, or at least

heard his words, she sensed some

in surprise and asked, “Do you know

familiar,”

from her cross-legged, looked at her coldly and

of emotion. It was impossible to know

you?”

but his eyes were deep and dark. This

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

words, Stella’s

Old memories?

his

it up here, in front

lash out at him, but restrained herself,

for his grandmother’s health, he would

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