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

anything… but

their first interaction was not bad and asked RK to sit next to Adrian. She thought this would

Stella, standing behind them, felt as if she were having

it were about to burst out of his chest. It was as if he was living a horror movie and felt a tingle of

RK just sat next to Adrian and looked

that she

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

at Adrian. Embarrassed, Adrian quickly turned his head away and pretended to

It seemed like they were cultivating a relationship with their eyes, but

you’ve

whom she had just met on a blind

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

very kind man. For the past six years, when you were away, he has been taking care of

covered all my medical and hospital expenses. He even visits me twice a week and calls to check

praised it with all his

after hearing all this, Stella merely replied,

looked at RK and said, “Mr. Kingston, 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

words were

doused with cold water, stiffened. Her

at Stella,

to change the subject, but RK

return the money,” he said calmly. “There’s

Stella’s eyes snapped open.

did not

heard his words, she

surprise and asked, “Do

not familiar,” Stella quickly

her coldly and said to Grace, “We know each other

was calm, with no trace of emotion. It was

knows you?”

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

know each other? Or

words, Stella’s face reddened

Old memories?

referring to his past?

dare he bring it up here, in front of

to lash out at him, but restrained herself,

health, he would have given her a spanking right there

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