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.

saying much, he

notice anything… but his heart

sit next to Adrian. She thought

standing behind them, felt as if she were

as if it were about to burst out of his chest. It was as

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

just hoped that she

him, his little face full

back at Adrian. Embarrassed, Adrian quickly turned

seemed like they were

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

too shy to tell the man, whom she had just met on a blind date,

and turned her attention back to Stella and RK, eager to introduce

about. He is a very kind man. For

visits me twice a week

praised it with all his

after hearing all this,

all this time. I will ask the hospital to calculate the expenses you have paid and I will pay you

were

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

Stella,

but

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

Stella’s eyes snapped open.

suggested a familiarity that did not exist, or

Grace heard his words, she

surprise and asked, “Do you know each

not familiar,”

across from her cross-legged, looked at her coldly and said

calm, with no trace of emotion.

knows you?”

his eyes were deep and dark. This time, when he spoke,

don’t know each other? Or do you need me to remind you

his words, Stella’s face

Old memories?

his past? Was there

up

but restrained herself, not

weren’t for his grandmother’s health, he would have given her a

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