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.

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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

notice anything… but

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

Stella, standing behind them, felt as if she

as if 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

just hoped that she

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

and looked back at Adrian. Embarrassed, Adrian

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

out, “Look what you’ve done. You’ve

just

mention Adrian again and turned her attention back

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

expenses. He even visits me twice a week and calls to check on me when he is free. His calls are as

with

all this, Stella

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

with cold water, stiffened. Her lips, which had been

wink at Stella, signaling her to

the subject, but RK was

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

Stella’s eyes snapped open.

did not exist, or at least should

heard his words,

in surprise and

familiar,” Stella quickly

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

was calm, with no trace of emotion. It was

you?”

looked at her. His voice was still calm, but his eyes were deep and dark. This time,

you still think we don’t know each other? Or do you need

words, Stella’s face reddened with

Old memories?

referring to his

bring it up here, in front

out at him, but restrained herself, not wanting

for his grandmother’s health, he would have given her

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