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

to notice anything…

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

them, felt as if she were

his chest. It

clue…. But the truth was that RK just sat next to Adrian and looked at Grace calmly, without looking at

hoped that she hadn’t found

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

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 their eyes,

“Look what you’ve done. You’ve ruined

man, whom she had just met on a blind date, that she was a

turned her attention back to Stella and RK, eager

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

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

it with

hearing all this, Stella

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

were distant

she had just been doused with cold water, stiffened.

wink at Stella, signaling her to stop

wanted to change the subject, but

the money,” he said calmly. “There’s no

Stella’s eyes snapped open.

did not

words, she

them in surprise and asked,

not familiar,”

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

with no trace of emotion. It was

knows you?” spat

eyes were deep and dark.

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

words, Stella’s face reddened

Old memories?

his past? Was there

it up here, in front

but restrained herself, not wanting

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

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