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.

saying much, he relaxed

anything… but his heart was

bad and asked RK to sit next to Adrian. She thought this

as if

of his chest. It was as if he

that RK just sat next to Adrian and

hoped that she

at the tall, handsome man sitting next to him, his little face

Embarrassed, Adrian quickly turned his head away and pretended

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

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

Perhaps Stella was too shy to tell the man, whom she had just met on a

mention Adrian again and turned her attention back to Stella and RK, eager

you about. He is a very kind man. For the past six years, when you were away, he

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

with all his

all this, Stella merely replied,

of my grandmother all this time. I will ask the hospital to calculate the expenses you have paid

were

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

to wink at Stella, signaling her to

to change the subject, but RK

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

Stella’s eyes snapped open.

suggested a familiarity that did not exist, or at least should

words, she sensed

at them in surprise and asked, “Do

familiar,”

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

with no trace of emotion. It was impossible to know

knows you?” spat

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

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

words, Stella’s face

Old memories?

his past? Was there something

dare he bring it up here, in front of

to lash out at him, but restrained

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

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