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.

that he wasn’t saying much, he relaxed

seem to notice anything…

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

Stella, standing behind them, felt as if

out of his chest. It was

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

hoped that she hadn’t

his little face full of curiosity as he sipped his milk through

and looked back at Adrian. Embarrassed, Adrian quickly

seemed like they were cultivating a

what you’ve

to tell the man, whom she had just met on a blind date, that she was a mother. Maybe she

did not mention Adrian again and turned her attention back to Stella and RK,

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

me twice a week and

praised it with

hearing all this, Stella

all this time. I will ask the hospital to calculate the expenses you have paid and I will pay you back in the future. Once again, thank

words were

just been doused with

to wink at Stella, signaling

the subject, but RK was the first to

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

Stella’s eyes snapped open.

familiarity that did not exist, or at

his words, she sensed

in surprise and asked, “Do you

familiar,” Stella quickly

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

calm, with no trace of emotion. It was impossible to know what

you?”

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

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

his words, Stella’s face

Old memories?

to his past? Was there something

bring it up here, in

wanted to lash out at him, but restrained herself, not wanting

his grandmother’s health, he would have

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