Love After Divorce by BELLA

Chapter 26:.

Stella’s back stiffened at those words. It had taken all her courage to go back to the Richard family, and now they were inviting RK as well.

Seeing that man’s cold face at work was more than enough; now she would have to face him again at the weekend.

Sophia hesitated before making the call. She wanted RK to come, but she also didn’t want him and Stella to meet again. However, under David’s watchful eye, she reluctantly dialed the number.

“Stella, your sister has always been like that. She may have grown up, but deep down she’s still a child. Don’t let her bother you.”

Compared to Sophia, David liked Stella’s nature better. Thanks to her, he was always calm and didn’t worry too much.

Everyone was gathered in the room, but it was David who spoke the most. Sophia and Isabelle remained silent, casting cold glances at Stella. As for Tristan, he sat quietly on a single sofa, speaking only when addressed.

Sitting like that, Stella felt embarrassed. She made an excuse to escape to the kitchen, in search of some fresh air.

Stella went to the refrigerator to get some water. However, she heard footsteps behind her. When she turned around, she saw a tall figure in front of her.

Tristan stood behind Stella and his eyes fell on her hand, which held the refrigerator door as she bent down to get water. Adrian had picked out a dress especially for her to cheer her up.

She wore a knee-length blue dress, and when she leaned forward… her long, beautiful legs were exposed.

Feeling a little uncomfortable under his gaze, Stella decided to leave after getting the water. But just as she started to move, she heard Tristan’s familiar voice. “Don’t drink cold water; your stomach can’t take it.” Stella paused.

Those words took her back to her childhood. Ever since she was little, Stella’s stomach had not been strong, and she could not eat cold food or drink cold water. Her stomach ached. In summer, when she came back from outside, she used to take something cold from the refrigerator.

But when Tristan discovered her, he scolded her.

That’s why, when she had cold drinks, she made sure to finish them before he came home so he wouldn’t find out. Although she tried to hide it, her stomach betrayed her every time she finished drinking.

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One summer night, after sneaking a cold drink, Stella doubled over in pain. It hurt so much that she broke out in a cold sweat and rolled uncomfortably on the floor. But no one in the Richard family cared for her.

In the middle of the night, barefoot, Stella went to Tristan’s room in a pitiful state. Because at that moment, only Tristan cared about her in the Richard family. When Tristan saw her like that, he didn’t even change his pajamas.

He grabbed the car keys and rushed her to the hospital, running red lights to get there.

When her stomach hurt, he never blamed her. He took good care of her. But once she recovered, Tristan would use all sorts of methods to punish her. Sometimes, when Stella refused to accept the punishment imposed on her, he would resort to 100 ways of framing her.

a book titled

when she was in

times that she had made a mistake and would not do it again. After that, she took a cup of hot

was in college.

on Tristan. But this kind of dependence was only limited to the brother-sister relationship; there were no other complicated feelings in her heart.

RK, Tristan confessed his feelings to her. He liked her, but not like a brother likes his sister… but like a man

seen you as a brother, nothing more.” After that, she married RK, and Tristan left the country. For years,

At that moment, Stella didn’t know what she was feeling. Was it nostalgia? Or… an apology? There were

years, her voice had changed a lot. She had become more magnetic and mature than before. Tristan reached out and

water from the cup and added half a cup of

Silence.

for the faint sounds coming from the living

not knowing whether to run away in embarrassment or wait for

moment, Tristan broke the silence.

a statement than a

was silence again. Sometimes, some people were like that: the more familiar you were with someone, after having been separated from that person for so long, the

Stella belonged to that type of people. Stella lowered her gaze and looked down at the floor because she realized she couldn’t look into his eyes calmly. There were too many emotions in

“Brother, let’s talk outside.”

to him. It meant

as she was about to leave, a

ever call me that again. I

since David had brought Sophia and Isabelle into the Richard family, she had addressed him as “brother,” just like Sophia.

he hadn’t expected was that she would use it to reject him,

this title and never liked

know what to say. Stella didn’t dare call him that again. She knew this man’s character very well; it was no good going against his wishes because if you did, you would not have

his voice, he said softly, “You may call me by my

the only one who had ever called her that. Well, RK had too, but only to pretend to like

light. Tristan let go of her wrist, and the two of them walked out of the kitchen together. Compared

RK had arrived, but after that, all members of the Richard family had only one thing to do: follow this man everywhere. He was still dressed in a suit and tie, as if he had just

made the entire encounter seem

coming out of the kitchen with her brother.

the arm and looked at him a couple of times before saying, “Stella, you’ve been in the kitchen so long…. Were you having a private conversation with

replied calmly, “It’s been a long time since we’ve seen each other. It’s

brother had spoken on Stella’s behalf. She thought Tristan had long since moved on, but it seemed she was