Love After Divorce by BELLA

Chapter 274:

Stella fell into a deep sleep, drifting through memories. In her dream, it felt as if she were submerged under a deep sea, floating with the current, lost in a trance. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t break free from the water’s grip and surface.

“Darling, darling, darling… what’s wrong with you? Wake up, darling.”

The voice of a child echoed from a far distance, like it had traveled across time. Stella struggled to open her eyes, her sense of reality blurred. She sat up in a daze, finding Adrian lying on the bed, staring at her with concern.

“What’s wrong, darling? Were you asleep? I called you, but you didn’t respond,” Adrian pouted, clearly upset.

“Oh, Adrian! I fell asleep too deeply,” Stella said, standing up from the sofa. She had been sleeping so soundly that her right leg had gone completely numb, sending a wave of discomfort through her body as she tried to move. It took her a long time to regain feeling.

Stella quickly prepared breakfast for Adrian and herself before rushing out to catch the bus.

In the past, she would have cooked breakfast for both of them—sometimes something simple like a sandwich and milk, or a full meal with porridge, steamed buns, and fried eggs.

But now, with so many incidents since returning to X City, meals had turned into takeout from restaurants. She no longer had the energy to prepare fresh food, and she hadn’t scolded Adrian for sneaking snacks behind her back. Life was overwhelming.

headed to work. Exhausted from her unsettling dream, she struggled to stay awake at the office. Fortunately, her job was low-pressure, so she spent

Emily in the cafeteria and noticed that the atmosphere was off. Why was

to whisper, “Hey, Stella, everyone seems to

you mean?”

place for great stories:

the president’s son. The news got

knew, right?” Stella was shocked,

who works as a doctor at the hospital. She saw

can’t be real. What do I do now?” Stella felt panic rising. “Everyone must hate me

her head. “No, they don’t hate you. They think

and Emily reluctantly headed into the cafeteria, their nerves on

knew about her connection to RK, and second, the looming lawsuit over Adrian’s custody would

high-profile figure and an ordinary employee would make headlines. The scandal would be huge. And when the news got out that RK, the city’s most eligible

the media frenzy, the cameras, the gossip, and the possibility of being publicly humiliated made Stella’s stomach turn. All she wanted was for the situation to pass quietly so she could return to France with Adrian and

grew. It reminded her of the nerves she’d felt before taking her college entrance exams—except this was far worse. She felt