After Stella had shooed Clarence away, she held Noah in her arms, and as she had coaxed him for a while, Noah became sleepy. He barely opened his eyes a few times before falling asleep in Stella's arms.

Stella gently put him to bed and tucked him in.

She opened the bedroom door and looked in, not finding Clarence.

Another wave of sleepiness hit her.

Stella yawned and took her clothes into the bathroom, with the door ajar.

She was just halfway through when the bathroom door was pushed open.

Clarence's voice came, "Is he asleep?"

Stella nodded, "You believe me now."

Clarence smiled and pushed open the glass door to the shower.

Stella was speechless.

She quickly pushed the door back again, "You lecher!"

Clarence stood outside and looked at the figure behind the blurred glass as he leaned against the wall. He folded his arms around his chest and said calmly, "How am I a lecher for looking at my wife?"

Stella didn't bother with him. She just wanted to wash the bubbles off her head and get out.

Clarence added, "We've been here two days. Are you getting used to it?"

With water flowing, Stella slurred, "There's nothing to 'get used to'. It's not like I've never been here before ..."

Clarence spoke slowly, "Now that you're used to it, isn't it time you changed the way of addressing people?"

Stella turned off the water, grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her body, then pulled open the door to the bathroom, "Change what?"

Clarence reached out, pulled her into his arms, and lowered his voice, "What do you think?"

"Wh-what?"

and kept her distance from him,

take another shower

Stella was pulled into the bathroom by

whispered, "Stop

voice was hoarse, "You still call her Ms.

ears tingling, which were reddened

what Clarence had

but could find no

long time before she blushed and said, "I've gotten used to calling her Ms. Anderson. I... have to take a little time

run out of the bathroom and

said slowly, "You should know that her last name wasn't originally Anderson either, so

a loss for

had forgotten

pay you for changing the way you address

"...Don't you dare!"

and raised an eyebrow

seconds of silence, Stella lifted her hand

her hand, and said with a smile,

you take a shower. I'm going out in case Noah wakes

her and

bedroom, Noah was lying on the

him over and re-covered

of a mobile

It was Clarence's phone. She walked over to the bathroom and said in

"You answer

"Okay."

Noah, Stella walked out onto

the bathroom and walked behind her. He propped his hands on

turned back, "It was the James family, saying that Elaine had returned safely.

"And what else?"

of the damage to the ship, Caesar could not have survived if he was on board at that time, but they did not find his body. It's possible that he jumped overboard before the explosion occurred, or that

these words, Clarence looked nonchalant and did

said, "Did Darnell plan this

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