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?"

distance from him, "I just took a

take another

Stella was pulled into the bathroom

whispered, "Stop it. Ms.

ear, and his voice was hoarse, "You still

felt her ears tingling, which were

knew what Clarence had just meant by

could find no other

said, "I've gotten used to calling her Ms. Anderson. I... have to take a

Stella tried to run out of the bathroom

slowly, "You should know that her last name wasn't originally Anderson either, so anyways you would have to call her in another way. Better start doing

was at a loss for

forgotten about

to pay you for changing the way you address her, if you feel too embarrassed

"...Don't you dare!"

leaned closer to her and raised

Stella lifted her hand and pushed his face aside, "Wait

hand, and said with

a shower. I'm going out

her and took the opportunity

lying on the bed and

and re-covered him with

a

Clarence's phone.

"You

"Okay."

Noah, Stella walked out onto the

walked behind her. He

the James family, saying that Elaine had returned safely.

"And what else?"

on exploded when he left. By the extent of the damage to the ship, Caesar could not have survived if he was on board at that time, but they

Clarence looked nonchalant

Darnell plan

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