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?"

put her hands against his chest and kept her distance from him, "I just took a

take another shower

pulled into the bathroom

on his chest and whispered, "Stop it. Ms. Anderson is right next

ear, and his voice was hoarse, "You still

her ears tingling,

had just meant

stammered but could find no other

she blushed and said, "I've gotten used to calling

words, Stella tried to run out of the bathroom and was yanked back

that her last name wasn't originally Anderson either, so anyways you would have to call her in another way.

was at a loss

had forgotten

to pay you for changing the way you address her, if you

"...Don't you dare!"

leaned closer to her and raised an eyebrow slightly, "So

lifted her hand and pushed his

her hand, and

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

the pajamas next to her and took the opportunity to run out of

lying on

rolled him over and

of a mobile phone

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

"You answer

"Okay."

Noah, Stella walked out onto the

the bathroom and walked

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

"And what else?"

was 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 did not find his body. It's possible that he jumped overboard before the explosion occurred, or that

Clarence looked nonchalant

said, "Did Darnell

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