As Stella finished, there was no longer any sound in the entire kitchen.

Everything went silent.

Channing kept his head drooped and Stella couldn’t see what emotion he was in.

Stella pursed her lips, "Chan, I ..."

Channing paused for a moment before continuing to chop vegetables, then said in an indifferent tone, "You don't have to comfort me. I'm used to it."

Stella said, "I'm not trying to comfort you. I've had a paternity test and William is your ..."

"As far as I'm concerned, it's all over when Jeffrey died. It doesn't matter who my real father is."

At those words, Stella froze. She still wanted to say something, but Channing had already turned on the stove to fry.

It muffled all the other sounds.

Stella knew that he didn't want to discuss the subject any further.

Throughout all those torturing and painful moments, from childhood to Jeffrey's death, Channing spent every day and night wishing he wasn't Jeffrey's son.

That thought seemed to be his hope to live, but luck did not come to him, nor did it favor him.

Especially when it became clear that everything that had happened to Stella was because of Jeffrey, and his hatred towards Jeffrey was displaced by self-hatred.

If only someone had told him back then that Jeffrey was not his real father, it would have been relief and redemption for him.

But what's the use of it now?

Stella knew in her heart that even though she had no memories of her childhood, she could feel the affection of William being her father.

But Chan was different. He had never had a real sense of fatherly love since he was born.

William was also a complete stranger to him.

It was even because of Jeffrey that William almost hurt him back then...

hatred, although unspoken, Chan

pretending that nothing had happened so as not to

her eye and suddenly didn’t know what

meal, neither of them spoke

Clarence coming back for

as she sipped her soup, "He's busy

are things in Riverside City? How is

"Fine. It shouldn't be long before

almost two months since

three months they had agreed on were

about at your school?

not to worry about it. They'll arrange for someone to take care of

might as well study hard. It's your sophomore year and you don't have much time left in

of this, Stella was

she had to work several part-time jobs every day, all that was bothering her was how to get rid of Jeffrey as soon as

to have many, many more problems to

Channing went straight back to

and then

Clarence came back at eleven, he saw her staring at her phone,

hastily looked up and put her phone aside, "Nothing... Have you eaten yet? If you haven't eaten, I'll go

and sat next to her, "Didn't you ask Channing to come over? He's

Stella nodded gently, "Yes."

you

her head, seemingly a

happy to get the paternity test results, but now it didn't

lifted her chin,

She looked frustrated, "No."

this afternoon. Did Channing piss you off? I'll go teach

and prepared to

him back, "No, what are you thinking? He didn't

didn't know what to say

not him, then tell

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