The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 111

Upon hearing Keen's words, instead of thinking he was being unreasonable, everyone looked at him with sympathetic eyes.

Their glances toward Stella, however, were much more nuanced.

If her own son wouldn't choose his mom, it spoke volumes about her as a mother.

It was evident that perhaps she had been too indulgent with her child.

The teacher responsible for Keen let out a soft sigh.

"From the moment little Keen transferred to our kindergarten this semester, I thought..."

The teacher looked at Stella, her words fading away. Although Keen had provided his mother's contact details, Stella had never shown up.

The teacher then looked at Rachel. It was Ms. Pearce who had handled Keen's enrollment, and she attended the parent-child events at the kindergarten. Ms. Pearce had even picked Keen up several times.

The teacher had assumed this woman was Keen's mother.

Stella's earlier attitude, the teacher thought Stella was

was one of those women who married into

yet she bore the weight of everyone's disapproval.

a small voice suddenly spoke up. "Stella,

and looked at Marvin, who was hidden behind the crowd, her cool, calm eyes

and

moment Marvin saw Stella, his eyes turned red. "Stella, I'm okay," he said, lowering his head like

cleaned his tears. As he lifted his arm, his sleeve slipped down, revealing

suddenly grasped Marvin's arm. "Marvin, what happened to

behind his back,

expression grew stern. "Marvin, let

few seconds, but under Stella's insistent gaze, he finally

Marvin's sleeve, revealing a network of crisscrossed scratches on his arm,

had been hurt at kindergarten, they would all bear some responsibility if they

examining Marvin's injuries, Stella asked,