Love After Divorce by BELLA

Chapter 7:.

Stella was still deep in thought when a sweet, childlike voice suddenly reached her ears. “Daddy... Daddy! The

baby is here!”

Stella looked at the girl, about four years old, who was running toward the man in front of the car.

Alia had left the school surrounded by several bodyguards. When the girl saw the man standing in front of the

car, she screamed and ran towards him....

RK noticed his daughter running towards him and quickly took big steps forward, taking the child in his arms.

The bodyguards followed close behind. He had only cto pick up his daughter, but it felt like a spectacle,

attracting the attention of many onlookers.

“Why are you running? You know Dad will be worried.”

Alia nodded and said, “I know, Dad...next time.”

Stella was watching the interaction between father and daughter when a familiar, crisp voice cfrom behind,

drawing her attention.

“Honey?”

Adrian, always attentive to Stella’s emotions, had noticed the sadness in her expression. Concerned, he looked

at her and said, “Honey, if you're not happy, | can give you a big hug!”.

Saying this, she opened both arms wide.

Stella looked at her son's little face and hid the faint emotions from her eyes. She picked up the chubby little guy

and hugged him tightly, kissing his rosy cheeks.

“Honey he’s not unhappy,” she reassured him, “but yes, your hugs are wonderful. | like them very much.”

After looking at her son, Stella forgot about everything else; she didn’t care about anything. In her life, nothing

mattered more than her son.

“If my darling likes it, then huglike this forever,” Adrian said with an earnest nod of his head, hugging

Stella’s neck. “And when you grow old, I'll hold you and take care of you.”

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“Well, then don’t forget... I'm counting on you to takeback and take care of me.”

Stella joked, playfully pinching her chubby cheeks. With that, Stella started walking in the opposite direction of

RK and his group of people.

Tseemed to stand still. The moment was so precious; mother and son were chatting and laughing, as if they

were alone in this world with no one around.

At home...

It had not been long since Stella had returned, and she had nowhere to live here except RK’s mansion, where she

had lived for three years after her marriage to RK.

But of course, | couldn't go there, and even if | could... | wasn’t willing to go.

So, right now, she was living in an apartment she had rented with her best friend, Emily.

Emily and Stella worked together in France, and since they were both from the scountry, they got along

well. Last year, Emily was there from headquarters, so after that they didn’t work together in France.

“Stella, you're here!”

Emily, who was busy in the kitchen, heard the noise in the living room and cout to see. When she saw

Stella, she greeted her cheerfully.

Since he had been working in the kitchen and had just cout, he still wore his apron around his body.

As she spoke to Stella, her eyes fell on the little boy next to her and her face filled with excitement. “Look who's

here, my little boy! You don’t know how much your aunt has missed you.”

Emily exclaimed, rushing over to Adrian to hug him tightly and kiss his cheeks.

Adrian frowned because, with the exception of his mother, he didn’t like anyone kissing him. But of course, there

was nothing he could do because he knew his aunt was always like that.

Undeterred by his reaction, Emily continued, “Auntie made you your favorite grilled sandwich and corn chowder

today. You want to eat, don’t you?” she asked as she held him in her arms.

As she carried him in her arms, Emily continued, “I wasn’t hyesterday, so | didn’t get to see you. It's been

almost a year since | last saw you.

You don’t know how much I've missed my little baby.”

Then, she put him on the couch and said, “But | can say that in this year, my baby got cuter and chubbier.”

“Fatty?”

Adrian heard her words and jumped down from the couch. “I think Auntie is getting old and her eyesight has

gone bad, how can she say I'm chubby? It's just that I'm cute and handsome!”.

Adrian said with an angry face, turning his head away from Emily.

Emily saw her cute reaction and laughed, “Hehe.... Have you ever seen such a cute aunt who even knows how to

cook delicious food?” she teased. Adrian, still sulking, said nothing, keeping his head turned away.

Emily looked at Stella and complained, “It's only been a year since we last saw each other, and look at this little

guy? How ungrateful he is!”

Stella said nothing and just smiled, because the two of them were always like that.

She gently tousled her son’s fluffy hair and said, “Honey, go wash your hands. It’s tto eat.

Adrian listened to his mother’s words and replied, “Very good, honey!”.

As he said this, he ran to the bathroom to wash his hands.

Emily complained again, “Look at this little guy; he only knows how to listen to his mother! Stella, how long are

you going to stay in the field this time?”.

Stella sat on the couch, her expression thoughtful.

“I've already done what Mr. Paul askedto do. At first | thought this project would takeat least two

months, but everything went faster and smoother than I expected...”.

He paused and then added, “Now that it’s all done, I'm thinking of coming back as soon as possible.”

| didn’t want him to be her boss. She didn’t want to wait for him. She didn’t want her son and daughter to go to

the sschool.

Most of all, Stella was afraid he would find out about Adrian.

After their divorce six years earlier, she had cut all ties with him. They were already separated, and she didn’t

want to see him again.... Ever!

“Then cback... But...” Emily heard that Rene Kingston bought the company.

She already knew his situation, so she also knew of his concern and worry. But whatever happened, she would

always be by his side.

“But the problem is that now that Mr. Paul’s company has been bought by the RK Group, if you want to go back

to France, you will have to get their approval.”

Stella frowned. Because this was the very situation she had been worrying about. She had been thinking about

this for a whole day, but she still didn’t have the courage to face it.

What's more, | didn’t want to look at him, let alone say a single word to him....

Every t| thought about this, | felt a kind of psychological burden.