Chapter 1224

Stella was still mired in confusion when she got home later that day. She was still holding the documents Weston gave her in her hands when she opened the door to her house.

Elias and Emma flew into her arms, laughing in glee as they hugged her tight…

“Mommy, you’re home!”

Stella tried her best to put on a smile for them. Then she noticed some colorful marks on Emma’s face and asked her, “What are these?”

“I was playing with Miguel and Elias!” Emma replied.

The girl spoke a lot more fluently and clearly when she was around people she was familiar with.

“Miguel was teaching us to play cards,” Elias added, expanding upon Emma’s points as he always did, “and the loser has to have a line drawn on their face!”

Stella paused. She reached out her hand to wipe the marks on Emma’s face.

as much as you like,” she told them. “But you have to be

his hands. As he slowly shuffled the cards while walking up to her, he noticed that she did not look very pleased, so he explained, “We were just having fun, that’s all. It’s only a simple game. It’s not going to get them

him teaching the children

She slipped the documents into her handbag and silently

go take a bath. It’s getting late now. Both of your should go to bed

him. Once the mother and daughter pair had disappeared into the bathroom, he leaned down towards Elias and

his head, confusion written all

patted the boy’s head before saying,

the bathroom, Stella had just placed Emma in the bathtub.

rubber ducky when she noticed Stella looking worried. Perceptively, she took her mother’s

glanced at her and smiled, telling her, “No, baby, I’m

arm and cleaned

it and went back to playing

refused to sit still, Stella found herself unable to continue her thoughts. She sighed and just

them long before they were done. Stella wrapped Emma up in a thick towel and carried her out of

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