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.

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

that she did not look very pleased, so he explained, “We were just having fun, that’s all.

was unhappy about him

the documents into her handbag and silently picked Emma up in her

getting late now. Both of your should go to

a little disconcerted when he noticed that Stella was ignoring him. Once the mother and daughter pair had disappeared into the bathroom, he leaned down

his head, confusion written all over his

patted the boy’s head before saying, Come on, let’s give you a bath too!”

just

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

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

Emma’s arm and

Emma thought nothing more of it and went back to playing with the bubbles in

continue her thoughts. She sighed and just focused on

done. Stella wrapped Emma up in a thick towel and carried her out of

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