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.

you have to be careful not to

the couch, still holding a deck of cards in 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

about him teaching the children

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

take a bath. It’s getting late now. Both of your

was 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 towards Elias and asked him,

his head, confusion written all over his face.

and patted the boy’s head before saying,

bathroom, Stella had just placed

rubber ducky when she noticed Stella looking worried. Perceptively, she took her mother’s hand and asked, “What’s wrong, Mommy? Are you

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

then took Emma’s arm and cleaned

Emma thought nothing more of it and went back

unable to continue her thoughts.

did not take them long before they were done. Stella wrapped Emma up

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