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 like,” she told them. “But you have to be careful not to

did not look very pleased, so he explained, “We were just

Stella was unhappy about him

nothing. She slipped the documents into her handbag and silently picked Emma up

getting late now. Both of your

Once the mother and daughter pair had disappeared into the bathroom, he leaned down towards Elias and asked him, “Is your mommy

his head, confusion written all

the boy’s head before saying, Come on, let’s give

just placed Emma in the

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

her and smiled, telling her, “No, baby, I’m just thinking about something.”

took Emma’s arm and cleaned

this, Emma thought nothing more of it and went back to playing with the

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

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

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