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

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

assumed that Stella was unhappy about him teaching the children to play

slipped the documents into her handbag

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

the mother and daughter pair had disappeared into

his head, confusion written all over his face.

before saying, Come on, let’s give

Stella had just

Stella looking worried. Perceptively, she took her mother’s hand and asked, “What’s wrong, Mommy?

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

then took Emma’s arm and cleaned it

went back

her thoughts.

Emma up in a thick towel and carried her out of

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