Chapter 247 Secrets Laid Bare
Outside, it was freezing cold. The road out of Seallats Cove ran alongside the sea for a stretch, and it wasn’t easy to walk.
“At least Stella… Eddie started to say-
Thud. Another sharp pain in his leg.
Eddie really couldn’t take it anymore.
How could someone so violent have the patience to raise a girl so delicately?
If someone told him now that Stella had been raised by Abraham, Eddie wouldn’t believe it for a second.
Their eyes met. Abraham’s gaze was sharp and cutting, making Eddie flinch. Fine, fine, fine. I’ll go eat in the kitchen. Happy
now?”
He could feel just how tense Stella’s body was next to him.
Seriously, Abraham. What’s the big deal? Is she supposed to hide from people forever out of embarrassment?
He had never seen anyone treasure someone the way Abraham treasured Stella.
Hearing Eddie say he would go to the kitchen, Stella buried her head even lower.
This time, before Abraham could kick him again, Eddie hurried off on his own.
Only Stella and Abraham were left.
Abraham glanced lazily at Stella. “Any lower and your face’s gonna get stuck in your bowl.”
Stella said nothing.
She lifted her head and shot Abraham a resentful look.
The man’s lips curved in a slight smile, with none of the earlier ferocity he had shown Eddie.
“Come here, Abraham said.
Stella obediently moved over and sat down beside him. Abraham reached out and began to unwind the scarf around her
neck.
She immediately covered it with her hands. “What are you doing, big, bro?”
She couldn’t let him take it off. If he did, and everyone saw, and if they all started asking questions like Eddie did, what was she supposed to say?
“You really think covering it up means no one knows? Abraham said casually.
Stella didn’t answer.
So… everyone already knows?
She looked at Abraham with pitiful eyes.
If everyone knew, it wouldn’t take long for the news to reach Fleule.
Once her mother and Marie found out… the more she thought about it, the more panicked her mind became.
She tugged at Abraham’s sleeve. At that moment, Abraham was placing a small fried bun into her bowl.
It wasn’t so much about other people it was how to explain things to her mother.
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Abraham took a sip of his milk and said, “Didn’t I already tell you what to say?”
“Just say I forced you.”
Stella looked up at him.
Abraham was also looking at her, his dark eyes deep and unreadable, like the vastness of the universe.
Stella swallowed nervously. I’m really supposed to say that? Isn’t that too much? It’ll ruin your reputation.”
As she spoke, she lowered her head again, full of worry.
All these years, she had hidden her own feelings carefully.
She had never dared show them, partly because she was afraid of tarnishing the reputations of both the Luke family and the Dawson family.
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She and Abraham weren’t related by blood.
But officially, they had always been considered brother and sister. That’s how everyone outside saw them.
Especially whenever her mother took her out to meet other ladies or attend gatherings- she always introduced Stella as her little daughter.
Little daughter. Eldest son.
Every time she thought about that relationship, it made her chest tighten unbearably.
Abraham gently lifted her chin with his warm fingertips and brushed a kiss against her lips.
“You think anyone would dare?”
Just a few simple words, but they carried Abraham’s unique dominance and force.
Stella’s heart gave a violent thud. Her eyes instantly reddened.
Abraham brushed another light kiss against her eyelids. “Stella, do you really not trust me?”
I de… It’s not that… she said quietly.
“No one in Fleule has the right to interfere with the Luke family’s affairs, Abraham said.
Stella’s heart thudded again.
He’s right. No one in Fleule has any right to say a word about the Luke family.
And if Abraham dared to do these things to her, it meant no one would dare criticize him either.
Stella sniffled and looked up into his eyes.
If Marie asks about it… I’ll just say that, okay?”
Abraham pinched her earlobe lightly and chuckled. “Good girl”
Stella hesitated, then asked, “When did it start?”
“When did you start having those kinds of feelings for me?”
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It had been hard enough hiding her feelings all these years.
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