Chapter 28
Nathan knew that Stella had audio, but he had never been there, it was only natural that he didn’t know where it was. They both didn’t want Stella to know about their coming, so they could only rely on the institution of Liam, a four–year–old child.
But as Liam used to go there, he knew the place as well as the street so father and son quickly arrived at their destination.
The people in the studio recognized Liam, and he was extremely anxious because the others didn’t recognize Nathan.
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“My dad!” He pulled his hand to enter and continuously introduced him to many people, and his little face showed incomparable pride.
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“Mr. Collins, are you after Ella? She’s in the rehearsal room finishing lesson.”
Liam was really familiar with this place. In the past, every weekend or every day he left school, his mother had brought him here, so it was only natural that he knew where her dance studio was.
So Liam took Nathan to the dance studio and melodious music was heard from inside.
Nathan approached the door, then saw Stella, who was wearing her dance costume, and her movements were elegant and absentminded, her posture agile and graceful.
The dance studio was full of people, they were surrounding Stella, who danced lightly and gracefully. It seemed that everyone was fascinated by this, so they paid no attention to her arrival.
Nathan knew that Stella could dance, but he had never seen her dance. Today was the first time.
He felt Stella in front of him, this moment was like a butterfly, flying continuously, then colliding with his eyes, his heart.
He kept watching her until she stopped. When he hadn’t come to his senses, a small hand pulled his hand and Nathan heard an explosion of applause.
Stella smiled and used the remote control to stop the music. Just as she was about to say something, she heard someone calling her.
“Mom.”
She startled and looked at the door. Liam had arrived, and what’s more, he’d brought Nathan.
Perhaps because today was the weekend, Nathan didn’t wear his usual clothes. He wore a black sweater and a long gray coat.
Liam wore a blue sweater, a fluffy knitted hat and leather boots. He was calling Stella and, on the other side, walking towards her.
“Liam, why are you here?” – Stella used her hand to pinch Liam’s little nose.
“I brought Dad here. He wanted to take us to dinner.”
The other girls in the dance studio secretly peeked at Nathan’s tall, handsome figure.
“Ella, is this your husband?” – One of them asked, and Stella nodded
“Mom, happy birthday.” – Liam hugged her neck and kissed her cheeks fiercely. “Dad said he had a present for you.”
Present?
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Stella was silent. Then she looked at him, who was holding a bouquet of white roses, and walked over to her.
“Stella, happy birthday.”
It was probably a scene in which many girls felt romantic, so Stella could hear the sighing admiration of the people around her.
“Thank you, Nathan!” She blushed for a moment, then reached out to take the bouquet.
“There are 99 roses. Dad chose it specially, he said it means lasting love.” – Liam paused. “Mom, do you like it?”
Liam was quite astute. It was clear that it was he who had said 99 flowers, but now he said it was Nathan’s intention.
“I love it!” Stella nodded.
“Is today your birthday, Stella? Happy birthday.”
“Thank you.”
Stella was a discreet person, so she didn’t care about such things. On her birthday, she only had dinner with Caroline and Victor and sometimes even forgot her own birthday, like this year.
These people were very understanding. After wishing her a happy birthday, they all left. In a split second, there were only three of them left.
“Shall we have dinner together?” – Nathan said.
“All right, please wait. I’m just going to change and I’ll catch up with you!” – Stella passed Liam to him and went into the dressing
room. Liam leaned over to Nathan.
“Daddy, is mommy’s dance pretty?”
At this moment, Nathan’s mind was filled with images of Stella’s beautiful dance. His heart felt like it was going to pound for a while. He nodded.
Today was the weekend and also dinner time, so Nathan was worried that there wouldn’t be room for them. He had already ordered his assistant to reserve the place.
After dinner, inside a reserved space, the lights were dimmed. Then the waiter pushed a cake with candles inside, and a birthday song was playing.
“Mom, come on, place an order.” – The cake was pushed in, and Liam spoke.
Stella looked at the empty seat in front of her. Just before dinner was finished, Nathan had gone out for a while and hadn’t come
back.
Had something happened?
Liam, in front of her, kept asking her to make a request. She closed her eyes and wished that the people most important to her could always be safe. Especially Liam, so that he could grow up healthy.
After she had made a wish, together with Liam, they blew out the candles. Then the light inside the room shone again, and there was still music playing.
But it wasn’t a birthday song. It was classical music. Stella saw that the man playing the violin next to the waiter was, unexpectedly, Nathan.
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Had he gone out to do this?
It was clear that Liam knew this. No wonder he hadn’t asked about m. Nathan played the violin very well, leaning on his shoulder.
Stella never knew he had this kind of talent. Nathan played the song continuously until the end. Then he put down the violin and passed it to the person behind him.
He returned to his seat, and Liam, behaving like his little fan, kept clapping and showing his big thumb.
“Daddy, you play very well.”
Nathan smiled and looked ahead for a while. This time, stella was raising her head, and their gazes met. Her long eyelashes
fluttered for a while. Panicked, she looked away.
It looked like she had been caught doing something, so she was blushing. Nathan knew that she had been secretly spying on him before!
Nathan took a sip of his red wine, but his eyes didn’t stray from Stella.
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