Mr. Conrad Proposes to His Ex-wife Again novel Chapter 837

At the table, the atmosphere was not quite harmonious. But it was not so nervous either.

Sherry accidentally ate a piece of hot pepper and thus had to get a cup of water. But before she reached out her hand Daniel had already handed a cup of water to her.

Sherry had no choice but to accept his assistance and drunk a lot of water. She was in such a hurry that she coughed.

Daniel patted her back and whispered slowly, “Don’t get that hurry when drinking water.”

After that, he picked two chunks of pumpkin for her, “Those will make you feel better.”

Sherry put the cup down. But before she was able to say anything, she noticed the others were all staring at them.

As she looked at them, Clarence and Channing both looked away instantly yet calmly while Stella chose to lower her hand and focus on her bowl.

Sherry felt quite embarrassed.

Her face was flushed all over and she felt her brain was as hot as a volcano.

In the past when Stella and Clarence were showing their love for each other, she just felt envy. But this time when it was her turn, she felt rather embarrassed.

Sherry said to Daniel in a low voice, “Just mind your own business!”

Daniel was confused. He had no idea how he annoyed her. Maybe she didn’t like pumpkins?

In his memory, she showed no hatred towards pumpkins.

After dinner, Sherry chose to wash the dishes. Daniel also followed her into the kitchen. Seeing that, Stella secretly walked out of the kitchen.

She took Channing to the balcony and asked him gently, “You caught a cold?”

Channing nodded, “I’ve taken the medicine. Don’t worry.”

Stella stared at him speechlessly.

Channing rarely got sick either as a child or as an adult. But every time he got sick it was because he was affected by his bad emotions.

Channing coughed and turned back to fix his eyes on the raining sky, “It has been cold recently. You should take good care of yourself.”

Stella changed the topic, “Yesterday Winnie went to look after you?”

Channing halted and said, “It was you that asked her to come, right?”

Stella bit her lips gently before she nodded.

Channing bent over to lean on the railing casually. “I know what you want to say. But you don’t have to. I’ve been saying to myself that Jeffrey was dead and I was salvaged. But it isn’t until now do I realize that what shackles me is not him, but the hatred buried in my mind.”

“I loathed him when I was a child. I hated the fact that I was his son. I hated what he did. I felt all the things about him were disgusting. I was also scared. I was possessed by the fear that I may become someone like him someday.”

“After he had just been dead, I dreamed of him every night. In my dreams, he told me that I can never get rid of him. Even if he had died, in my veins run the blood as filthy as his because I was the only relative of his.”

“I felt as if he got into my body and became the dark side of me. I’m afraid he will get control of me someday and make me a second Jeffrey.”

Stella said worriedly, “Channing…”

She knew Channing had been living under the shadow of Jeffrey. To make it worse, when he found Jeffrey was not his natural father, he felt as if he had lost his last hope about his life.

Stella knew him very much. If she hadn’t made it clear to him, he might have isolated himself from her as he would think he was of the same kind as Jeffrey.

Channing continued, “It is good to know I have no blood relation with him. At least I don’t have to think I would end up becoming him. Moreover…”

He halted; his face devoured by the darkness of the night. Then he said, “You might have found that I’m not close to them. When I saw her body at the funeral, I didn't feel sad at all. They are just strangers to me.”

After a while. Stella said, “I knew. I won’t force you to do that from now on.”

Channing said, “You just keep yourself who you are. You don’t have to change. Nor do you have to isolate yourself from them for my sake.”