Shadows Between Us (Stella and Sebastian) novel Chapter 103

Chapter 103

“Eggie!” Allan shouted in shock.

‘Did Snowball just swallow Eggie?’ he thought.

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With a thud, Allan was stunned in front of Snowball, craning his neck to watch as Snowball’s mouth opened wider and wider.

Eggie chirped, poking its fluffy little head out of Snowball’s mouth.

Allan blurted out without thinking, “Baby?”

Eggie chirped.

Allan continued, “Baby?”

Snowball, Sebastian, Stella, and Lucas were stunned for a moment.

Big Ben said, “Sweetie, the system suggests that if you haven’t graduated from kindergarten, you should go out with a parent.”

Allan wondered, ‘What the hell do you know, you robot?’

With a huff, Allan yanked the fluffy Eggie out of Snowball’s mouth and plopped him onto Snowball’s big white head.

Then, taking a deep breath like a martyr heading to his doom, he sat down heroically on the living room couch.

Allan said, “Cyanide, stashed under his molar. If the mission goes south, I’ll just take myself out.”

After saying that, he hesitated. ‘Of course, if I get kicked in the balls, I might just think that it might as well check out early and get it over with,’ he thought.

Sebastian replied coldly, “Okay.”

Allan froze.

Stella lazily lifted her eyes. “Who is he?”

Allan instinctively glanced at Sebastian, cleared his throat, and said, “Who knows?”

Stella nodded. “Oh.”

She didn’t ask any

further.

The vibe in the room was awkwardly cold.

Allan, desperate to change the subject, asked, “You guys watching TV or something?”

In the corner, Jake hid behind a decorative pillar, shot Allan a sign, and then slipped away out of sight.

Allan froze.

Sebastian, Stella, and Lucas, his little head darting left and right, were all silent.

“It’s late. Time for bed,” Sebastian said, his icy gaze locked on Lucas. A cold aura seemed to seep from him, and he didn’t spare Stella a single glance, his face blank and unreadable.

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“Huh?” Lucas blinked, spaced out, and glanced at the clock on the wall.

It was just eight o’clock.

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Allan, also glancing away from the clock, was speechless. He instinctively looked at Stella, who was just as blank-faced, eyes half-closed, lashes drooping, and even let out a lazy yawn.

Allan thought, ‘Has Sebastian seriously not figured out that Stella doesn’t even know he’s pissed at her?’

Lucas poked at his watch.

Big Ben said, “Lucas is not sleepy.”

Sebastian rolled up in his wheelchair, face blank. “No, you are.”

Lucas typed again.

Big Ben said, “Not sleepy.”

Sebastian repeated, “No, you are sleepy.”

Allan, watching from the sidelines, was speechless.

Lucas puffed up his cheeks, put his hands on his hips, not giving in at all, and poked his watch again.

Big Ben exclaimed, “Not sleepy!”

Sebastian gave him a cold stare, and Lucas stared right back, cheeks puffed out stubbornly.

Neither of them budged.

The next second, Sebastian kept his icy expression as he reached out and grabbed Lucas by his soft, pale little body, lifting

up with one

hand.

him

Lucas’s tiny feet dangled in the air, looking totally clueless and adorable.

He locked eyes with Sebastian, both refusing to back down.

As soon as Lucas realized what was happening, he started kicking and squirming like a little turtle, showing off his adorably fierce baby-level ferocity. ‘I want to sleep with Stella!’ he wondered.

Sebastian didn’t say a word. He scooped up Lucas with one hand, kept that frosty look on his face, and headed for the elevator in his wheelchair.

But then, Allan noticed that Sebastian, almost unconsciously, slowed down a bit as he passed by Stella.

Allan rolled his eyes.

Stella didn’t even look up. She just kept scrolling through her phone.

“Move over,” Sebastian said, his face turning even gloomier when Stella still didn’t bother to look at him.

Stella barely nodded and finally moved her foot out of the way.

Sebastian was stunned.

Allan nearly lost it and laughed out loud, but managed to hold it in at the last second. He was just thinking about it when Sebastian’s icy voice cut through the air. “Big Ben, Snowball, Eggie, upstairs.”

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Stella was completely oblivious, totally out of the loop, and acting like nothing was up.

Allan couldn’t believe he’d ended up with this legendary disaster duo.

‘If I weren’t here, this family would crash and burn sooner or later,’ he thought.

“Hasn’t Sebastian been extra quiet tonight, or what?” Allan shot back.

Stella said, “Isn’t Mr. Gray always this quiet?”

Allan thought, ‘Well, she’s not wrong, but? Fine, I have to admit it.”

Allan said, “Then what about how he acted with Lucas just now?”

Stella replied, “Bonding?”

Allan sighed, got up, flashed a helpless smile, and gave an exaggerated bow. “Go wash up and call it a night.”

Stella was confused.

Night had fallen.

Sebastian and Lucas were locked in a standoff, staring each other down.

Snowball, with Eggie perched on its head, was lazily curled up in the decorative tree, while Big Ben was standing by the bed.

Suddenly, there was a noise coming from the balcony.

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