Chapter 283

Stella couldn't help but laugh. "Now that you mention it, I didn't really think it through before, but this whole situation... It's just..." Stella said, struggling to find the right word. "But Ella married Liam for Nadia's sake. When she married him, she didn't even know Ethan was Carter's biological father," she added. "Even if I had known Ethan was Carter's biological father, I wouldn't have married him because of it," Ella said, finding their conversation amusing. What happened seven years ago was an accident. She wouldn't fix one mistake by making another. As for the idea of giving a child a complete family? That should mean a happy, harmonious, and loving family—not one pieced together without feelings or built on obligation. An unhappy, unharmonious family would only make a child feel even less secure. Carter was adamant about not letting her get involved in his meeting with Ethan. While Stella offered to keep an eye on him, Ella knew Stella was a workaholic. Once she got