His reaction made ir a little sad. She kept her voice as low as possible as she replied to Niles, “We


    were just neighbors. ‘Were’ being the operative word.”


    What ir didn’t know was that Cecelia had been watching them the whole time. The happy mother


    pinched her husband, tilting her head in their direction.


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    Baldwin followed her gaze and saw ir and Niles whispering to each other, while Wesley gulped


    down his food. However, he could see how


    Niles reacted around ir. His younger son was friendly and animated, but he saw no deep abiding


    love in the young man’s eyes.


    It could be because he considered ir a friend, or maybe because he had an axe to grind. Either way,


    Baldwin was sure that Niles wasn’t in love with ir.


    However on the other hand, Wesley was acting strange. He seemed to deliberately avoid eye contact


    with ir. But when he asionally took a quick nce at her, the look in his eyes wasplicated.


    Baldwin thought that Wesley might have a thing for ir.


    Niles wasn’t buying it, either. ir picked up her ss, starting in on the lemonade. He suddenly drew


    closer to her and whispered again,


    “You can’t fool me, I know what I saw. Last time..


    “Ugh…” Shocked by what Niles had told her, ir awkwardly choked on the Lemonade and coughed a


    few times.


    Luckily, she didn’t spit out the drink in her mouth. Otherwise, she would be even more embarrassed.


    Her coughing fit drew everyone’s eyes toward her.


    Adalson looked at her and asked, “ir, what’s wrong?”


    With everyone’s eyes on her, ir felt nervous and embarrassed. She wished she could hide under the


    table now. She waved a hand at her uncle as she patted her chest with her other hand. When she was


    able to breathe more easily, she apologized.


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    “I’m okay. Sorry… Ugh…” She was cut off by another coughing fit.


    Niles pulled out a few tissues and handed them to ir. She took them and covered her mouth to stifle


    the coughs.


    “Have some water,” a voice said. She recognized the voice. She took the ss of water handed to her


    by the man on her right, and drank a mouthful.


    Niles had told her a big secret about Wesley. She guessed Wesley heard nothing. If he had, he


    wouldn’t have been so calm, handing her a ss of water.


    After taking a few sips, ir stopped coughing. Seeing this, Niles patted her back and said, “Hey, why


    are you so shocked? I was telling the truth.” Cecelia saw how considerate Niles was in taking care of


    ir. She believed even more that her younger son was in love now.


    “She might be engaged, but she’s not married yet. Anything is possible!’ the mother thought happily.


    Niles kept talking, and ir couldn’t help but drink two more mouthfuls of water to control her emotions.


    She put the ss on the table and shot to her feet.


    “If you’ll pardon me, I’ll make my way to the little girl’s room.”


    Keith nodded, “Was it something Niles said? I should show that young man some manners…”