“Happy New Year! Grandpa Keith, Uncle Baldwin, Aunt Cecelia, Niles!”


    ir greeted them cheerfully and handed over the gifts she had bought them.


    Cecelia herself was more than just thrilled to see ir. Ignoring all etiquettes, she quickly put her gift


    aside and grabbed ir’s wrist, pulling her towards the sofa in the living room.


    “ir, you are finally here. I would have loved to see you here on New Year’s Eve. I wanted you to


    celebrate it with us. But doesn’t matter. You’re here now. Oh my! Your hands feel so cold. Come here.


    Take this hot-water bag. It’LL warm you up in no time.”


    She began to make a fuss immediately and ir felt a little embarrassed.


    “Aunt Cecelia, don’t worry. I don’t feel cold. And yes, I regret that I couldn’t join you all. My grandpa


    wanted me to have the family reunion dinner on New Year’s Eve with him and my uncle’s family.


    That is why I could only visit you sote.”


    “That’s okay. You must be hungry, huh? Wesley, grab some snacks for her,” Keith remarked and


    nudged Wesley’s leg with his walking stick, motioning him to slide the tray of nuts towards ir.


    Wesley cast a nce at the tray in front of him and then ordered


    Niles, “Go to the kitchen and wash some grapes and mangosteens.”


    Niles hadn’t even had the chance to say hello to ir, and yet his brother had asked him to wash fruits.


    He was quite unhappy about it and retorted, “Mom’s already prepared the fruits. Look! There!”


    Without even looking to where Niles was pointing, Wesley spat in a furious tone, “Cut the crap and do


    as I say.”


    A N G E L A ‘s L I B R A R Y


    There was already a fruit tter Laid out on the table with cherries, blueberries, and strawberries neatly


    arranged. However, Niles had no choice but to go to the kitchen reluctantly and perform the chores he


    had been ordered to. Wesley knew that ir was really fond of cherries, so he picked out all the


    cherries from the tter, put them on a te and slid it towards ir, who epted it with a voiceless


    thank you.


    ALL of Cecelia’s attention was diverted towards ir, and she didn’t even notice what Wesley had just


    done.


    However, the effort did catch Keith’s and Baldwin’s eyes and they exchanged a knowing Look with


    each other.


    ir, who had taken the te from him, was feeling a bit uneasy.


    Cecelia’s enthusiasm was making her a little flustered. She didn’t know how to repay her kindness or


    how to react, so she did the only thing she knew-she gave the te to Cecelia and said, “Aunt Cecelia,


    have some cherries.”


    The woman didn’t know that the red, ripe fruit had been hand-picked by


    Wesley for ir. She just took the te from her, picked up a cherry and put it into her mouth while


    asking ir all sorts of things about recent developments in her life. Even with the cherry in her mouth,


    she didn’t seem to be stopping with her conversation.


    Seeing that scene, Wesley sighed inwardly. Then he put a tray of nuts in front of ir, motioning her to


    eat some.


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    This time, ir thanked him in a Low voice and grabbed a few cashews.


    Niles managed to somehowplete the task he was given and finally came out of the kitchen


    carrying arge bowl of grapes and mangosteens.


    “Hi ir. Eat some grapes and mangosteens. The grapes are imported from America, and the


    mangosteens from Thand. They’re known to be the best and the sweetest. You’ll love them!”


    Cecelia, however, had her own ideas of “the best,” and pushed the bowl aside.


    “ir, don’t listen to him. You eat the fruits that I’ve prepared for you. These cherries, blueberries and


    strawberries are also imported, and they are far more delicious than grapes and mangosteens.