A Replacement Bride

Chapter 164

"Your presence is enough to make me happy. There's no need for presents. Joaquin, you should've stopped her." Receiving the presents from Katherine with a smile, Zachary shot a warning look at Joaquin after that.

His grandson answered him with an innocent look instead of words.

"The presents didn't cost me much," she answered humbly.

"It's your thought of us that counts instead of the value of presents, and you've proved to us your affections. It doesn't matter whether the presents are expensive or not because I'm very happy to see you making your attendance. Come on, don't stand here. Head inside and take a seat," Zachary beckoned the two to sit down with a cheerful tone.

Even though he told her the presents weren't necessary, happiness was bursting in his chest nonetheless. He carried the gift bag tightly as if he was worried that someone would snatch them from him.

"Grandpa! What did Katherine give you? Let me have a look." Showing up out of nowhere at the same time when he barely sat, a young girl snatched the gift bag from him and opened it.

There was a square wooden box, a rectangular wooden box, and two delicate glass bottles filled with colorful sugar balls in the gift bag.

"Huh? Katherine, are the two bottles of candies for Grandpa? He has diabetes, so he can't eat them. How about giving them to me?" Grabbing the bottles from the bag, she began to shove them into her pocket.

"Put them down, Tiara!" As he was upset to see that the gifts exclusively for him were about to change hands, Zachary walked over with flushed cheeks and took the glass bottles from her.

The young girl longingly stared at them. "But Grandpa, those are candies! Since you can't have them, why can't you give them to me? How about you giving me only one? I want to try at least once."

Tiara loved sweet food the most and she was interested in all kinds of sweet food since her childhood. The colorful candies in the bottles caught her attention the most and she almost drooled at their delicious look.

Zachary shot daggers at her as he scolded, "Buy them with your money. Do you have no shame in robbing an old man's possession? These are my presents from Kathy. All mine! Oh, the gifts belong to your grandmother too."

the warning look from Chelsea, he

some, I'll give them to you another time." Katherine found the

Katherine. "For real? Wow, Katherine, you're being so nice to me! I've decided to see you as my role

candies too?" Zachary was covering his pocket with his hands as he waited for Katherine's answer

to take one per day. After three months, you

some kind of miracle medicine?" Since Tiara loved gossip the most,

maintain their physical fitness and boost their immunity." As Katherine was worried that Zachary

medicine. I thought they were candies! If so, I—" Before Tiara could

some, I'll make those that help detoxify the body and the skin. They

I become as beautiful as you after I

her words, Katherine began to

dazzling and striking beauty, which would catch anyone's attention on every occasion. Her clear eyes had the potential to grab a

and care from her childhood onward and

be like her unless you undergo plastic surgery," Joaquin chimed in sarcastically with the intention to tease Tiara

with a sad look. "Joaquin! You have hurt my ego with that comment! Do you remember that I'm

merely cousins,"

her heart, she

his arm and acted coquettishly

to understand

memories, he was always distant and kept his businesslike manner toward others. She had only seen him making an exception for Beatrice so far, but

he could lower his guard and reveal his true self