Chapter 206

“Is it good?” Howard asked gently.

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Gwendolyn nodded enthusiastically, her eyen lighting up with delight.

Selina’s face twisted into a sour expression while William, enjoying the show from the side, couldn’t help but chuckle.

With his face clouded with a stormy look, Ryan scooped up a plateful of shrimp, saying, “Selinia loves these, too.”

The two men wore in a veritable peeling contest at the dinner table, seeing who could amass the most shelled shrimp on their plates.

How cleldish they were.

Howard picked up the napkin, carefully cleaning his fingers. Then he served Gwendolyn, ensuring her plate with all her favorites. They whispered to each other now and then, lost in their little world.

Selina’s heart brimmed with bitterness

Even the most delicious dishes tasted bland to her at that moment.

“Selina,” William leaned in, adding fuel to the fire with his words, “If I were Howard, I’d pick Dr. Quigley, too. You’re too much and treat everyone like they’re fools.”

Selina glared at him fiercely.

William just shrugged, looking indifferent. He and Selina, his cousin, had never been close.

that Mom had a brother for me instead of

would you think that, William?” Selina’s voice come with grief as her brow

eyes as he said. “Selina, you better pray the day your

to win favor since they

as the Lopez family’s eldest grandson, William was just a

clenched her jaww, her

red with emotion, and she watched as Howard doted on Gwendolyn, treating her like she was something

voice wavered, her nose

in the hole, and she still had that trump card from the accident a decade ago.

had

a month from then. She and Howard

fireworks by

for the Lopez family’s prime viewing spot, a rare

cooed, eager to

from her but handed it to Gwendolyn

heart swelled with a

by the lake, waiting for guests to light them up. Gwendolyn, who had never had the luxury of setting

let’s light them together, Gwendolyn suggested

her soft hand

hissed as it caught fire, and the fireworks soared into the sky, exploding into a bouquet of dazzling colors, illuminating her

so beautiful,” Gwendolyn sighed in

ignite the fireworks, it also kindled a growing longing in him.

is,” he replied.

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