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

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

Cecelia herself was more than just thrilled to see Blair. Ignoring all etiquettes, she quickly put her gift aside and grabbed Blair’s wrist, pulling her towards the sofa in the living room.

“Blair, 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 Blair felt a little embarrassed.

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

why I could only visit you so

her,” Keith remarked and nudged Wesley’s leg with his walking stick, motioning him to slide the tray

glance at the tray in front of him and then

kitchen and wash some grapes

asked him to wash fruits. He

even looking to where Niles was pointing, Wesley spat in

‘s L I B R A R

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 Blair was really fond of cherries, so he picked out all the cherries from the platter, put them on a plate and slid it towards Blair,

and

Baldwin’s eyes and they exchanged

who had taken the plate from him, was feeling

little flustered. She didn’t know how to repay her kindness or how to react, so she

that the red,

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