“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.

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

why I could only visit you

Keith remarked and nudged Wesley’s leg with his walking stick,

tray in

and wash some grapes

Blair, and yet his brother had asked him to wash fruits. He was quite

in a furious tone, “Cut the crap

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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

Blair, and she didn’t even notice what Wesley had

the effort did catch Keith’s and Baldwin’s eyes and they exchanged a knowing

had taken the plate from him, was feeling a

kindness or how to react, so she did the only thing she knew-she gave the

know that the red, ripe fruit had been

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