“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.

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

why I could only visit you so

some snacks for her,” Keith remarked and nudged Wesley’s leg with his walking stick, motioning him to slide

at the tray in front of him and then

kitchen and wash some grapes and

chance to say hello to Blair, and yet his brother had asked him to wash fruits. He was quite unhappy about it and retorted, “Mom’s already prepared the

looking to where Niles was pointing, Wesley spat in

‘s L I

a fruit platter 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 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, who accepted it with

of Cecelia’s attention was diverted towards 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 Look with each

plate from him, was feeling a bit

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 plate to Cecelia and said, “Aunt Cecelia,

know that the red, ripe fruit had been hand-picked

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