“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.

Cecelia, don’t worry. I 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 Eve

could only

huh? Wesley, grab some snacks for her,” Keith remarked and nudged Wesley’s

a glance at the tray in front of him

the kitchen and wash some grapes and

to Blair, and yet his brother had asked him to

pointing, Wesley spat in a furious tone, “Cut the crap and do as

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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

Cecelia’s attention was diverted towards Blair, and she didn’t even notice what Wesley had just

eyes and they exchanged a knowing Look

from him, was

She didn’t know how to repay her kindness or how to react, so she did the only thing

that the red, ripe fruit had been hand-picked

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