“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.

I couldn’t join you all. My grandpa wanted me to have the family reunion dinner on New Year’s Eve with him and my

is why I could only

and nudged Wesley’s leg with

glance at the tray

kitchen and wash some grapes and

to say hello to Blair, and yet his brother had asked him to wash fruits. He was quite unhappy about it

Niles was pointing, Wesley spat in a furious tone, “Cut the

‘s

was already 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 a

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

did catch Keith’s and Baldwin’s eyes and they exchanged a knowing Look with

who had taken the plate from him, was

didn’t know how to repay her kindness or how to react, so she

that the red, ripe fruit had been

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