Chapter 787

He picked up his phone, thought for a moment, and decided to call Holden.

But Holden didn’t pick up.

lan took a deep breath, went quiet for half a minute, then said to Jeff, “Call the people at Raymond Mansion and tell them I’m coming over for dinner tonight.” Jeff immediately went off to do just that.

Seven o’clock in the evening.

lan arrived at Raymond Mansion on the dot.

Holden was playing chess alone on the sofa, with many pieces already on the board, indicating the game was nearing its end.

He saw Holden about to move a piece back and couldn’t help but say, “Once a move is made, there’s no taking it back.”

Unexpectedly, Holden looked up at him.

“Yeah, once a move is made, there’s no taking it back. So why are you here tonight?”

He could see right through lan’s intentions.

?

All because he thought Maja would listen to Holden, so he came to seek Holden’s help.

L

lan lowered his eyelashes and placed his gift on the table.

“Grandpa, this is the painting you’ve always wanted. I had it bought at a high price from abroad.”

Holden raised an eyebrow and took a look.

to sell it. lan had to put in quite an effort to get his hands

further proved that he had quite a bit of wealth abroad, so much so that even Holden himself didn’t know how

didn’t mention Maja. Instead, he cheerfully called for

back and keep

come back, he

from abroad early just to play

meet Maja and even saying

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only for this kid to finally have a

Too late.

dutifully served a bowl of soup to Holden.

chuckled. “Good boy, at least you know how to

soup, lan began to disclose the purpose of his

took care of you in the

had said he would show him the photos, saying Maja was especially cute, diligent,

been so repulsed by this woman at the

photos then, he wouldn’t have found

regretted it deeply

mean

in a good mood, had the

placed in front of

Maja when she first started college, with a high ponytail,

was wearing a simple white shirt and jeans, and her lively aura was seemingly about

this stage before and felt as if his heart had

stared at it for a minute, hearing Holden say, “Maja is very kind. If she hadn’t saved me, I would have died then. She took me to the hospital and took care of me, even asking for leave in front of me. I was thinking then, How nice

holding the photo tightly but afraid he might crumple

to the butler and

didn’t know what he needed scissors for but

in front of Holden, lan cut the photo directly, even cutting off his own

his actions, reaching for

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