“Almost nine already.”

Estelle frowned in mild annoyance. “I was planning to get an early start over to my parents’ place. My nephew, Henson, has his finals coming up and I wanted to help him cram a bit, fill in the gaps, you know?”

She looked up at Jonathan, her lips curving into a smile, “Some tutor I am, right? Only reason my sister-in-law hasn’t complained is because she’s too polite to say anything.”

Jonathan gently pinched her cheek, “She lobbied hard to get you to help out. If there’s any complaining to be done, she’s just going to have to bite her tongue.”

“And to think, she’s doing all this for your sake,” Estelle huffed playfully.

“How about I make it up to her by tutoring Henson myself?”

Estelle imagined the serious scene of uncle and nephew studying together and couldn’t help but laugh.

Scooping her up in his arms, Jonathan declared, “Let’s not go back today. You’ve been running around non-stop because of Evelyn’s situation. Today, we forget everything else and head back to Villa del Sol to have a weekend that’s just for us.”

for Evelyn’s sake. With Grandpa in J

yesterday? We haven’t even confirmed if she’s Old Mr. Quintin’s granddaughter. Don’t you think it’s a bit premature to

“You think Evelyn will get greedy at the sight of money? She doesn’t seem like that kind of person. Back at Citadel, where patrons threw around cash like it was

their own children. Now that she has found her kin, you want to make up for lost time and shower her with affection. I get it. But my fear is that all this kindness could end

deserves their love and care. Old Mr. Quintin probably feels the same way. Evelyn was orphaned, alone, and Old Mr. Quintin even considered taking

biological parents, and if he couldn’t, he’d provide financial support from the shadows. He told Old Mr. Jarvis he does this

Old Mr. Quintin probably realizes Nora isn’t coming back. But Evelyn’s arrival gave him new hope – not just

her well. But you and Evelyn are different. You could

had wanted to wait until after the DNA

wait, going to meet Old Mr. Quintin on her own, leaving them with no way to back out. Deep down, Jonathan had his reservations about

human heart was the most unpredictable

each other, let alone Estelle and Evelyn, who hadn’t known

me too much

arched an

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