“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.”

mentor for Evelyn’s sake. With Grandpa in J City, I want to spend as much time with him as I

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

like that kind of person. Back at Citadel,

in her – how she was separated from her biological parents at a young age, and how her adoptive parents neglected her after having their own children. Now that she has found her kin, you want to make up for lost time

love and care. Old Mr. Quintin probably feels the same way. Evelyn was orphaned, alone,

couldn’t, he’d provide financial support from the shadows. He told Old Mr. Jarvis he does

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

that you and Old Mr. Quintin want to treat her well. But you and Evelyn are different.

why he had wanted to wait until after the DNA

her own, leaving them

was

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

too much credit. I didn’t resist temptation

arched

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