Lina waved her hand, and Chris rushed over.

"I need to take care of Sephy!" Lina smiled. "Can you look after Lenny for me?"

Chris eagerly agreed. He hadn't come over earlier because Elijah and Lina were present—one was Lina's brother, and the other was her best friend. Approaching them at that moment would have seemed awkward.

Now, he straightened his back, ready to place his hand on Lina's shoulder, only to feel a force grabbing his wrist.

"What are you doing?" Chris was puzzled.

"What are you doing?" Elijah narrowed his eyes. "How dare you touch my sister in front of me?"

Chris was at a loss of words.

It seemed like they had never quite gotten along from the very first time they met. At that time, Chris didn't even know that Elijah was Lina's brother, and he had treated him as a potential rival.

Now... it seemed like things had gotten even worse.

"Alright, don't get in the way!" Elijah stood between Chris and Lina, glancing at Chris. "My sister and I have a lot to talk about!"

"What else is there to discuss?" Chris asked.

"Such as... her position in the Chriss Group after this!"

"Right!" Chris slapped his forehead, suddenly remembering. "You just said that the Chriss Group and the Hamerton Group are collaborating on a project. As a sign of goodwill, the Chrisses want to form a union with us Hamertons, marrying Lenny to—"

"Is that so?" Elijah feigned ignorance. "What did I say just now? I forgot."

"Elijah Chriss!"

men, Lena quietly slipped away. She watched them with a smile. The old her had never dared

had finally cleared, and Centrolis welcomed its most beautiful season of the

in Zest Garden. The estate's senior butlers were all bustling around, busy with

leisurely by the barbecue grill, smelling the aroma of grilled squid while

with a smile, "Wendy, take a break! You've

a break? The guests here today are your

do you still enjoy barbecuing in the yard? We have so many hotel

not!" Toph took a gulp of his drink. "My brother insists on showing off his culinary

looked a bit disastrous

had inherited all of Zephyr's excellent genes but had also inherited

in an open-air barbecue, he

help. Otherwise, the entire

isn't that dim. Even if he's not skilled in cooking, he's

understand the young people's tricks, but it seemed to

a while as the juicy grease hissed. He was good at watching the

was a good cook, could not help but

"What?"

chuckled. "You're better at enjoying life than

you're exactly right! That's from taking care of us

there's one thing you're

followed Wendy's gaze and saw Persephone, who was

dress with a diamond-studded tiara on her head, looking extremely adorable as she blinked

attention,

scratched his head and smiled

catch up!" Wendy was impatient. "So your parents can rest

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