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Aaron’s face changed. He immediately strode over, pulled Melanie into his embrace, and kissed her.

“I never hated you, Mel. I like you.”

Upon hearing this, Melanic immediately lost herself in the kiss. She knew that if she

put her mind to it, any man would fall for her, let alone Aaron, the one she grew up with and knew best!

On that day, just as Aurelia was about to finish work, she received a call from Xavier.

He mentioned that he had the weekend off and asked her to return home as he had some good

news to announce.

By then, Charlie would have returned home, and Herbert’s college entrance exams would have ended.

The whole family could then gather to celebrate.

After agreeing, Aurelia first went to visit Mabel at the Quigley residence. As soon as she entered. the residence and barely exchanged a few words with Mabel, Evelyn handed her a bowl of stew.

“Mrs. Quigley, this stew is meant to nourish your body. I heard that you’ve donated blood several times before and it took a toll on your body.” Evelyn said to Aurelia with a cheerful grin.

“Just have a little, you won’t be able to finish such a big bowl.” Mabel’s heart swelled with joy the more she looked at Aurelia.

Aurelia was truly impressive.

Look at how little time has passed, yet Matthew has already fallen for her. At this rate, grandchildren wouldn’t be far off.

great-

When it came to women he didn’t fancy, Matthew wouldn’t even touch them, let alone look at them.

Otherwise, over these many years, given the position Matthew was in, the number of women entangled with him would have been no less than a few dozen, if not a hundred. She might have even had more than a dozen great–grandchildren by now.

However, no one could compare to Aurelia.

Aurelia picked it up and took a sip. The taste was mild and quite delicious. There was a subtle hint of herbal fragrance and faint sweetness to it.

It was clear that Evelyn had put her heart into making the stew.

“It’s delicious, thank you, Evelyn,” Aurelia immediately expressed her gratitude.

This wasn’t just a polite remark, the stew was genuinely delicious. She had initially thought that

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Luna and Gideon never paid much heed. They assumed that due to her youth and good health, she would recover quickly. They had never gone out of their

had

cared for

arrange for it to be delivered to the Starry Sea Mansion daily,” said Evelyn, who could tell

wanted to

Matthew arrived, what he saw was a scene

Mabel rolled her eyes in disdain. “What took

was somewhat busy this afternoon.”

the airport by noon? And then you rushed off to the company again? All you know is work. Spend more time with Aurelia when you’re

knew her own grandson all too well.

looked toward

her room. She couldn’t quite recall how he had made. the request, as she had just woken up and was still somewhat groggy. Her response was slow, but

he had to leave for a business trip. Consequently, they hadn’t seen each other for the past couple of days.

thought he would return only after a few days, but surprisingly,

noticed that Aurelia was looking at

also looked

your

the bowl in her hand,

nodded. “That’s good then.”

surprised that Matthew could actually

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be

when she heard Matthew’s words and

eager to whisk

why he was in such a

and unexpectedly, Aurelia was also

saying that

had been once young too.

her hands, shooing them away. “Off you go, off you go. I’m tired and need some rest. You two should head back to your own little

as an old lady, should stop being a third wheel between them.

slightly taken aback. Did Matthew have something to discuss with

else would he rush

by Mabel, the two left the Quigley

we rushing back

hadn’t had dinner

was to have dinner with Mabel at the Quigley residence that night.

eyes dimmed slightly, he was unsure how to respond. When he saw her at the Quigley residence, his immediate thought was to

a daze after he

Matthew broke the momentary silence. “Our company owns a barbecue

indeed been craving barbecue these past few days!” Aurelia exclaimed,

different types of dipping sauces was such a joy!

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