Chapter 564:

After all, he believed that Maia’s boyfriend was Melanie’s dad, Hurst! Hurst was way older than Maia — nothing like what Kathie probably expected. This kind of situation might be hard for Kathie to accept at first.

But Ethan saw it another way. He’d read somewhere that older men tended to be more caring with women.

As long as the guy truly cared for his sister Maia, Ethan figured there was no problem at all.

With that in mind, he quickly jumped in, saying, “Maia, I got you a birthday present too.”

Ethan’s cheeks turned red, and he looked shy, managing to pull Kathie’s focus away.

Kathie looked at Ethan but spoke to Maia. “Ethan went out of his way to find this gift for you. He spent the whole day on it.”

Maia’s eyes lit up with excitement. “What kind of gift?”

Ethan stood up, empty-handed, scratching the back of his head. “I wasn’t sure when you’d get back, so I hid it away first. Give me a moment.”

turned and headed to his

hands. The box looked pretty heavy, and Maia

was opened, Maia’s face froze for a brief moment.

between Ethan

“Ethan, is this…?”

gⲁ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀.𝖼0𝗺, 𝓂𝒶𝓇𝒸𝒽 𝒽𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃 𝗈𝗇

was a clay sculpture

kids. One kid was a boy with short hair; the other was a girl whose long hair fell over her

She was certain that the girl represented her, and the boy beside her was

us,” Ethan said softly as Maia’s hand

figure. “Mom always loved wearing dresses. I asked the sculptor to make it just

the candles with Ethan and

In her dreams, her parents’ faces had always been blurry, but now they

his sister cry for the first time, he asked, “Maia, why

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