Chapter 211

Lizetta fluttered her eyelashes and chuckled, “You know what I was thinking about? There was this one time I tied a tie for you. You still remember that, Remi?”

Remington’s Adam’s apple bobbed. Of course, he remembered, but that wasn’t what he wanted to hear.

He felt utterly let down and said coldly, “Nope, forgot.”

Lizetta smiled bitterly inside. She knew it, he must’ve totally spaced on it.

After all, it was a decade ago.

That day was his coming–of–age ceremony. The eldest son of the Dashiell family hitting adulthood was a big deal.

It signaled that the future helmsman of the Dashiell family was finally stepping up, ready to carry the weight of a new era on his shoulders.

Naturally, the ceremony had to be grand and filled with pomp.

The Dashiell family started prepping three months in advance, and that’s when she started bugging Remington about tying his tie on such a significant day..

She asked, and he agreed without a second thought.

For that, she consulted the servants, binge–watched tutorials online, and practiced on dummies, hell–bent on tying the slickest knot for him.

When the day finally came, he was decked out in a tailored tailcoat, looking all dapper and grown–up, like he’d morphed from a boy to a man overnight.

lost her marbles

and she nervously made her way to him, her cheeks all

by Hans for two years, and her growth spurt kicked in late,

tiptoes, practically jumping, still couldn’t reach Remington’s neck

and

you’re doing this on purpose! Bend down a bit!” she whined,

then finally bent down.

not the way she expected. He scooped her up

10 05

I’ll stop

but for some reason, she

getting antsy, came to check and blew a gasket at the

doing! Put her down,

didn’t put her down. Instead, he hugged her tighter and

your time,

still remembered his indulgent tone that day.

the courage to keep going with the tie.

her brother’s tie? That’s a wife’s job. Your future wife won’t be happy to

off with a

we’re better off without her. Besides, I am

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