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Chapter 136

Chapter 136:

“‘What do you mean?” Milford scratched his head, puzzled by Bryan’s question.

Bryan set down the sandwiches and grabbed a bottle of milk from the fridge, motioning toward the bar counter behind Milford. “Grab two glasses,” he instructed.

Milford turned, retrieved two glasses from the counter, and observed as Bryan poured milk into them, a flicker of realization dancing across his face.

He said, “You are going to tell me she’s some kind of genius tutor and that I should gladly start taking tutoring sessions from her, right? Not a chance! Studying is not my thing.”

In the dining room, Milford and Bryan’s interaction seemed peaceful on the surface, yet there lingered an undercurrent of pressure, emanating from Bryan.

Considering Bryan had been taking care of him, Milford got a little flustered about the harsh words he had just said.

However, Bryan did not find Milford’s words harsh at all.

After finishing pouring the milk, Bryan resumed his seat, taking a leisurely sip.

“I didn’t say that; I was merely curious about your opinion of her. If you don’t like her, I can arrange for a different tutor,” Bryan said casually.

Eileen wasn’t the first tutor Bryan had hired for Milford; he had already gone through a slew of them in an attempt to set Milford on the right path.

Milford reflected on his past encounters with tutors, each attempting to impart wisdom and persuade him to study.

Yet, they had all eventually given up, citing his stubbornness to Bryan upon departure.

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Milford felt Eileen was different from them.

He said, “No need for that. Too much hassle switching tutors. I won’t study anyway.”

To his surprise, Bryan simply continued eating, seemingly unfazed by his declaration.

Once he finished his sandwich, Bryan wiped his mouth and raised an eyebrow at Milford. “Then continue butting heads with Eileen. If you can’t wear her down, maybe it’s time you consider hitting the books. And if you manage to convince her to give up, I’ll handle your sister for you.”

Milford’s eyes widened at the unexpected offer. Was Bryan really giving him free rein?

“‘Bryan, are you serious about this?” Milford asked.

Bryan met Milford’s gaze with a solemn expression. “‘Do I look like I’m joking?”

“‘Alright, deal. So, if I manage to pull it off, you’ll let me off the hook for good?” Milford sought confirmation.

Bryan pondered for a moment before responding, “I promise not to come after you myself, but I can’t guarantee your sister will do the same.”

“‘She can’t reach me without your help.” Milford grinned, popping the remainder of his sandwich into his mouth and giving Bryan a thumbs-up.

In high spirits, he cleared his plate and darted upstairs, already plotting his strategy to make Eileen give up.

Meanwhile, Eileen mulled over strategies to change Milford. She suddenly thought of Adalina.

She later arrived at Denzel’s home for tutoring. While Denzel stayed at home, his wife went out to play cards with her friends as usual.

“Miss Curtis, my apologies for my wife’s earlier behavior. She’s easily misled. Once she understood, she went back to her card games. Please overlook her actions,” Denzel apologized to Eileen on his wife’s behalf.

warmly. “Mr. Vance, your wife’s skepticism only

Curtis. I assume there’s a reason behind your

small talk,

of the house was not very spacious, but the decor

designated for Adalina’s piano practice, studies, dance

Adalina was a graceful girl with a slender figure and attractive

on fumes before she knew

to tutor her

the necessary materials and was patiently waiting for

the materials I left with your mother last time?” Eileen

instructions on Adalina’s homework. An hour had passed before they took a brief

used to be classmates. Is that

used to live in the same neighborhood until my family moved. After that, we only saw each

share anything about him?” Eileen asked, placing a

talking about Milford, but she obliged, “Sure. We’ve been neighbors since childhood. My mother always warned me to stay away from him, claiming his family was too focused

offered Eileen insight into

adopted by a wealthy family shortly after Milford’s birth. It was rumored that the wealthy family had given a significant amount of money to the Murrays. Unfortunately, Milford’s parents had recklessly spent the money without

his parents lived lavishly, he

his grandmother dutifully. However, her passing had left

school, with his indifferent

peer lived in the same neighborhood as Milford. They could always hear Milford’s

argued day in and day out, but

the neighbors, chatting about

into this newfound tranquility, tragedy struck—both of them

an eye on him,

among the riffraff loitering

Eileen heard of Milford’s parents’ deaths, a chill ran down

“Now I get it. His life has been

“Okay,” Adalina replied.

hour slipped by. After wrapping up the tutoring session, Eileen summarized the key points of the

excel in his studies. He was way ahead of me. You’ll help

earnest as they

and then patted Adalina’s head. “Absolutely. You two used to be

to walk home together,” Adalina blushed and lowered her head, lost in

was set on helping Milford turn

at home, sleep eluded Eileen. She retrieved the cracked bead with the red string from her

bore scars. Yet, it still had some of its

used adhesive to repair the bead and

was one piece, returning to

smile, Eileen put it back into her bag, then busied herself preparing

never use them, she insisted on bringing the necessary materials with

Friday morning arrived.

room, Eileen spotted

Curtis, could you do

Eileen slowed

to add you on WhatsApp,”

was taken

she looked at Emmett in

just graduated and started here. My mom’s worried. She came by just now to talk

wanted assurance that Emmett was in

let her add