Chapter 15: Never bear again

Instead of lingering in the awkward atmosphere, Imogen tried to put their attention to something else. She grabbed the dish near the older Marshall man and served it to him.

“Look, Grandpa. You love sweet and sour eggplant, right? You should try this.”

Her action lifted the mood. “Our dear Imogen remembers your favorite! I’m jealous!” The old woman exclaimed.

“You’re still the same sweet lady,” Grandpa Marshall uttered and picked the chopsticks, smiling. “Unlike some heartless person there who only makes me angry. I think his purpose is to frustrate me to death.”

However, instead of saying anything, the labeled “ungrateful” Troy remained silent.

“Grandpa, don’t say that you’ll live a long life.”

Imogen’s life was pretty eventful. Her parents were divorced, and her father got custody. It was because her mother did not want her at all. So years following their split, she had never met her

Mom.

Growing up, she witnessed her father being so busy with work while she was living in her

grandparent’s house in the countryside. But a few years later, they passed away one after another, and she was taken by her father once again.

Her miseries did not stop there because, at 16, her father also left, and she was utterly alone. That was when the older Marshalls, her now grandparents, came into the picture. They gave her warmth and a home to come back to.

She didn’t want to bear the pain of losing another loved one. That was why no

for Troy, the other three were exceptionally

to make the old man and the old lady happy. Looking at them from a third point of view, they appeared like

their faces.

were in the middle of sharing stories when one of the maids went near Imogen. “Miss Forbes’s arrival

the meal, Imogen accompanied Troy’s grandfather to play chess.

he basically taught her ways to gain good playing skills, and surprisingly, she made rapid progress. Even Grandpa Marshall himself dared not take her lightly as an opponent. He

You’re playing tricks,”

of the Marshalls apologetically laughed

they saw themselves laughing

going.

Imogen. I haven’t dropped the chess yet.” The old man rightfully squeezed the white piece back on the chessboard and placed it in another

you sure you’re placing it

Imogen, hesitated momentarily, and

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Never bear again.

black spot in her hand and laughed happily. “Grandpa, you

white one and threw Imogen’s black one back into the box. “No, no, no,

the energetic Imogen and then peeked at

his brothers, the older man always looked stern, but looking at his grandfather now, it seemed only Imogen

and proclaimed,

older man glanced over, and the smile on Troy’s

you go to pour water for

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