How could it be him?

Where's mom?

Yuri was right on their heels.

Eltham opened the passenger door, gently tapping Brittany on the shoulder. "Bri, we're here."

Brittany, deep in sleep, woke up with a murmur, lifting her hand to rub her eyes, unbuckling her seatbelt, and slowly getting out of the car. "Thanks for the ride home."

Eltham, ever the gentleman, folded the blanket neatly. "Get some rest early tonight."

"You too."

Seeing this, Daniel's eyes welled up with tears, and he rushed to Brittany's side, hugging her. "Mom, how come you're with Uncle Eltham?"

"Mom was at a dinner party with him tonight," Brittany gently pinched her son's cheek. "Say goodbye to Uncle Eltham."

Despite his dislike for Eltham, Daniel, in front of Brittany, still managed a polite, "Uncle Eltham, goodbye."

Eltham looked down, smiling gently. "Goodbye."

side, started the car, and

Brittany, holding Daniel's hand, approached Yuri. "Dad, why are you

was worried, waiting for you to come

softly.

him, Brittany didn't get him to sleep until late into the night.

"Come here."

knew he had something

watched your competition today," Yuri said gravely. "You

indeed had a talent, perfectly inheriting

"Dad, I'm sorry."

been causing you

my only daughter. Don't talk like that. Everything I do is for

"About your engagement with Eltham, it's an injustice to you. Do whatever you

him, Brittany wouldn't have had to humble herself and

got up, knelt before Yuri, and

openly break off, the Lynette family would be the first to suffer. She had hesitated, not wanting to drag the Lynette family down,

transferring through his palm.

a while, and only when she felt sleepy did she stand up. "Dad,

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