This interruption recurred, but Ariana took it in stride.

“It’s alright,” she assured him, “Attend to your family. We’re fine here.”

With a brief nod and an apologetic look, Mitchel dashed off.

Melon, in the meantime, sat engrossed in the grandeur around him.

When he tried to place his juice back on the table, a slight miscalculation resulted in it cascading over Ariana’s skirt.

“I’m so sorry, Mommy!” Melon’s eyes widened in alarm.

“It’s alright, darling,” Ariana consoled, patting her wet skirt.

here and behave while I

his mother make her

to the terrace. And there, in

sight of the recognizable silhouette, her astonishment bubbled

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“Judy?” she breathed out.

astonishment

to

Judy’s heart had ached for Ariana throughout. Fate, however, had kept their paths

struggled to hold back

did you come to be with the Chadwicks?”

Judy replied, “After the Anderson mansion was sold, we, the staff, were all let go. But fortune smiled on me when a friend introduced me to the Chadwicks. I’ve been serving as their housekeeper since

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