Taken aback, Channing looked at Ashton, puzzled.

Ashton was not the least bit upset. He quickly got up and bowed in apology. “Sorry, Mr. Oberick. I’d always wanted to explain what happened at the hotel then, but I didn’t get the chance to. I’ll officially make amends to you today.”

Then, he took out the bracelet that Channing had given Rachel and returned it to him. “Actually, Scarlett is my wife. We just had some conflicts on the day that we ate in the hotel. We can’t accept this bracelet.”

Since it had come to this, I stood up and bowed in apology as well.

Channing seemed to still be a little stunned. He looked at me in a daze and said, “You guys…”

Just then, Nora spoke. “Don’t you understand yet, Grandpa? They had some conflicts before, which resulted in that big mess. But Mr. Fuller’s right. Grandma left that bracelet behind, so you can’t just give it away so casually. If you want to give them a gift, you can get them something else. The bracelet contains your memories with Grandma, so you shouldn’t just give it away.”

 

as he opened the box to look at the bracelet. He then looked at Ashton and me, who were still standing, and said, “It’s fine,

taken our seats, he continued, “It’s normal for married couples to fight once

 

at me and whispered, “I didn’t think that your handsome icy husband would be so humble in

was. His granitelike

down, he was actually a gentle and loyal person. He was patient with children and respectful and filial to his elders. Those were the qualities that

ago, when everything was in a mess and

silver bracelet may not look much now, but back then, it meant a lot to our friendship when we were gifted this. The old

had to take care of your father. When everything ended, we could have lived a good life from then on. But she’d been malnourished for too long, so her body had given up on her slowly. She’d always wished to take this bracelet to the daughter-in-law

wiped away the tears in the corner of his eyes. “I know this bracelet is not as valuable as those gold or jade ones, but it holds the memories of people of my generation. So we want to give it to you, in hopes that it will serve as a reminder to the two of you that no matter how tough life may be or whatever difficult problems you might face, the two of you will still have mutual understanding and

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