Selena looked at Gernard, her face scrunching up playfully. "Gernard, what's that supposed to mean? Are you saying you don't want an adorable, lively, beautiful sister like me?" She cupped her face with both hands, batting her eyes dramatically. Gernard gave a faint smile. "I don't mind, but someone else might."

"Huh?" Selena blinked, her eyes shifting toward Aveline.

Aveline shrugged, clearly staying out of it. That left only one person-Gavin.

Pouting slightly, Selena made up her mind. She would need to have a little chat with Gavin. Why wouldn't he want her in the family?

Wilfried and Gavin finally emerged from the study almost two hours later.

Waiting for them at the foot of the stairs, arms crossed, was Selena.

"Mr. Wilfried, it's getting late. You should head to bed," Selena said with a polite smile as she looked at Wilfried.

Wilfried chuckled, nodding in agreement. "Good idea. You all should get some rest too."

With that, he headed to his room, leaving Selena to focus her attention on Gavin.

"Mr. Cooper, do you have a moment for a chat?" she asked, fixing her gaze on him.

authority as he regarded her

response was short.

bar to

your opinion of me?"

at her, his

frustration. She couldn't just come out and demand what

her off, his voice cool. "If you've got something to

"Mr. Wilfried wants to take me in as his

bobbing slightly before he responded. "The Cooper family already

at Gavin, muttering, "You definitely have

spun on her heel and

was something about it that irritated him, though he wasn't

...

him into the living room, where Selena had already instructed Aveline, "I don't

before New Year's

word, she darted upstairs, frantically looking for a

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