Chapter 787

He picked up his phone, thought for a moment, and decided to call Holden.

But Holden didn’t pick up.

lan took a deep breath, went quiet for half a minute, then said to Jeff, “Call the people at Raymond Mansion and tell them I’m coming over for dinner tonight.” Jeff immediately went off to do just that.

Seven o’clock in the evening.

lan arrived at Raymond Mansion on the dot.

Holden was playing chess alone on the sofa, with many pieces already on the board, indicating the game was nearing its end.

He saw Holden about to move a piece back and couldn’t help but say, “Once a move is made, there’s no taking it back.”

Unexpectedly, Holden looked up at him.

“Yeah, once a move is made, there’s no taking it back. So why are you here tonight?”

He could see right through lan’s intentions.

?

All because he thought Maja would listen to Holden, so he came to seek Holden’s help.

L

lan lowered his eyelashes and placed his gift on the table.

“Grandpa, this is the painting you’ve always wanted. I had it bought at a high price from abroad.”

Holden raised an eyebrow and took a look.

unwilling to sell it. lan had to put in quite an effort to get his

bit of wealth abroad, so much so that

the painting down with satisfaction but didn’t mention Maja. Instead, he cheerfully called

you to come back and keep me company

grandson had come back, he didn’t spell it out.

abroad early just to play

to meet Maja and even saying countless times he didn’t like her, even showing strong

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had invested a lot of time back then, only for this kid to finally have a change of heart now.

Too late.

dutifully served a bowl of soup

least you know how

drink the soup, lan began to disclose the purpose of

you in the hospital for a while? Grandpa, you have her

Holden had said he would show him the photos, saying Maja was

this woman at the

had looked at the photos then, he wouldn’t have

regretted it

mean

had the butler

in front

was Maja when she first started college, with

was wearing a simple white shirt and jeans, and her lively aura was seemingly about to burst from the

never seen Maja at this stage before and felt as if his heart had

Holden say, “Maja is very kind. If she hadn’t saved me, I would have died then. She took me to the hospital and took care of me, even asking for

the photo tightly but afraid he might crumple it with his strength, so

to the butler and asked, “Do you have scissors?”

what he needed scissors for but quickly

front of Holden, lan cut the photo directly, even cutting

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