Let Me Stay The Night

As the group entered the mansion, the butler and housekeepers helped unload gifts from the trunk of the car.

Once inside the living room, Lucas and Camila sat closely next to Christina, sneakily sizing up Timothy and behaving less lively than usual.

Timothy smiled gently and instructed the housekeeper to serve the beverages and snacks he had prepared in advance, all of which were Christina’s and the kids’ favorites.

“Have a taste. If you like the food, I can have the kitchen prepare them for you the next time you come over.”

Lucas and Camila stared longingly at the exquisite snacks on the table, but they didn’t dare to reach out for them, fearing that Timothy might scold them.

Noticing the unease between Timothy and the children, she swiftly stepped in to smooth things over. “Nathaniel is swamped with work and couldn’t spare the time to visit. During our vacation abroad recently. Lucas and Camila picked out a present for you.”

She patted her kids’ heads and said, “Go get the gift and show it to your granddad.”

Timothy couldn’t contain his joy as an exuberant smile spread across his face. “You should enjoy yourselves while on holiday instead of worrying about an old man like me.”

“After your health improves, we can all go together next time,” Christina chirped.

Lucas and Camila rarely ever refused Christina’s requests. They found the gift for Timothy from the pile of presents, and Lucas was tasked with the responsibility of handing it to Timothy. The boy uttered meekly, “Granddad, this is your present. Open it and see if you like it.”

“Of course, I like it. I love anything that you two gift me,” Timothy responded with a delighted grin, happily stretching out his hand to receive the present. He unfastened the ribbon outside the box, opened” it, and saw the set of emerald tea set.

Its exquisiteness was comparable to a valuable collectible.

had spent most of his life garnering in Hallsbay. His

gift Timothy a string of prayer beads, but Lucas and Camila mentioned that he liked tea sets, so she let them pick one.

and reminded sternly, “Take this tea set to my

the tea set away.

and the two children noticeably warmed. They no longer resisted getting close to him, even starting to answer his questions and sharing their

Camila

was set on fire. Have they caught the arsonist?”

to worry,” Christina replied with a smile. “Has anyone from the Gibson family been disturbing your peace recently?”

Gibson family had fallen apart, some branches of the family remained

Gibson family’s branches somehow learned about Timothy’s whereabouts and came to Jadeborough to stir

the previously agreed-upon division of assets and demanded a new agreement that they felt would be more

years ago, Timothy simply had his butler chase them away after hearing

scheme. They set up speakers outside the mansion and hung banners to defame Timothy as a defaulter

it to the police. Those people had to take a loss and leave dejectedly after being taken to the police station. Still, Christina couldn’t be certain if they would go behind her back and come looking for

up with such an idea.” Timothy scoffed. “I guess someone can’t stand me living well, and since they couldn’t lay a finger on me, they wanted to make my life miserable. You don’t have

to say, Christina fathomed who Timothy

any news from Yerek and Azure. Even Emilia’s disappearance had become

interact frequently. There’s no way they would easily give up on the forces backing Barnaby,” Christina meticulously analyzed Yerek and Azure’s trains of thought.

monetary source to fund him. Barnaby was a loyal lover,