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.

he had spent most of his life garnering in Hallsbay. His poor health also made it impossible for

Christina planned to gift Timothy a string of prayer beads, but Lucas and

up the tea set, called over his butler, and reminded sternly, “Take this tea set to my study. Be extra

the

two children noticeably warmed. They no longer resisted getting close to him, even starting to answer

and Camila played

I heard your studio was set on fire. Have they caught the arsonist?” Timothy asked concernedly.

been resolved. You don’t have to worry,” Christina replied with a smile.

fallen apart, some branches of the family remained

ago, members of one of the Gibson family’s branches somehow learned

of assets and demanded a new agreement that they felt would be more equitable. They also requested Timothy to

since settled the debt from fifteen years ago, Timothy simply had his

a devious scheme. They set up speakers outside the mansion and hung banners to defame Timothy as a defaulter who refused to repay his

people had to take a loss and leave dejectedly after being taken to the police station. Still, Christina

have come 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.

Christina fathomed who Timothy was referring to

been a long time since Christina had received any news

assets Nigel had transferred overseas were intercepted by someone midway. Yerek and Mrs. Lazuli’s relationship isn’t as good as before, but they interact frequently. There’s no way they would easily give up on the forces backing Barnaby,” Christina meticulously analyzed Yerek and Azure’s trains

source to fund him. Barnaby