Love At The Right Price

Chapter 16

A troubled look came over Tim’s face when he saw the old woman before him crying. Why is she crying? After a moment’s hesitation, he went up and eyed Elle with scrutiny, asking warily, “Are you my dad’s grandma?”

“That’s right. I’m your dad’s grandma.” Elle brightened up again after wiping her tears away. My great grandson is so bright and clever. I have to take him back to the Holt Residence and raise him properly, she thought.

Tim stared at Elle quietly without saying a word. Now that I look at her, she does look a bit like Daddy, he thought. His eyes, which were the spitting image of Frank’s, darkened. “My mom told me that many human traffickers say the same thing to fool kids like me. You say you’re my dad’s grandma. In that case, who is my dad? What is his name, and where is he working?”

Unaware of what Tim was up to, Elle replied without the slightest hesitation, “Your dad is Frank Holt, the heir of Cloud Industries. His company is the tallest and most magnificent building at Deacon Town’s financial center. Am I right, Timmy?” Then, she took out the photo she had prepared beforehand and showed it to the boy.

was a company owned by a distinguished upper-class family of financial magnates. An economic newspaper had once reported that the Holts were so rich they might not even realize how rich they were. Well, if it’s Cloud Industries… Tim curled his lips. Okay, only such an outstanding father could be good enough for

be wary of strangers. She said to Laura next to her, “Look! Our

“Yes, Old Madam. Little Master is a child of the Holt Family,

toward Tim. “Timmy, come home

convinced that the old woman before him was his great-grandmother. But Great-Grandma only asks me to go home with

the boy might not end up becoming his wife. After pondering for a moment, Elle knitted her brows. “Your mom’s not a decent woman. Let’s have another woman as your mother

annoyance at Elle’s words. “Mommy’s the best mother in the world! She loves me more than anyone else does. I wouldn’t have grown up until now if it weren’t for her working hard to provide for me,”

apple of my eye!