Spoiled by Eight Uncles

When Ivan saw Lilly staring at him with large shining eyes, he immediately stiffened his spine and straightened up, pursing his lips slightly. “What now?”

Lilly counted busily on her fingers before exclaiming, “Wow! Ivan, this is the most number of words you’ve ever spoken! That’s so cool!” All along, she had been under the impression that he could only speak five words at a time!

Ivan just stared at her, lost for words. He thought she would compliment him for knowing so much…

Jonas smiled faintly, then shifted to a more comfortable position and propped his chin against his palm, watching the two little rascals. Children were children, after all, and they came up with the oddest observations.

**

Once the ribbon-cutting ceremony finished, Lilly fell asleep because she had eaten too much.

While Jonas carried her carefully, Anthony came over and took off his dress jacket, draping it over her sleeping form. The two men slipped past the barrage of cameras everywhere on the red carpet, carefully shielding their precious little burden. Bidding Colton goodnight, they made their way to their car and departed.

Ivan stood at the entrance, quietly watching as the two Crawford brothers drove off.

“Let’s go, son!” Colton told him.

Ivan sighed and took a last look at the car vanishing in the distance. If he met Lilly again, he would give her two sweets. Two, because she liked eating them, and not three because he was afraid she might get cavities…

A short, chubby middle-aged man stood beside the Shaws’ car. With a smile, he bid Colton goodnight. This gentleman was very short, standing only around five feet four or so. The buttons of his dress jacket strained against his rotund beer belly; they looked as if they would pop off any moment.

This was Valentine Taylor, the CEO of Taylor Entertainment.

Valentine’s mother had given birth to two sets of twins, all boys. During her third pregnancy, she had hoped for a daughter and had named the child in her womb “Valentine” for luck.

However, the baby turned out to be a boy instead.

had not bothered to think of another

Valentine’s shoulders eased considerably. “That little Crawford brat…” Something enigmatic flickered in his

had fallen ill with some bizarre sickness, and Valentine had heard the story of how Lilly had literally brought young Ivan Shaw back from the dead. Furthermore, everyone present had witnessed the

he would have a chance to invite the little Crawford devil

to come over immediately and bake a cake for her on the spot. Just remember that the Little Miss can’t have anything too sweet, and she doesn’t like chocolate, but she loves cakes that have lots of

something like this need to

**

she was being stared at. She turned and squinted, then realized that an old woman was standing in front of her. This old lady was dressed in what seemed to be a green vintage dress, and her

startled that she woke up immediately. Her eyes sprang

Pablo a shock, and he

I saw an old granny

was startled. “What

she described the old lady. “Her eyes were all sunken in and

her before?”

shook her

hard. A woman with sunken eyes, hollow cheeks, and

Previously, Ivan Shaw had appeared in Lilly’s dream because she had actually seen him in

meant that the souls of the dead were beginning to come in search of

asked, “Tulip, have you dreamed about anything

Her master’s expression seemed

dream about anything in future, you must tell me, okay?” Pablo told her. Looking conflicted, he asked, “Do

with a yawn, “Of course I do! Master, are you trying to test me? Mommy asked you to come…” Of course she still remembered what

meeting with Jean Crawford had been mere coincidence; he had agreed to take Lilly under his wing for a while, and that would be it. After

As for today…

that a bright red annotation had appeared under Lilly’s

an ability like this only possible if one were the Ruler of

that he had encountered the

the jar