Eliana felt a little scared when she saw how gloomy Preston was.

“Don’t be angry. I am sorry, okay? I should not have rummaged through your stuff without permission.”

Maurice’s anger dissipated after he heard her sincere apology.

Raising her head, Eliana looked around and continued, “Is this really your house?”

“Yes, but it used to be my parents’ house.”

There was a hint of nostalgic look in his eyes, which revealed his soft side.

The elders of his parents’ families had not approved of their marriage, so they had eloped and had lived in that house for a few years. Only after Maurice’s sister was born had his grandfather brought them back.

And the days that Maurice had spent in his parents’ house was the happiest time of his life.

Eliana rarely ever heard about his family, and she knew nothing about them, except for the fact that his mother had passed away.

“What about your other family members? And this girl, is she your younger sister?”

Eliana’s eyes were gleaming with curiosity as she pointed at the photo.

Maurice kept silent for a long time, and just when she was convinced that he was not going to answer her, he said, “They are all gone.”

was shocked to

was so calm when he talked about it. It was as though his heart was dead from the great pain of losing

sharp pain in her heart as though

pitied him. If his family had been still around,

eyes felt like a

away when he was just a child, and he had been met

would always make him

look at me like that. I don’t need your

was the most hypocritical and useless thing

was able to understand his feelings, so she patted him

help you find the ring. If you want, you can consider me as your family, and I will

mother of two kids, she wanted to take care of Preston, who

poor kid, who had

she decided to be

immediately asked, “Why don’t you dry your hair? What if you catch a

turned around, and grabbed the hair dryer. Then she stared at him

me help you dry your

could not bring himself to refuse her when he saw the expectant

on the bed quietly, letting her dry his

used to drying her kids’ hair, she was good

a little touched because no one had dried

felt the long lost peace. Only when he was with her was he able to let his guard down and

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