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.”

shocked to

it. It was as though his heart was dead from the great pain of losing his

heart as though someone was

still around, then

in her eyes felt like a

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

that would always

like that. I don’t

was the most

by his words. In fact, she was able to understand his feelings, so she

I won’t leave you before I help you find the ring. If you want, you can consider me as your family, and I will take care of

a mother of two kids, she wanted to take

eyes, he was a poor kid, who had lost his parents and

love, she decided to be nicer to

Eliana immediately asked, “Why don’t you dry your hair? What

she turned around, and grabbed the hair dryer. Then she

you dry

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

over and sat down on the bed quietly, letting her dry his

drying her kids’ hair, she

one had

hand caressed his hair, Maurice felt the long lost peace. Only when he was with her was he able to let his guard down and enjoy a

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