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

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

heart as though someone was piercing a needle through

family had been still around, then he would

eyes felt like a sting in

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

would always make

like that. I

that pity was the most hypocritical and

by his words. In fact, she was able to understand his feelings, so she patted him on the shoulder to comfort

you find the ring. If you want, you can consider me as your family,

she wanted to take

kid, who had lost his parents and had

instinctive maternal love, she decided to

Preston had just washed his hair, Eliana immediately asked, “Why don’t you dry your hair? What if you catch

she turned around, and grabbed the

you

not bring himself to refuse her when he saw the

on the

she was used to drying her kids’ hair, she was good at

was a little touched because no 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

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