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

talked about it. It was as though his heart was dead from

as though someone was piercing a

still around, then he would not have

felt like a sting

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

that would always

that. I don’t

that pity was the most hypocritical and useless thing

fact, she was able to

worry. I won’t leave you before I help you find the ring. If you want, you can consider me

take care of Preston, who had lacked a mother’s

her eyes, he was a poor kid, who had

her instinctive maternal love, she decided to be nicer

had just washed his hair, Eliana immediately asked, “Why don’t you dry your

grabbed the hair dryer. Then she

you

not bring himself to refuse her when he

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

used to drying her kids’ hair, she was

had dried his hair for

peace. Only when he was with her was he able to let his guard down and enjoy a moment

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