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

that he was so calm when he talked about it. It was as though his heart

a sharp pain in her heart as though someone was piercing a needle through

him. If his family had been still around, then he

felt

just a child, and he had

always make

at me like that. I don’t need your

the most

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

If you want, you can consider

she wanted to take care

had

love, she decided to be

“Why don’t you dry your hair? What if you

around, and grabbed the hair

help you dry your

himself to refuse her when he saw the expectant

and sat down on the

to drying her kids’ hair, she was

was a little touched because no one had dried his hair for him except

when he

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