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

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

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

his family had been still around,

sympathy in her eyes felt like a sting in his

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

would always make

like that. I don’t need your pity,” he

that pity was the most hypocritical and useless thing

his words. In fact, she was able to

before I help you find the ring. If you want, you can consider me as your

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

eyes, he was a poor kid, who had lost his parents and had to grow up all

by her instinctive maternal love, she decided to

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

his response, she turned around, and grabbed the hair dryer. Then she stared at him with gleaming

you

himself to refuse her when he saw the expectant look in her

the bed quietly, letting her dry

was used to drying her kids’

a little touched because no one had dried his

peace. Only when he was with

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