Dean jumped in, siding with his grandson, “Balfour, you’re spot on! Xenia, you scared off my savior here, aren’t you going to apologize to her?”

Xenia was a proud woman. There was no way she’d apologize to a young girl like Ellinor.

But Dean had spoken. She had to listen, right?

With all her extensive knowledge and experience, she knew she needed to suck it up sometimes to get things done. She’d wait for the right moment to deal with Ellinor.

So, Xenia forced a smile and said politely, “Ms. Mendoza, I apologize. I didn’t realize your importance earlier and was disrespectful.”

Ellinor smiled back, “It’s okay. I know it wasn’t intentional. No one told you I was the guest today.”

Xenia’s smile froze. What was this girl implying?

Was she hinting that Xenia wasn’t important enough to be informed about the guest?

up her sleeve.

in Ellinor’s

apologized, Balfour was relieved to see

a chair, pulled it out like a gentleman,

Balfour’s kind gesture and naturally walked over to sit down.

seat was next to Alyssa, which was usually occupied by

fuming when she saw Ellinor take her spot. She nearly

Ellinor to sit next to Grandma.

as Ellinor sat down, Balfour pulled out

picked up a chicken wing with her fork, “Ellinor, are you

so much food, we cant possibly finish it all.”

you liked, so we asked the kitchen to

like, and anything you don’t

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