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?

some tricks up her sleeve. Xenia

was any double meaning in Ellinor’s words. If

relieved to see Ellinor’s expression

pulled it out like a gentleman,

daughter, Ellinor didn’t refuse Balfour’s kind gesture and naturally walked

was next to Alyssa, which was

saw Ellinor take her spot. She

to Grandma. That was too much! Ellinor was an

as Ellinor sat down, Balfour pulled out another chair

up a chicken wing with her fork, “Ellinor,

smiled politely, “Thank you, Grandma Alyssa. But there’s so much food, we cant

didn’t know what you liked, so we asked the kitchen to prepare

Eat whatever you like, and anything you don’t like, just have Balfour move it

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