Hope It's Not Too Late to Love novel Chapter 617

Knowing that they'd be visiting, Alistair had made the preparations. Even so, he was quite surprised to see so many kids showing up before him all at once. "Nice to meet you all. Come over here." He looked at the kids fondly while beaming from ear to ear. These kids were all indescribably cute. At the sight of them, he loved them so much that he couldn't bear to part with them.

"Nice to meet you, Old Mr. Jones and Mr. William." Vania and Hanson greeted the Joneses out of courtesy before handing the presents in their hands to them. "I know that you like to play chess, so I specially brought you a chess set made of marble. I hope you'll like it." She designed the chess set by herself.

"Let me take a look." Alistair instantly became interested. After taking the box containing the chess set from her, he opened it immediately, and his eyes instantly lit up with surprise. "The chess set is indeed made of high-quality marble, and the design is unique. You’ve got a good eye, miss." This was his first time seeing such uniquely-styled chess pieces.

Vania replied, "You flatter me, Old Mr. Jones. How could ordinary chess sets be good enough for you?" She had to choose something of top quality to give to Alistair as a present, of course.

"Do you know how to play chess?" Alistair looked at Vania with interest. However, as soon as he looked at her, he was stunned. He hadn't looked closely just now. Only now did he feel there was something special about her, and he looked at her with apparent scrutiny.

Vania didn't expect the look in Alistair's eyes to change so greatly. She got somewhat suspicious; Liam also had such a look in his eyes when he saw her for the first time.

Sitting next to Alistair, William— Bryan's father—was startled as well. Why would she look so much like my sis? William ranked ten among his siblings, so he still remembered his sister very well.

Meeting their questioning eyes, Vania nodded. "I can play a little."

Upon hearing her voice, Alistair finally came to his senses and asked about something unrelated to the subject. "How old are you this year?"