Chris just stared, lost for words.
Grandpa Samuel didn’t care one bit if Chris felt a little wounded. In his world, being single meant you basically didn’t count. He kept scrolling through the photo on his phone, each glance making him happier and happier. He really wanted to share this good news with someone who would get it, but his wife wasn’t around anymore. If she were, she’d be just as thrilled to see their oldest grandson finally paired up.
So, with a sigh, he did the next best thing. He sent the photo to his old friend, adding, “Carson, I finally have a granddaughter-in-law, hahaha!”
Aiden had taken the shot at just the right moment. The streetlights looked soft and dreamy. Underneath, a young couple stood hugging, faces turned just enough to catch their profiles. The whole scene felt straight out of a storybook.
Samuel had always worried that his grandson was too stiff, too cold, never the type to charm a girl or make her smile. Now, looking at this, maybe things weren’t so hopeless after all.
What Samuel didn’t know was that as soon as Carson got the photo, a certain group chat basically exploded.
Lydia had just sat down with everyone for dinner when her phone started ringing nonstop, like it had caught some kind of virus. The whole table looked her way. She smiled, switched the phone to silent, and checked her messages. It was blowing up in her “Retirement Crew” group chat.
Carson tagged everyone: [Guys, check this out. Is that our Lydia?]
The picture of the hug popped up, and the group chat went wild.
Charles said, [Oh my goodness! Is that really our Lydia?]
Kevin replied, [I put on my reading glasses and checked at least ten times. That has to be her!]
Finn chimed in, [Who’s this punk trying to steal our flower? I’ll deal with him myself!]
Asher added, [Wait, why does that guy look so familiar?]
Lydia just had to admire their energy. She scrolled to the top of the chat and looked at the photo, then sighed and glanced at Connor, who was sitting right next to her. It was a shot of her and Connor in front of her house, just a little while ago.
Who even took that photo? And how did it end up in her group chat?
Noticing the way she was looking at him, Connor leaned in and asked quietly, “What’s up?”
Lydia hesitated, then forwarded the photo to him.
Connor looked at his phone and froze.
Where did this photo come from?

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Olha a história bem boa só algumas coisas são chatas ( nesse tipo de história sempre troca as filhas pela a da empregada ou então pegam uma menina pra criar) pelo menos eles tratam a filha bem só enche o saco que até agora a Lucinda tá lá enchendo ! Fora isso tá bom Connor é um fofo a família dela a ama muito só Lucinda pra abaixar o nível do livro já era pra ter resolvido isso e fazer ela pagar mais tudo bem li um livro chinês que era parecido só algumas coisas diferentes ,ais mesma coisa tipo ela salvou o Connor no início lá ela salvava o avô dele , no chinês ela não tinha um irmão mais novo com os pais adotivos , a mãe dela tinha 2 irmãos e todos os avós estavam vivos mais história quase igual e tem coisas tipo o triângulo que lá TB tinha até a Lucinda que no chines TB ficou o livro todo aprontando só no final a família descobria e se livrava dela aí ela ia morar com o cara que ela usa pra disfarçar que não gosta do Connor aí depois ainda quase matava a irmã dele e a mãe dele que ele via como ela era...
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