“I’ll give you a checkup another day.”
Connor looked at her, concern softening his voice. “You have enough on your plate already. I don’t want you getting worn out. I found a doctor for myself. I’ll just let them take a look.”
Lydia blinked, putting two and two together. Miracle Hands. Connor was so determined to see this legendary doctor, she figured she might as well let him go for it.
“Alright, take care on the road,” she said.
Before leaving, Connor pulled her close, holding her gently for a moment. He pressed a kiss to her temple, lingering there, reluctant to let go. Then he finally released her and got into the car.
Aiden, waiting behind the wheel, watched the whole thing with a bit of envy. Connor and Lydia looked picture-perfect together. He’d already finished the assignment from the old man, though, so he didn’t dare sneak another shot.
As soon as Connor was settled, Aiden started the engine, ready to go, but Connor stopped him. “Wait.”
Aiden turned, puzzled. “What’s up, Boss?”
Connor took his time, pulling out his phone, tapping it a couple of times, then showing the screen to Aiden.
Aiden’s mind went blank in an instant.
“You took this?” Connor’s voice was calm and cold as usual.
Connor figured out that Aiden was the only one who could have taken the photo, especially from that angle.
“B... Boss...” His voice shook, his palms growing sweaty. He was done for. Was he about to get shipped off somewhere remote?
Meanwhile, Lydia’s group chat was exploding with messages. She couldn’t stand watching everyone overthink and gossip, so she tagged everyone and typed, [He’s my fiancé. We’re just seeing how things go.]
She smiled to herself as she put her phone away. The notifications blew up again. The old folks had nothing better to do and loved to gossip. For them, the group chat was just another way to pass the time.
Back inside, Lydia greeted everyone downstairs, then headed up to her room. She still had a lot to get done.
Garrett said his goodbyes, then went upstairs too. He stopped in front of Lydia’s door and knocked softly. “Lydia?”
Lydia heard him and quickly opened the door. “Garrett , what’s up?”
Garrett pulled a card from his pocket and handed it to her. “I’m leaving tomorrow afternoon. I wasn’t sure what you liked, so the gifts I bought were probably a little generic. Take this card. There’s fifty million on it. It’s not much, but you can buy whatever you want. Don’t be shy with me.”

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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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