“We’ll see,” Lydia said, her voice steady and calm.
Chris was about to ask something else, but his phone started ringing. He checked the screen. It was his grandfather, Mr. Jefferson.
“You brat! You went to pick up Lydia. Why aren’t you back yet?”
Chris laughed sheepishly. “Grandpa, we’re right at the front gate. We’ll be upstairs in just a minute.”
Mr. Jefferson’s mood instantly lifted. “Good, good. Bring Lydia up. I can barely wait.”
“Got it,” Chris replied.
After the call, Mr. Jefferson turned to Connor, who was lying in the hospital bed, still glued to his phone. He tapped his cane hard against the floor.
“Connor! You know your eyes aren’t great. Why are you always on that phone? Lydia will be here any minute. I’m telling you, you better behave yourself. She’s gorgeous and smart, you know that?”
Connor finally set his phone aside and looked up. “Didn’t you already send Mikey and Chris after her? I’ll just stay out of it. If people find out I am competing with my own brothers for the same girl, I’ll be the laughingstock of the family.”
Mr. Jefferson snorted. “Don’t try to get out of this. You were supposed to be engaged to Lydia in the first place. Now I’m letting Mikey and Chris have a shot, too. If you back out, you think they’ll just give up? No way. All three of you are in. Whoever Lydia chooses, that’s it. That’s the fairest way.”
Connor sighed and threw back the blankets, swinging his legs off the bed.
Mr. Jefferson frowned. “Where are you going?”
Connor shrugged. “Isn’t Miss Norwood coming? I should at least look presentable.”
“That idiot! That ungrateful brat! No wonder he’s twenty-eight and still single!”
Chris blinked. What was so wrong with being single? Why did his grandpa always have to take it out on single guys?
Lydia didn’t mind being single, either. Honestly, there were worse things.
“Grandpa? What happened?” Chris asked, poking his head into the room.
Mr. Jefferson turned around, still fuming, but as soon as he spotted Lydia standing quietly behind Chris, his whole demeanor changed. Suddenly, he was all smiles, taking in her calm, graceful presence and striking looks.
“Grandpa Samuel,” Lydia greeted, her voice gentle and polite.

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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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the next chapter is exciting...
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