Grandpa George blushed in embarrassment. He waited till Elena stopped laughing, then said to Logan, “Good boy. Can we get in now?”
Logan smiled, “Of course.”
Elena wiped the tears because of her big laughter and turned to the parrot. It was so adorable, standing in George’s arms. It didn’t fear her and flew to her shoulder, repeating, “I like you; I like you; I like you!”
Elena stiffened and didn’t move even a little, afraid that it would fly away! But she waited and the parrot seemed to want to be near her. She then started walking and got into the villa.
George smiled. “The parrot grew up here. But I’ve never seen that it likes someone so much. you are the first.”
“So what’s its name?” Elena led the parrot to standing on her palm as George did.
“Dove.”
“Dove?!” A parrot was named Dove? Elena tried hard to hold back her laughter.
George knew what she was thinking and answered, “Dove was so silly at first. It just clucked and couldn’t imitate any words. I thought it was a fake parrot!”
Elena smiled again and played with Dove with her fingers. And the little thing pecked slightly on her finger and used its head to touch her hand, showing its great affection to her.
“Grandpa George, Logan! You’re here!” Yolanda appeared suddenly and said to them with a smile.
But she ignored Elena on purpose. George frowned at her and said, “Where is your manner?”
Yolanda was reluctant to call Elena but she had to. “Hello, Elena!”
Elena wasn’t annoyed and answered. “Hi, Yolanda. I have a little gift for you.”
Elena passed the envelope to Yolanda. She took it and pretended to be surprised. “Thank you so much! You are so generous!”
She opened it and stopped smiling after seeing the check with Jacqueline’s signature.
Elena said with a smile. “You seem unhappy? You don’t like my gift?”
“No, no!” She denied and now started to look at Elena really carefully. Elena was smarter than she thought.
Grandpa George didn’t know what was happening between them, but blamed Yolanda for showing such a unhappy look. “Just take it and Thank Elena. It’s so nice of her to prepare a gift for you. But you missed their wedding just because of a fashion show in Paris!”
“Grandpa George!” Yolanda was holding his arm and explained for herself., “I didn’t mean it! It was a rare opportunity for me!”
“Save it and grow up. If you are free, you should learn from you brother and work hard!” George took the chance and tried to persuade her.
“Dad, you misunderstood her. Yolanda wants to work hard but she got no voice in the company. What can she do?” Jacqueline happened to hear this and defended her daughter.
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