Chapter 2666
“Mrs. Wace Sr. How have you been recently?” Tia asked. She looked embarrassed as she met Mrs.
Wace Sr.’s eyes.
“Don’t worry about it, Tia. I’m fine. Luna’s been here taking care of me. Please don’t pretend you’re fine
when you’re not in the future, okay? It’s worrying,” said Mrs. Wace Sr. with some agony in her voice.
Mrs. Wace Sr. had overheard that Tia had gotten pneumonia and was at the brink of death due to her
dy in getting treatment.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to worry everyone, especially Mrs. Wace Sr.” Tia had guilt written all over her
face.
THIS Stanley spoke up and warned, “If you don’t want anyone to worry about you, please tell us if there’s
anything troubling you.”
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“Well, enough about that. Everyone, let’s dig in,” he then said, pping to get everyone’s attention.
Everyone quickly changed the topic and started chatting amongst one another.
Tia sneakily took a nce at Stanley, an unreadable look was on her face.
‘Stanley had been taking care of me for the past two days. I must’ve been a hindrance to his work, but
nobody ever brought it up,’ Tia thought to herself. She suddenly felt pressure on her, though nobody
asked her upfront about her rtionship with Stanley.
“You’ve just been discharged from the hospital. You should be eating a healthy diet for the time being. No
greasy or fried food either,” said Stanley.
It was then that Tia realized that the dishid out in front of her was specially prepared for her.
“Thank you, Mr. Riddle,” said Tia in an awkward voice, her cheeks flushed red.
“Goodness! You guys have been friends for so many years. Why are you still addressing him like that?”
Gloria asked with a raised eyebrow.
bbergasted, Tia dropped her fork onto the table. “Pardon? n “Look at you, calling us so formally.
We’re out strangers, honey,” said Gloria.
She then turned to look at Nicole.” Nicole, you ought to do a better job in persuading her to stop
addressing us like that. It feels like there’s a gap between us.” She sighed.
“Mom, it’s actually no big deal,” said Nicole, dumbfounded by the situation.
‘It’s just how Tia isfortable in addressing everyone. Why should there be an issue about it?’ she
thought to herself.
“Of course you don’t care. That’s you, not me,” Gloria retorted. She rolled her eyes at Nicole angrily
before turning to look at Mrs. Wace Sr. “Mrs. Wace Sr., why don’t you decide? I don’t feel as
comfortable being addressed as Mrs.Riddle.”
Mrs. Wace Sr. was taken aback by the sudden inclusion into the conversation.
“Um…”
Mrs. Wace Sr. looked at Nicole for a while, reminiscing the days when she first adopted Nicole as one
of her own. Nicole had been under her care for the longest time and ever since Nicole’s disappearance a
few years ago. The Riddle family had stepped in and taken care of her but the issue at hand was tricky
for Mrs. Wace Sr.
“Tia, in all honesty, it doesn’t matter what or how you address anyone. I think you can try calling him his
name as a step forward,” said Gloria, making up her mind.
Nicole nodded along as she did not want to put up a fight with her mother.
“I’m here to take care of Mrs. Wace Sr. and…” Tia trailed off. ‘How can I simply just change the way
I’ve been calling him for so long? Stanley?’ “You can call me Gloria,” said Gloria, unable to restrain
herself. She noticed how much Stanley cared about Tia. If he had shown interest in Tia earlier on, she
would have set them up on a date. Instead, Gloria’s sudden input had made things far tooplicated.
Suddenly, Stanley spoke up, “Call me Stanley.”
Stanley was also kind of done with being called “Mr. Riddle” all the time. It was like a gift from above that
granted him this chance to correct her and break down the barriers between them.
All eyes were on Tia as they were looking at her expectantly. Tia bit her lip hard before taking a deep
breath. “Gloria, Stanley.”
“And me too!” chirped Daniel, understanding his wife’s intention and n.
Gloria’s face was filled with satisfaction and Daniel was grinning from one ear to the other.
“Daniel,” squeaked Tia.