Smiling, L rified, "Well, I''m sure Kieran did that for Noah."
Nicole chuckled in amusement and patted L on the back of her hand. "You''re still young. There are things you don''t understand.
"So, that means Noah and L grew up together. No wonder they''re close." Ruby set her eyes on the photo of Noah—a proud, defiant teenager with a bruised face and a frown.
Nicole pondered, "Noah has always wanted a little sister or brother. He was so excited about L joining our family. Before she arrived, he had spent his time preparing gifts for her, but only gifts that boys would like.
"His grandma advised him to get a bracelet, and he did. L is a thoughtful girl. Even when she no longer has any use for the gifts, she still keeps them around."
L was surprised that Nicole knew. She had indeed kept all the gifts from the Morgans, but she never told anyone about that.
A thought struck her. Perhaps, Nicole had discovered the gifts when clearing out her bedroom after she moved out of the Morgan residence.
"Is that so?" Ruby sounded interested. "May I take a look at them?"
L assumed that Ruby was the most interested in Kieran''s wee gift. She agreed, "Sure. Kieran bought me a dress at that time. I''ll show you."
"Hm. Is that dress nice?"
Ruby''s question confirmed L''s guess. People were only interested in everything rted to their crush.
However, L felt that the topic of conversation might border on indecency. After all, the dress was a gift from the opposite sex. In the past, L could have framed it as a gift from an older rtive in the family. But now that she had married Kieran, the meaning of the gift seemed to have changed.
She was about to change the topic when Nicole answered, "Oh, Kieran has good taste. He basically vetted all the clothes L bought over the years."
Today, L showed up in a pink down jacket. She had taken off the jacket to reveal a white sweater paired with a ck velvet maxi skirt. The skirt was in but well-fitting, adding a touch of coziness to her appearance.
When Ruby looked at L, L immediately felt awkward. L began, "This is—"
Ruby chuckled softly. "Kieran does have great taste. Let''s check out those gifts now."
L nodded and dropped the topic, d to see that Ruby remained quite rxed and cool about it.
They went upstairs. Ruby stared at the dress from behind a dress designed for young girls-and nodded. "Kieran has good taste. Even now, the dress doesn''t look old fashioned at all."
L responded with a faint smile and a nod without continuing that conversation. Thankfully, Ruby did not have more questions about the dress. Instead, Ruby''s gaze had drifted to a small box.
She opened the box. "This is a bracelet from Kieran. It has lemon charms on it. He told me that it represented the saying: When life gives you lemons, make lemonade."
The lemons, made from gold, looked exquisite and cute. They were strung together with a red string with a few bright yellow sapphires for decoration.
"May I take it out for a look?" asked Ruby.
L nodded, feeling surprised at Ruby''s interest in the bracelet over the dress.
Ruby checked out the bracelet before carefully cing it back. Shemented, "I didn''t know Kieran had already developed such good taste back then."
They checked out some other gifts and left for the first floor. L, noticing a vacuum sk that Nicole had packed, asked, "Aunt Nicole, are you delivering this to Uncle Alfredo?"
"Yeah. He''s not in the pink of health. I don''t want him eating outside food, so I''m sending some homemade food for him."
"I''ll get it to Uncle Alfredo." L took the food from Nicole. "It''s easier for me to deliver it in my car. You stay home with the guest."
Nicole nced at L but did not decline the offer. "Drive safe, then." Nodding, L picked up the food and left. She drove all the way to Wilmer Tower. The front desk staff who recognized her immediately told her Alfredo''s floor.
Suddenly, L turned around and asked the staff, "Is Mr. Klime in the office today?"