Though Anya kept saying Rosalie should divorce her annoying younger brother, when they actually did that, Anya was still part of the family.


    felt


    uneasy


    sy and wished Rosalie


    A gleam of their reconciliation kept shining in Anya''s brain since noticing Julian''s life hadn''t been all that great since the divorce.


    Julian, however, didn''t expect Anya to bring it up. For a moment, he even hoped Rosalie mighte and, for Anya''s sake, agreed to patch things up


    with him


    However, Linda''s inappropriatements shut down Anya, his fiery and unreasonable older sister.


    So, he gave Linda a cold, herce stare.


    This terrified Linda. The sudden guilt from nowhere made her quickly duck her head and dive into her meal


    "If you want her toe here so bad, why doart you call her yourself? Why me?" Julian said.


    Though Julian pretended to still hate Rosalie, his grip on the knife and fork tightened. His eyes hinted at tension and anticipation.


    Anya was speechless at his hypocrisy and suddenly lost interest in bringing Rosalie to this family dinner.


    That was mainly due to Linda''s words, which really affected Anya. She hesitated but ultimately decided against calling Rosalic.


    "Forget it. Rosalie won''te anyway," said Anya.


    It was julian''s turn to be speechless.


    For a moment, he almost couldn''t resist the urge to grab Anya''s shoulders and shake them, shouting, "Make that phone call please."


    Kaleb, sitting beside Anya, silently observed Julian''s erratic gaze, his cheeks aching from the effort of suppressing hisughter.


    He thought. Julian clearly harbors deep feelings for Rosalie, but he refuses to admit it. Imagine if your ex-wife were to leave you for someone else then you''d be the one crying


    This Christmas dinner, which was supposed to be a joyful gathering, left Julian feeling quite uneasy. Several times, he almost gave in to the urge to call Rosalie but ultimately refrained.


    Meanwhile, the Graham family arrived at Edward''s hometown, Mudville, the very night before, because they took a private ne.


    It was not an exaggeration to say that Edward was the pride of the entire impoverished Mudville.


    Marville was a quintessential impoverished mountain vige. However, in recent years, the state government had vigorously pushed for the development of such viges. Roads and modern factories had been constructed, and several enterprises had invested in mountain tourism Consequently, this once-poor vige gradually thrived.


    Especially after Edward took off, he decided to showcase his sess by building roads in the vige. Additionally, since his private jet required a Landing pad. he specifically cleared a plot ofnd in the mountaim to amodate his ne.


    When the vigers spoke of him, their words were tinged with both envy and jealousy.


    On this y, the Graham family was enjoying their Christinas dinner at home as usual, basking in the envious and admiring nces of the vigers


    who raine du visit.


    That was when Rosalie received a Christmas greetings call from Anya. She stepped out onto the balcony to take it.


    "Edward, why dorsy


    s your ex-wife''s niece keeping to our hometown jo celebrate Christmas every year? Doesn''t she have her own family to share this special day with?" The speaker was Phyllis cousin, Grace Junes, who hailed from Mudville as well.


    In order to ingratiate herself with udia the mistress of the Graham family,


    Cirare seized the moment when Rosalie was absent to bring up this matter, hoping that udia would remember her favor and possibly secure some future blia for her son.