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Ste took a sip from <b>the </b>ss on her nightstand. Just then, Abraham walked in and immediately caught the sly gleam in her
This little troublemaker–tobar mischief <b>was </b>she up to note!
He couldn’t hear the other end of the call, but he did hear Ste say, “Toote for you to beg me now. Whoever wants to live here better start begging him.”
With that, she ended the call–because she <b>saw </b><b>Abraham </b>standing there
He was holding a tray of fruit–bright, juicy, inviting,
Ste rolled out of bed.
<b>Abraham </b>set the tray on the nightstand <b>and </b>reached out to touch her forehead. “No fever.”
She huffed. “I’m not like you, drinking and waking up with a fever.”
His eyes curved <b>into </b>a smile. “Who was on the phone just now?”
“Ethan.
Abraham’s smile froze <b>ever </b>so slightly.
“What does he want?”
Ste picked up a piece of fruit and popped it in her mouth. “He found <b>out </b>you’re the owner of Verdant Vi. Wants me to introduce you. Mm-”
Before she could <b>finish</b><b>, </b>a hard seed jabbed her tooth.
Abraham instinctively reached out his hand–just like when she was little, when she choked or bit something hard, he’d always help her spit it out.
Seeing his palm in front of her, Ste froze.
Then quickly turned and headed for the bathroom.
When she came out again, there <b>was </b><b>a </b>slight <b>grumble </b>in her voice. “Why do you like <b>this </b>stuff so <b>much</b>? The seeds are like
rocks
It was red guava
Ste never <b>liked </b>it. Her teeth couldn’t take it but <b>Abraham </b>loved it.
He chuckled “No picky eating”
Ste was speechless. That’s not picky rating. It’s a hazard to dental health.
Abraham punched her nose with <b>a </b><b>smile</b>. “Didn’t curse him out this time?”
He did like her fierce, little tiger mode. Even when he wasn’t around, she never let herself get <b>taken </b>advantage of
Ste had barely finished one bowl before Abraham waved the staff to take her utensils away.
<b>She </b>looked up at him, prufully “Abraham”
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Doctors say breakfast should be the biggest meal, but she barely ate anything in the morning. Lunch was so–so. Bute dinner? Her appetite went wild
“I was just she started.
“No more.”
He cut her off before she could even finish.
Ste pouted, lips puffed like a sulking <b>child</b>.
Abraham’s gaze softened. He got up and tugged her up by the hand.
“Come on. Walk with me.
…Fine.”
She’d wanted to eat a bit more. It wasn’t her fault–she always craved food at night. One bowl hadn’t filled her up at all
As they reached the door, Abel appeared, his expression serious.
Abraham let go of her hand. “Go check out the back garden.”
“There’s something there?”
“Mm. Something fun.”
Ste was speechless.
Something fun? Why do <b>I </b><b>not </b>believe you?
Last time he said that, he took her fishing. Sure, it was fun for him.
She had zero interest in it.
But judging by Abel’s expression, something serious was going <b>on</b>. So she wisely chose not to interfere.
Once she was out of earshot, Abraham asked, “Judson?”
Ves. His butler contacted me–he wants to meet with you.”
“Did you deliver the message
<b>So </b>tonight, the Keene family was going to <b>erupt</b>.
“And the Reed family is scrambling too. They held <b>an </b>all–night emergency meetingst night. Still no solution”
Correction, there was no solution.
Abraham sumled faintly. “They’ve had it too easy these past years. Got too arrogant.”
If they’d shown even a shred of care to Ste–just a little bit–things wouldn’t havee to this
But instead of protecting her, they bullied her at every turn.
Abel agreed. “Yes, sir”
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Judson was clearly <b>panicking </b>after learning they’d already chosen a partner. That’s why he came in person.
But once he found out it all had to do with his son–he’d probably want to beat Ethan into a pulp.
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