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The moment Axel stepped into the living room, Ste excitedly gasped and waved at him as if he had just seen a celebrity.
“Brother–inw… you finally came
A small, warm smile spread across Axel’s lips. “Ste,” he said, amused by her exaggerated relief. He continued walking into the room, his gazending on Alicia and two elders he had never met before.
They sat close together, looking both warm and slightly tense, and he immediately recognized them as Evelyn’s grandparents.
He stopped right in front of them, with his voice respectful, he greeted them, “I am sorry, sir, ma’am. I had an important call I needed to
answer.”
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Instead of being offended, Lucy and Samuel
quickly stood, smiling kindly as they extended their hands for a handshake.
“Oh no, it is all right,” Lucy said, gripping his hand lightly. “We have just arrived…”
“Wepletely understand,” Samuel added, though his smile looked a little tight.
Axel could see the uncertainty in their eyes, the way they were subtly studying him.
Samuel and Lucy were doing their best not to reveal how nervous they felt inside.
After all, this young man was Axel Knight–the kind of person they usually only saw on television or read about in a business magazine.
“Please sit, Sir… Ma’am…” Axel said, feeling a faint sense of awkwardness. He rarely dealt with polite family greetings, especially when the other party was the Walters, who had a strange, awkward
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rtionship with his own family.
Lucy and Samuel exchanged a quick nce
before Samuel cleared his throat.
“Actually… you can just call us Samuel and Lucy. No need for Sir or ma’am. We are family now.”
Axel paused. He wasn’t used to addressing elders casually. It felt too familiar, too intimate.
“I… am not sure that would be appropriate,” he replied honestly.
Lucyughed softly. “We insist. If you call us ‘Sir‘ and ‘ma’am,‘ we will feel like strangers… And old.”
Samuel nodded quickly. “Very old.”
Axel paused for a brief moment while the two elders waited with hopeful eyes.
Finally, he gave a short nod. “All right. Samuel. Lucy.”
Both elders instantly brightened, as if they had
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just achieved a great victory.
“You are such a polite man, Axel…” Lucy said with an apparent tone of excitement.
Axel stiffened.
Ste immediately burst outughing, and Samuel nearlyughed out loud, watching how surprised Axel was to hear Lucypliment him. Still, the mood in the room warmed instantly.
Axel politely asked them to sit again before turning toward Alicia.
“Alice,” Axel greeted with a respectful nod.
Alicia’s tension softened. “Axel, good to see you
again.”
“Thank you foring…” He said before looking at Ste. “Where are Evelyn and Oliver?”
“Oh, they’re at the front door,” Ste said. “They went out to meet the Knights… I mean your
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grandparents.”
Axel turned to the elders and said, “Please excuse
me for a moment.”
He left the living room quickly and headed
toward the front door.
Just as he reached it, the sight outside made him slow to a stop.
He saw his mother walking toward the house, Oliver holding her hand tightly.
Behind them, his Grandmother and Grandfather walked beside Evelyn, talking happily.
Evelyn shifted slightly,ughing at something Eleanor said, her face glowing warmly under the porch light.
Oliver was grinning so widely that his dimples showed when his mother said something to him.
The scene loosened Axel’s chest. Just a little.
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When Oliver spotted him, the little boy practically lit up like fireworks.
“Oh, Daddy! Look… Look…”
He ran forward, dragging Amanda with him.
“I got a new grandma!” Oliver said proudly. “This is Grandma Amanda. She is so pretty and kind.”
Evelyn, Eleanore, and Alexander Knight burst intoughter, while Amanda covered her mouth, eyes sparkling with amusement.
Axel nearly gasped in surprise upon hearing his son’s words. “Oliver… that is my mother.”
Oliver blinked as he said, “I know, Daddy. That is why she is my new grandma.”
Amandaughed even harder.
Evelyn held onto Oliver’s shoulder, trying not to fall fromughter.
Alexander Knight shook his head with a sigh,
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though he was smiling.
Axel shook his head, exhaling slowly as his wife, his son, and both families filled the doorway withughter.
“Alright, buddy, congrattions. You got a new Grandma. Now let’s show the new Grandma your house…” Axel said while ruffling Oliver’s soft hair.
Oliver giggled proudly, and Axel stepped aside to let everyone enter. He followed behind them with Evelyn at his side.
As soon as they were far enough from the others, Axel gently took her hand and leaned closer.
“I’m sorry…” he murmured, giving her a low, apologetic smile. “I had to take that business call earlier, so you were the one who received them
alone.”
Evelyn smiled at him. “It’s fine. I understand. Besides, they’re my family too.”
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Axel exhaled in relief and brushed a thumb over her knuckles before letting go as they
approached the living room.
But the moment they stepped in, the atmosphere shifted immediately.
Samuel and Lucy Walters had gone quiet and
stiff.
Alicia was sitting unusually straight, her expression polite but strained.
Even Ste–usually carefree–looked like she had
swallowed a lemon.
And the reason is because of Amanda Knight.
Evelyn had told her family the Knights wereing. Still, she didn’t mention that Amanda would attend this dinner. Her presence alone was enough to freeze the entire Walters side into
silence.
Luckily, Oliver walked right up to Alicia and
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Then, with his cuteness, he pointed both thumbs at Amanda and loudly whispered, loud enough for the whole room to hear.
“Granny, look… that’s my new Grandma Amanda. But don’t worry… You are still my grandma, too. Mommy said I can have many”
Alicia nearly choked on her own breath.
Ste burst intoughter, covering her mouth.
Samuel and Lucy stared in disbelief and then began tough helplessly.
Even Amanda softened, amused by the sincerity on Oliver’s face.
Just like that, the tension slowly faded.
The Walters family eased up a bit, the Knights chuckled, and both families ended up in the same
room without any sign of tension.
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Sara Lili
<strong>Sara Lili</strong> is a daring romance writer who turns icyndscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of d’s breathtaking cold.