Burning Passion: Love Never Die

“Happy New Year! Grandpa Keith, Uncle Baldwin, Aunt Cecelia, Niles!”

Blair greeted them cheerfully and handed over the gifts she had bought them.

Cecelia herself was more than just thrilled to see Blair. Ignoring all etiquettes, she quickly put her gift aside and grabbed Blair’s wrist, pulling her towards the sofa in the living room.

“Blair, you are finally here. I would have loved to see you here on New Year’s Eve. I wanted you to celebrate it with us. But doesn’t matter. You’re here now. Oh my! Your hands feel so cold. Come here. Take this hot-water bag. It’LL warm you up in no time.”

She began to make a fuss immediately and Blair felt a little embarrassed.

“Aunt Cecelia, don’t worry. I don’t feel cold. And yes, I regret that I couldn’t join you all. My grandpa wanted me to have the family reunion dinner on New Year’s Eve with him and my uncle’s family.

That is why I could only visit you so late.”

“That’s okay. You must be hungry, huh? Wesley, grab some snacks for her,” Keith remarked and nudged Wesley’s leg with his walking stick, motioning him to slide the tray of nuts towards Blair.

Wesley cast a glance at the tray in front of him and then ordered

Niles, “Go to the kitchen and wash some grapes and mangosteens.”

Niles hadn’t even had the chance to say hello to Blair, and yet his brother had asked him to wash fruits. He was quite unhappy about it and retorted, “Mom’s already prepared the fruits. Look! There!”

Without even looking to where Niles was pointing, Wesley spat in a furious tone, “Cut the crap and do as I say.”

A N G E L A ‘s L I B R A R Y

There was already a fruit platter Laid out on the table with cherries, blueberries, and strawberries neatly arranged. However, Niles had no choice but to go to the kitchen reluctantly and perform the chores he had been ordered to. Wesley knew that Blair was really fond of cherries, so he picked out all the cherries from the platter, put them on a plate and slid it towards Blair, who accepted it with a voiceless thank you.

ALL of Cecelia’s attention was diverted towards Blair, and she didn’t even notice what Wesley had just done.

However, the effort did catch Keith’s and Baldwin’s eyes and they exchanged a knowing Look with each other.

Blair, who had taken the plate from him, was feeling a bit uneasy.

Cecelia’s enthusiasm was making her a little flustered. She didn’t know how to repay her kindness or how to react, so she did the only thing she knew-she gave the plate to Cecelia and said, “Aunt Cecelia, have some cherries.”

The woman didn’t know that the red, ripe fruit had been hand-picked by

Wesley for Blair. She just took the plate from her, picked up a cherry and put it into her mouth while asking Blair all sorts of things about recent developments in her life. Even with the cherry in her mouth, she didn’t seem to be stopping with her conversation.

Seeing that scene, Wesley sighed inwardly. Then he put a tray of nuts in front of Blair, motioning her to eat some.

This time, Blair thanked him in a Low voice and grabbed a few cashews.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

Niles managed to somehow complete the task he was given and finally came out of the kitchen carrying a large bowl of grapes and mangosteens.

“Hi Blair. Eat some grapes and mangosteens. The grapes are imported from America, and the mangosteens from Thailand. They’re known to be the best and the sweetest. You’ll love them!”

Cecelia, however, had her own ideas of “the best,” and pushed the bowl aside.

“Blair, don’t listen to him. You eat the fruits that I’ve prepared for you. These cherries, blueberries and strawberries are also imported, and they are far more delicious than grapes and mangosteens.