Turning Of the Tide by Diana Sander

Chapter 549

The dining table was rectangular, with the Turner parents sitting on one side with Ava, and Christina and Joseph

sitting on the other side.

Ava could not wait to share the news that Rose had given birth to a cute baby with her brother. She held a fork in

her hand but did not pick up any food with it. The food on the table was not as interesting as this. The corners of

her mouth curled up as she said with a smile, “Joseph, I have great news for you.”

Joseph, who had taken off his jacket, was only wearing a white formal shirt. He looked up at his sister with a smile

and immediately said, “Are you graduating early?”

“How is that possible? I’m already at my limit after reducing the time to a year and a half. The earliest I can do is

June next year. This is only the best result.” Ava looked a little helpless as she said this.

Regarding what Ava said, everyone at the dining table knew that this girl was indeed working very hard to compress

the time. She did not want Frank to wait too long. She even studied until midnight at night.

Ever since Ava chose a minor, this girl stopped watching television dramas. When she woke up on the weekends,

she would hold a book and nibble on it on the balcony. Christina also admired the progress Ava was making.

Christina had fantasized a few times that if only her own lazy sister could be so motivated, she would be very

pleased. Christina didn’t want her sister to think about returning to the front desk every day. Stella was always

complaining about how tired she was that day. She would ask every day if she could withdraw from the limelight or

if she could retire early.

Every time Stella complained to Christina about this series of questions, Stella would be reprimanded by Christina.

Even so, if Stella was tired in a few days, she would still complain to Christina, and Christina would still educate her

the same way.

Ava continued to share the news. “Alright, alright. You definitely won’t be able to guess. Your brain isn’t very good

now. Rose just gave birth early this morning. She gave birth to a little boy. He’s very cute and weighs six pounds.”

After saying that, Ava was afraid that her brother wouldn’t understand what six pounds meant. Her pretty and

slender fingers made a six in the air and waved it in front of Joseph, and then in front of Daniel’s eyes.

Hearing this, Joseph paused what he was doing. When his parents were around, Christina and Joseph did not flirt so

much. They spoke more appropriately.

A few seconds later, Joseph naturally placed the food in his bowl and took a bite. He looked up at the elder Turner

couple and said, “Dad, Mom, when do you plan to go to Athana?”

Emma didn’t eat much, so she ate very little at night. She put down her bowl and fork. “I was just about to ask you.

If Christina isn’t feeling unwell, we can go to Athana.”

Christina stopped eating and replied, “Mom, I’m really fine. Don’t worry and go to Athana with Dad. If you go to

Athana tomorrow, I’ll go to work with Joseph. With him watching over me, you can rest assured.”

Ava raised one hand in the air and recommended herself. “Me too. I can go straight to the company after class

tomorrow and take care of Christina when Joseph is busy. I promise to complete the mission.” Daniel nodded. His

daughter and daughter-in-law were very sensible and he was gratified by it. David immediately decided, “Alright,

then we’ll go tomorrow and come back tomorrow. We have to go. After all, it’s Rose who just gave birth. Emma,

what kind of gifts should we prepare?”

“Gifts?” Emma wondered. Emma was also stumped by this question. When her daughter told her this in the

afternoon, she thought for a long time but couldn’t think of anything. It was originally very simple, but because of

the relationship between Rose and Grace, Emma did not intend to buy anything heartwarming. She wanted to leave

the opportunity to Grace.

They couldn’t be stingy with the gifts, nor should they snatch Grace’s opportunity. They also had to be practical.

This was really a little difficult.

Emma raised her hand and scooped a bowl of soup for her daughter. She placed it in front of Ava and said softly, “I

haven’t thought of anything yet. Leave the bracelet and anklet for Grace to buy.” Christina roughly knew a little

about the inside story between Rose and Grace. Christina seemed to understand why her mother-in-law did not buy

these things, so she helped Emma think of ideas. In an instant, the entire family fell into deep thought. They were

all thinking about what to give as presents. This was a problem that hurt their brain cells.

“I got it!”

Just as everyone did not know what to give, Ava acted like she was in class and raised her hand to answer the

question.

Joseph raised his chin at his sister and put some food into Christina’s plate. “Go on, tell us.”

Ava felt that her idea was not bad and began to say, “Doesn’t Rose like those special blankets, pillows, and some

sleeping bags and sofas? Then let’s go to the mall to buy some things, such as little sandwich blankets, as well as

dolls that the baby can sleep with. Then we’ll just give them some money as a gesture of goodwill. What do you

guys think?”

After saying that, Ava looked at the entire family expectantly, looking from one to the other.

Christina felt that it was a good idea. Gifts given to one of their own people did not have to be the most expensive.

The best kind was something practical, suitable, and liked by the receiver. “I think Ava’s method is quite good.” It

was meaningful.

“Alright, let’s go take a look after we finish eating. Christina, you don’t have to go. Joseph, stay at home with

Christina. I’ll go with Ava and buy another gold piece.”

Emma assigned tasks to each member of the family. The dolls could be considered given by Ava, which would make

Rose happy.

Indeed, shopping was a little inappropriate for the current Christina. Her legs would ache easily. “Yes, okay.”

At the Sapphire City Mall, the mother-daughter pair went to a special doll shop hand in hand. The shelves were filled

with a dazzling array of dolls. Some were scary. Some were cute.

When Emma went out, she changed into a plain gown and a long white knitted sweater. Emma looked at the

various dolls and was dazzled by the selection. In the end, she could only give this task to her daughter. “Ava, come

and see which ones Rose likes.”

Combining the attributes of the dolls in Rose’s room, Ava began to choose, walking down aisle by aisle. Half an hour

later, the bodyguard already had a lot of shopping bags in his hands. There were eight dolls alone, as well as a mini

sandwich quilt, a hamburger pillow, and so on.

In the end, Emma still went to the gold shop to choose a top-quality charm bracelet, that was supposed to give the

wearer good luck.

After dinner, Daniel went to the study alone. Joseph brought Christina back to their room. After a busy day, Joseph

quickly took a shower in the bathroom.

The room was air-conditioned. Joseph came out with a simple white towel wrapped around his lower body. His

upper body was exposed to the air, and water dripped from his firm chest into the towel. His sexy V-line and neatly

arranged abdominal muscles made Christina, who was sitting on the edge of the bed replying to messages,

mischievous. She threw down her phone and slowly walked over with a smile on her lips. “Mr. Turner, you are so

sexy and hot. What do you think you’re doing? Huh?”

The last word was dragged out, making Joseph’s heart tremble. He casually threw the towel in his hand to the side

and wrapped his arms around her waist. He lowered his gaze and warned, “Then Ms. Yamin, are you planning to

tempt me to take a shower again?

“There’s another way to conserve water. Do you want to try it, Ms. Yamin?”

Joseph enunciated each word clearly. The meaning behind it was easy for others to understand.

However, Christina was not afraid of this warning. She had a guardian angel so she smiled charmingly. Her nails

which were no longer painted red ran down the mermaid line. “That depends on your will.”

In the next second, Joseph grabbed Christina’s chin and raised it to shut up this seductive and unyielding mouth.

Everything was within Christina’s expectations. Joseph could not withstand her direct teasing. The temperature

between her lips kept rising, making a sizzling sound as their lips collided. Joseph carefully wrapped his arms around

Christina’s waist and pressed Christina’s center of gravity on him. Christina wrapped her arms around his neck,

lowering it. The temperature was getting higher and higher, higher and higher, on the verge of losing control.

There were several knocks. The continuous knocking on the door interrupted the interaction in the room. Christina

stepped back and raised her hand to touch her lips which still had signs of Joseph’s love. She pursed her lips and

her ears turned red. “Put on your clothes.”

Joseph stared at the shy woman and smiled. He let go of her reluctantly and touched Christina’s hair. The heat

gradually dissipated and Joseph turned around to put on his clothes in the cloakroom.

Christina went to open the door. Outside was a smiling Ava. “Christina, we bought a lot of fun things. Mommy also

bought some things for you. Go take a look.”

“Alright, let’s go down first. Your brother is putting on his clothes.” Christina was wearing conservative pajamas with

a cardigan on the outside. She was carefully helped downstairs by Ava.

When they arrived downstairs, Emma had already placed the pajamas, pillows, socks, and so on on the coffee

table. “Christina, come and see if there’s anything you like?”

Ava was like a commentator. She stood at the side and explained how every product was bought, and what material

it was made of. She spoke in great detail. Christina’s heart was filled with warmth. She had already made up her

mind to have her mother watch less nonsensical television dramas in the future.

In TV series, the mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law were always at odds with each other. It gradually traumatized

Christina to the point she was afraid of marriage.

Perhaps it was because she was such a good person in her previous life that she was blessed to meet such a

husband, such in-laws, and such a cute sister-in-law.

“I quite like it, Mom. Thank you, Mom. I’ll go shopping with you after I give birth.”

Emma said, “Sure. If you like it, I’ll get the maid to wash all these. You can change outfits as you wish.”

“Will do.”

As they spoke, Joseph had already come downstairs in his gray pajamas. His slender legs made people take a few

more glances at him. Joseph glanced at the shopping bags all over the ground and asked, “Did you buy so many?”

Ava said, “That’s right. Since we’re out, we might as well buy more. Look at this doll. It’s cute. Christina, see if

there’s anything you like. If you like it, hug it when you sleep.”

Joseph glanced at Christina and their eyes met. Christina understood what Joseph meant. It meant that she could

take the things, but she had to hug him to sleep. This man had always been so domineering in this aspect.

However, the strange thing was that she, who had always been principled, could not keep her principles at all in

front of Joseph. She liked to indulge his domineeringness.

Christina’s face was calm as she said normally, “Alright, give me this rabbit.”

“Christina, you have good taste. Look, Mom, I told you this looked good.”

Ava was extremely satisfied with her choice. She took out her phone and took a photo before sending it to Frank.

Her Frank should be awake at this time.

Then, Amelia put away her phone. Just as she put it away, it rang. It was a message from Frank. [Baby Ava, what

are you doing?]

The corners of Ava’s mouth curled up. The entire family knew that she was chatting with Frank, so they

did not disturb her. They tacitly began to organize their things. Emma asked Joseph to bring down the suitcase from

her room.

Emma planned to pack and compress all the dolls on the ground and put them inside. Otherwise, it would be

difficult to carry them. Joseph went to help her. Christina did not stay idle either. She sat down and helped.

Ava replied, [Mom and I just came back from the mall. We went to buy gifts for Rose. Did you see the photos?

These are all for Rose. I chose them.]

The little girl wanted to be credited for her work.

Frank replied, [They look good.]

After the three simple words, Frank continued to send another message. [Are you coming tomorrow?] Ava sent a

crying emoji and a regretful sigh emoji. [I have a class. Boohoo.]