NovelEnglish"You never cease to amaze me. | guess | underestimated you."
"Still waters run deep," Skyler quipped, a smug grin curling the edges of his lips. Angel had once described him as a dark horse.
Raines let out a derisive snort. "So have you been playing the fool all this time, pretending to be a child who refuses to grow up?"
Skyler wrinkled his nose at him. "I am a kid at heart. I've grown up on the outside, but it doesn't mean | have on the inside.
Everyone knows I'm the eternal Peter Pan."
"And what if they all treat you like a jester behind your back, laughing at you in their minds?" Raines probed.
Skyler's demeanor shifted to stone-cold seriousness, his gaze piercing. "You're the only one who'd think that. Your tone... it's eerily
similar to Geoffrey's."
A muscle in Raines' cheek twitched as if he had been seen through an X-ray.
"I'm a lawyer. | tend to be rather blunt. | hope you don't take it personally."
Skyler shrugged nonchalantly. "Everyone is pretty good to me. I'm always invited to the family feasts. They've pretty much
adoptedas one of their own. Poor Geoffrey, though. He's got to jump through hoops to get into the Stirling family, maybe even
reinvent himself."
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Raines clenched his molars tightly. "Why does your brother want to get in with the Stirling family so bad?"
Skyler bobbed his head playfully. "The Stirling family is the wealthiest family in Elysium, isn't it? He wants to rub elbows with them.
Unlike me, with my charm and good nature, | don't have to try. People just like me. Geoffrey, on the other hand, is up to no good.
Nobody likes him. For Geoffrey, getting into the Stirling family is impossible."
Raines drew in a sharp breath through clenched teeth.
"Isn't it a bit harsh to talk about your brother like that?"
Skyler replied firmly, "Unless he turns over a new leaf, | can't see him as my brother. After all, you can't mix oil and water."
What a foolish creature!
"Enjoy your delusions," Raines muttered as he adjusted his collar and walked away. He was afraid that if he stayed any longer,
Skyler would see right through him.
Skyler stuck out his tongue at Raines’ retreating figure and tossed a handful of fish food into the pond.
Raines seemed quite miffed.
Despite his efforts to hide it, Raines couldn't escape the scrutiny of a Ph.D. in psychology like Skyler.
Meanwhile, Aurelia was resting in her room.
The maid brought in a bowl of nourishing soup.
"Did you deliver sto Lisbeth and Beverley?"
"Yes, all taken care of," the maid nodded.
Aurelia sipped the delicate soup. Her appetite was poor and she felt nauseous, having barely eaten at lunch. She could only
stomach ssoup.
Leopold was starting to feel a bit impatient with the baby in her womb.
It was such a troublemaker.
Kane and Liam had been such easy babies. Could this be the difference between natural conception and artificial insemination?
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmIf Kane and Liam had been this troublesome, Aurelia might not have gone for a check-up due to a missed period and discovered
her pregnancy.
The thought of Liam dampened Leopold's spirits.
Was William his Liam? Leopold didn't want Liam to go to Arnold and be Arnold's son. Liam was his son. Leopold hoped he would
return to his side.
"Does the soup make you feel better?"
"Mhm," Aurelia nodded, feeling a bit dizzy. She needed to lie down.
Leopold placed his hand on her still-flat belly.
"Boy or girl, why all this fuss?"
"It might be a girl. Girls are a bit pickier with food, which could explain my poor appetite," Aurelia suggested.
Leopold remained silent. His Kane was never fussy, always healthy. Only Nina in the family was picky, and Mira would eat anything.
"Let's do a check-up at the hospital tomorrow." he suggested.
"Okay," Aurelia agreed with a nod.
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