as like a breath of fresh air, for her, even though she had been very sad, minutes ago, he al

livious to her feelings. Lucia pouted her lips, and Hugh chuckled, seeing that she looked nothing

ns, and embarrassment she had gone through, gone from her face. "Let's go back, to the ancestr

e coming here until everything settled until she had caught her mother's killers. Lucia always wo

ill only worsen her sad emotions. "Lucia, we are here." Hugh said, bringing Lucia, out of her t

She hoped her grandpa wouldn't be asleep yet, it was only 7 pm, but grandpa James liked to r

cia was initially surprised, that he wasn't in his room yet, but she brushed off the thought,

Hugh drove in, with her. "Brat, I'm right here." Grandpa James, said in a croaky voice,

ped, seeing his weary and tired face, after he put on the lights. Lucia planted a fake sm

e from grandpa James, who took care of her, for ten years. "Brat, come here." Grandpa James, sai

nto her grandpa's embrace, dropping her feigned smile. Her shoulders shook as if she was crying, but Lucia

eded to rest. Lucia hadn't forgotten the question she asked earlier, "Grandpa, why aren't you asleep ye

d Lucia's silent decision, not to tell him what was wrong. Though he knew why he couldn't br

ver got back from the company late, because he liked to retire early. Grandpa James also didn't attend

grandpa. Lucia took grandpa James' left hand, helping him stand. Grandpa James, patted Lucia's ha

she knew, grandpa James, used to live alone, before he adopted her, as his family all per

er eyes, as the silence in the big ancestral house, enveloped her. Lucia opened her eyes, when

o you want to stay here or go back home?" Hugh asked and Lucia snapped out of her daze. She n

t of the house. Lucia got into the car, and Hugh settled into the driver's seat. As Hugh drov

s suffering. She had been given the necessary education, for taking over a huge enterprise

She couldn't help, but ask, "What do you think about taking over Alix?" Lucia asked, even thou

the road anymore. Hugh was thankful, that he was driving on a straight path, with a small nu

stion. But she wouldn't pester him, to talk to her. She noticed he tried to keep his distance

, with Lucia's apartment, being the only penthouse, in the entire apartment complex. Hugh drove into t

ys find his way up. Lucia walked to the elevator, pressed the elevator button, and

he was here, at first. She stopped to admit the lights, from the city, which formed a beau

She opened the door to her bedroom, with her fingerprint. Lucia got in and slammed the door shut

s narrowed eyes. Lucia's decision, to take over Alix, bothered him, knowing it could spell danger

years old, that he would protect her. Lucia was just a little, naive girl, then, and didn

is pack. He came back, just to fulfill his promise, just like a big brother, to her.