your care, Auntie." A

icially a new student and as per her agreement with her mothe

d not hesitate to punish her." A

ara's shoulder. "You guys take it easy, if she causes trouble I'll hire a bodyguard to guard her." Ad

eing friendly, soft-spoken and seemingly c

't make your grandmother worry. If you have a class that requires you to come home late, you must t

l report to grandma if I go out with my friends or come home late. And more than that, I will study hard.

w you can be trusted." Her father

y word her father said always made Elara's heart feel more afraid, more alert and even occasionally

dpa Altezza was away-both Elara's parents and h

ding in the doorway when the car

aline wrapped her arms around E

in her soft, sorrowful tone. "This house is too big for Altezza and I

ds here often." pleaded t

nds here? If they make a scene later, won'

ion." She said with a chuckle. "Since your uncles and a

ost as large as a soccer field, it must have felt lonely if

doctor Ash Clarke, Falisha decided to stay in Kansas while Falisha's twin sister Geremia still lives in Kansas. Geremia is also a doctor, just like Falisha's hus

Ivana was kidnapped by Altezza's crazy ex-wife who was still obsessed with Altezza. Ivana managed to return to the Quirino family when she was

med Rayyan Quirino. The handsome youngest decided to continue his studies in England along with Claire

e him when he had never intruded into her personal

n's principles that m

oul feel humiliated. From that one ugliness, Elara hated many other th

sense to ha

would never show his face in front of her and would

, the elderly woman had deliberately redecorated the room. Painting it, replacing the bed and all the furniture with the minimalist style of furniture th

fun. Aside from imagining making new friends, she also fantasized about ha

ic daydreams

ino had suffered a mild heart attack and that left Grandpa Tony

before Elara's second semester classes began

ve to come back? Even though the yo

om the glimpses she heard, Rayyan's return to A

companies at once. One is his father's construction company, one is his

ny personally asked uncle R

e man, Elara's unpleasant

man with copper-colored hair lying on the sofa in the living room with his head on his mother's lap an

e man greeted in an annoy

asked with a snarl that made Gra