Chapter 918 Carla's Grandfather

Steven stood at the door for a while before closing it. In order to relax himself a little, he walked toward the dining table and poured himself a cup of tea from the kettle. It had already gone cold, but he had no will to heat it again. Right now, he was already too exhausted.

"Lori, I think you know your sister has feelings for me. Don't you think your actions will break her heart?"

Steven said, as he gulped the cold tea in one go. It tasted quite bad, but it helped calm the heat in his belly.

The effect of the drug was strong, but not as strong as the one he had taken last time.

"I'm not afraid of her! I know you don't want to be with her, and if you want to be with me, what say does she have? We can get married so that our relationship will be legal..."

Lori spoke somberly as she fiddled with her pitch black hair. She twined her fingers in the locks of her hair, looking at him seductively.

Steven took a seat next to her. Her sultry moves had no effect on him. He poured himself another cup of tea nonchalantly, refusing to meet her gaze.

"Lori, you think too highly of yourself. Your sister is the future chief of this place. If you were me, why would you marry anyone else but her?"

Steven said sarcastically.

He had never expected he would end up in a situation like this.

It wasn't that he hadn't foreseen this, but he never wanted to be involved in a triangle. This was the first time he was addressing what was logical for him to do.

Was it because it was the harsh reality, and he couldn't ignore it anymore? Or had he truly changed?

Lori sprang to her feet. She hated being compared to Lucia ever since they were both little.

Society always wanted everyone to respect their elders. Just because she was born two years after Lucia, she was always considered inferior to her older sister. Wasn't that unfair?

"It's too early to say that! Who told you she is the one who will inherit the position as chief?"

Lori adjusted her clothes, raised her chin and said, "Maybe you don't know yet. Actually, my grandma doesn't like my mom and my sister.

Otherwise, why would she keep delaying choosing a new chief for so many years? She doesn't like my sister!"

Steven toyed with the teacup in his hand. He raised his eyebrows and said skeptically, "Oh yeah? And who does she like, you?"

"Not really. My grandmother is a weird woman. The only one she is concerned with is my aunt who ran away from home a long time ago. There have been talks of her returning soon. There is a

of her mother was a woman, wearing a golden crown. Her very posture spoke of royalty. This immaculate woman was Carla's grandmother.

Carla was tracing the photograph with her hand with a smile on her face when she heard someone's footsteps approaching.

"Thirty two years, my child, you are finally back..."

Carla put down the photo and ran to the door, smiling brightly.

"Grandfather? Grandfather!"

She looked at him lovingly then hugged him tightly.

The gray-haired man hugged her back with tears in his eyes.

"It's been more than thirty years! Andrea's daughter has grown up! I almost thought you were Andrea...

How's your mother, my child?"

His trembling voice and lips brought tears to Carla's eyes. "She is fine, grandpa! In fact, she wants to come back...but for some reasons, she can't come to see you," Carla replied.

She felt so wonderful to meet her grandfather. Life was full of beautiful surprises!

There was once a time when she thought she lost her parents. With God's grace and some effort, she had not only found her mother, was also now, meeting her grandmother.

"Kid, I know your mother well. She's still angry with your grandmother. Your grandmother always said that Andrea resembled me the most because she was so gentle and kind-hearted and didn't have any of her characteristics. But she was wrong!"

He looked at the photo with one hand holding Carla's and sighed, reminiscing the olden times.

"Truth is, she resembles Andrea, especially on her best days. Even today, once she makes up her mind about something, she can give up on everything until she got it!

How else would she have ignored her father for so many years?"