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“Him?” Lionel remarked with undisguised contempt. “He merits least of all. Should anyone desire him, I'll gladly
relinquish him without compensation.”
Hearing this, the gathering immediately recognized Lionel’s familiar pattern of affectionately taunting his
grandson.
They collectively envied his fortune, wishing their own grandsons possessed comparable excellence.
“Where are your grandsons?” Lionel inquired after surveying the room and noting the absence of his friends’
grandsons.
“Earlier, they were hanging around here, but the second | answered your call, those brats bolted. Said Liam
invited them out to chill,” Elvin said, cutting right to the point.
The others nodded along, murmuring in agreement.
In that moment, no one caught the flicker in Kristian’s eyes.
Lionel let out a slow sigh. “I was planning to introduce Freya to them.
Young people really ought to mingle more.”
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“I'll get mine on the line too.”
“Young folks should definitely be spending more ttogether.” One by one, the older gentlemen reached for
their phones and began dialing.
There was an unspoken understanding among them; when Lionel said what he did, they all caught his meaning
loud and clear.
Very few people in their circle ever received Lionel’s approval, and the fact that he stood up for the young
woman said plenty about her character.
As their calls went out, the young men wore expressions like they’d just bitten into lemons—clearly not thrilled.
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Liam had been with them at the time. He was far more sociable than Kristian and had a wide circle of friends.
Catching sight of their gloomy faces, Liam paused mid-shot, pool cue in hand. “What's with the long faces? Did
your girlfriends dump you?”
“Worse than that!”
“It’s a total nightmare.”
“Exactly!”
“Yeah, no joke.”
Liam raised a brow, intrigued. “That tic, huh?”
“My grandpa wantsto go on a date,” said Elvin’s grandson.
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“Yep...” they said in chorus.
That gave Liam pause. All at once? Seriously?
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