After dinner, Be goes to her mother’s house.

She needed to meet Liam and inform her mother about her n to fly to East City the following day.

As Be is about to enter the stone house, she is surprised to hear her grandfather calling her from behind. She stops and turns to see him, noting his stiff expression. Despite the limited light, Be can see his unhappy and upset gaze.

Her heart races, and she can guess why her grandfather looks annoyed now—he has already heard about what happened to Aunty Emma and Liam.

Silently gulping, Be waited for him near the door.

"Hello, my dearest Grandpa. What brings you here? Do you want to see my mom?" Be’s smile widened as she greeted him politely, trying to lessen his anger.

But after a second, her Grandpa’s expression remained the same.

"Grandpa, did you know? It’s cold, and the night wind is bad for your health. Let’s go inside and talk..." She urges him to follow her.

However, Isaac Donovan didn’t follow Be. Instead, he stood in his ce with a frosty expression, staring at her, showing an old man’s unhappy feelings.

She could only halt her step and smile awkwardly at him while ncing at Nick, trying to find any clue, but as usual, Nick couldn’t offer anything but a smile at her.

"Why did you ask your cousin to stay here instead of at my house?"

Be chuckled inwardly. Her guess was right. Her grandfather was upset because of that matter.

Well, she has a reason for not telling him about the incident. She worries that her Grandpa will fly back to East City, scold all his sons, and ruin her n for tomorrow’s shareholder annual meeting.

Her smile slowly faded as she exined earnestly, "Grandpa, I’m sorry if you are angry because of that. But it would be best if you didn’t bother with it. I want to settle thepany matter first before telling you."

Isaac shook his head, confusing Be.

"Oh dear Be, I know about that. I am only concerned about Liam. You can’t ask Liam to stay here. Did you forget that your mother’s house is too small to keep one more person!?" he asked.

When he saw her eyes waver, he knew this girl must have forgotten. He couldn’t help but smirk.

Be was stunned. She didn’t think about that when she asked Bryan to bring Liam to this house. And her Grandpa was indeed correct; there were only two bedrooms here, and her mother and Aunty Noora already upied those rooms.

’Sigh! How could I forget about it?’ Be can’t help but scold herself while grinning at her Grandpa.

Before Be could say anything, Isaac walked.

"Let’s get inside and talk," he said, gently patting Be’s shoulder before he entered the house.

Be hesitated to enter the house immediately, taking a deep breath as she red at Nick, standing a few steps away from her.

"Why did you tell him? I was nning to inform him tomorrow…" She was sure that Nick had told her grandfather about Liam. Who else could it have been?

Nick smiled at Be, politely responding, "Miss, don’t me me. I’m not the one who informed the old master about Liam."

Be doubted Nick’s im. Her grandfather rarely visited this area, so it seemed unlikely that he would have encountered Liam.

"If it wasn’t you, then who was it?"

"Miss, it was Dax—"

Be’s realization stopped Nick mid-sentence. She hadpletely forgotten about her son. Of course, he would tell his great-grandfather about Liam.

***

When Be entered the living room, she saw everyone already settled there.

She was relieved that Liam was no longer as stressed and frightened as when she rescued him.

Her mother also looked healthier than before, which warmed her heart. She felt at ease leaving her mother the following day.

Be halted when she heard her Grandpa asking Liam to stay at his house.

"You can’t stay here, Liam. I have plenty of empty rooms in my house; you can follow Grandpa and stay there from now on..." Isaac said firmly.

However, Liam hasn’t answered yet. Instead, he looked at Be as if to ask her opinion.

At the same time, Isaac Donovan also looked at Be with the same expression he had before he entered this house.

Be silently swallowed, knowing her Grandpa was right. "Liam, what Grandpa said is right. You should stay at his house. There is no room you can use in this house."

She settled beside her mother and continued, "I’m sorry, Liam. I asked Bryan to bring you here instead because I forgot this house only has two bedrooms." She said softly.

Liam nodded at Be, "Hmm, thank you, sis."

Natalie smiled bitterly at Be’s words, apologizing for something she didn’t need to do.

She turned to see her daughter, stroking her back as if to give her whatever strength she had to keep her strong and cheer up.

Since moving into this ce, Natalie had witnessed Be carrying so many family matters on her shoulders. This caused Natalie to feel worried and sad for her only daughter. Not only does her daughter deal with her family matters, but she also has to deal with Tristan’s family.

Just imagining what her daughter endured broke Natalie’s heart, especially when she couldn’t do much to help her.

Natalie could only try her best to help lessen her daughter’s problems by hiding in this ce. She didn’t even want to go out; she was worried that Lucas would find her and add to the source of Be’s headaches.

But Natalie was furious this afternoon when Emma called her and told her everything that had happened in East City.

She wanted to fly back there, meet Lucas, and end her life in front of him so he wouldn’t have to ruin Be’s life again. She knew her stupid and evil husband would never stop until he achieved what he wanted.

Squeezing Be’s hand tightly, with teary eyes, Natalie looked at her beautiful daughter, confusing Be when she saw her mother suddenly looking gloomy.