A Spoonful of Sugar: Don't Beg for Love

Hesper had a great time at Elise's place. Charles finished his meal quickly, but he did not leave the table. Instead, he stayed and started to do his work. On the contrary, Elise ate slowly while chewing the fat with Hesper.

There were times where Charles raised his head and looked at Elise. Hesper felt that he wanted to remind Elise not to talk while eating, but every time he saw the smile on her face, he kept silent. "Oh dear, I forgot the time." Elise looked at Charles. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"You were having such a great time, I didn't want to interrupt you." Charles rose to his feet and told the butler to bring Elise's medicine over. After that, he looked at Hesper and asked, "Do you want to stay the night?"

Hesper waved her hand. She did not have the intention of becoming their third wheel. Besides, it was getting late, and she still had to go to Eustoma tomorrow. Therefore, she stood up and said, "Thank you for the meal, Aunt Elise and Mr. Deschamps."

"Aunt Elise?" Charles repeated thoughtfully.

Elise took her medicine and waved her hand. "See you next time."

After Hesper had left, Charles turned his head around. Elise had finished her medicine for the night and was putting the bottles away. Even though it was just a small thing, Elise still treated it seriously. "It seems like you like Ms. Rivera very much," Charles said.

"Yeah." Elise arranged the bottle from high to low before raising her head contentedly. "I haven't thanked you for the bracelet you brought me. Hesper seems to like it a lot."

"You don't have to thank me," Charles said seriously, "I think... She looks a lot like you."

Elise froze then nodded. "Actually, I also think so. Considering her age, if I had a child back then, they would be about her age now..."

Charles reached out and patted Elise's back gently. "Let the past stay in the past. Don't think too much about it. The doctor said your recent condition hasn't been good."

Elise fell into a pensive silence for a moment then nodded. "Alright. But I really like Hesper. She's very cute and kind... I'll invite her to have dinner with us more often in the future."

Charles chuckled. Apparently, from Elise's perspective, inviting someone to dinner was probably the highest level of affection one could express.

Rickard breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Hesper safely arrive home. She brought the roses at the door back into the house, and she looked pretty happy. It seemed to him that she had a good time working overtime that night.

Hesper looked out the window thoughtfully and placed the roses on the balcony, stroking the stems and leaves with her hand.

At this time, Julian's message came. Hesper sat down and opened her phone, confirming with Julian to meet the next night. She hoped that nothing would come up and forced her to change her plan again this time.

[Julian: Why do I feel that you're feeling under the weather? Are you tired?]

[Hesper: It's nothing. Maybe just a little bit... If that's all, then I'm going to rest.]

Julian could see Hesper's living room through the window from his room. After this message, Hesper indeed turned off the lights.