h4Chapter 48: He’s here too?/h4

Kevin frowned unhappily, and Brianna quicklyforted him, "Don’t be upset. Your sister didn’t understand before, but she won’t bully you now. Look, Mommy brought you a new toy!"

Hearing this, Kevin immediately abandoned his grudge against E and turned to embrace the skateboard the driver had brought from the car.

"Yay, I have another skateboard to y with!" Kevin eximed happily, while a cold gleam shed in E’s eyes.

As the group stepped into the old mansion’s hall, E immediately spotted Brandon sitting in the living room.

Her face darkened instantly. Hannah and Brianna were still trying to match her with Brandon? Ha! In this lifetime, even if every man on earth disappeared, she wouldn’t look twice at him!

Disgusted, E could barely hold back her disdain. When she got the chance, she would definitely teach him a lesson. Let’s see if he would still dare to show his face around her then.

"Brandon, what a surprise to see you here," Brianna said with a fake smile. "Are you here to teach Kevin piano?"

Brandon stood up politely, "Mr. and Mrs. Davis, Hannah, E, hello. I was just about to leave when Grandma Davis insisted I stay for dinner."

Ever since E showed no interest in Brandon, Brianna and Hannah had conspired, thinking E might be ying hard to get, so they decided to keep Brandon out of sight for a while.

However, Brandon was indeed a piano prodigy, so Brianna arranged for him to teach Kevin piano lessons.

"Brandon is such a good kid. He should stay for dinner," Grandma Davis said, smiling as she pulled Hannah closer. "Hannah,e over and let Grandma see if you’ve grown taller."

E was left ignored. She didn’t mind and calmly sat on a nearby sofa, picking up a ss of juice brought by a servant.

Kevin clung to Brianna, chattering non-stop, while E seemedpletely excluded and unwee.

Robert was sitting nearby, absorbed in his phone, chatting with Emily. He too, seemed to have forgotten E’s presence.

Brandon nced at E, noticing her serene demeanor as she sipped her juice, unaffected by the cold reception.

His heart ached for her. Seeing Grandma Davis’s disdain for E pained him. He walked over and sat beside her.

"E, how have you beentely?"

"Good, very good," E replied indifferently, giving Brandon a calm look, unmoved by his gentle gaze.

Brandon, undeterred, smiled, as if trying to pour all his affection into E.

"If you have time, I could keep youpany. I only teach Kevin piano in the afternoons, so my mornings are free," Brandon said softly, gazing intently at E.

"Really? If you’re that free, you can keep my sisterpany. She likes you quite a lot," E replied casually, smiling faintly.

Though she felt disgusted, E deemed it necessary for her n.

"E..." Brandon paused, ncing at Hannah across the room, then lowered his voice. "You know, I don’t like her. It’s you I like."

E’s eyes widened in surprise. "Really? You’re serious?"

"Of course!"

"Well then, I’m hosting a party at home this Sunday. I’ll see how you perform then," E said with a sly smile, her sweet expression making Brandon’s heart melt.

"Okay, I’ll do my best!" Brandon’s face lit up with a radiant smile. After all his efforts, E was finally giving him a chance to prove himself. Fantastic!

Hannah noticed their whispered conversation and shot Brandon a sideways nce. Seeing his tender and sweet smile, she felt a surge of difort. Even though he was pretending, he was doing it too convincingly.

"Brianna, I heard you bought a ridiculously expensive crown. You’re not a child anymore; how could you be so impulsive?" Grandma Davis recalled a recent news event, her tone displeased as she addressed her daughter-inw.

Brianna had been Grandma Davis’s daughter-inw for over a decade and usually pleased her, but this recent incident had caused a stir. In Grandma Davis’s eyes, a crown worth tens of millions of dors is certainly not worth it.

"Mom, I admit I was impulsive at the time. I bought it because E said she liked it, but I didn’t expect..." Brianna deliberately shifted the me to E.

E wouldn’t let her seed. As soon as Grandma Davis’s cold gaze turned to her, she raised her eyebrows in surprise. "Mommy, didn’t I exin this to you and Daddy before? While I did like the crown, it was a normal reaction. I didn’t ask you to buy it... Besides, I even told you not to bid on it, but you didn’t listen to me!"

Grandma Davis’s face grew even darker. "Since it’s in the past, let’s drop it. Hannah, you’re not a child either. Mind your image in public!"

Hannah’s act of insulting and shoving E at hering-of-age ceremony had be a scandal in the Davis family. Recently, when Grandma Davis visited some neighbors, their children were still talking about it.

Grandma Davis was dissatisfied with both Brianna and Hannah because of these incidents. She hadn’t been eating or sleeping well and called her son, who dismissed her concerns.

"Yes, Grandma. I was drunkst time... so..." Hannah awkwardly muttered, not expecting Grandma to bring up old issues at this family dinner.

Brandon’s heart tightened. He had seen the news and the photos from that incident. Hannah’s face had been twisted with rage, utterly devoid of her usualdylike demeanor.

Seeing those pictures had made Brandon frown in disapproval, thinking that while Hannah disliked E, her public outburst was disgraceful. Now, recalling those images, his fondness for Hannah dwindled further.

Conversely, the serene girl beside him exuded a calm and noble aura that deeply moved Brandon.

E smiled faintly but said nothing more, her eyes remaining as inscrutable as a deep, stillke.

"By the way, Grandma, I bought you a bracelet. I hope you like it," Hannah interjected, quickly taking out a small brocade box from her bag. Inside was a jade-green bracelet, which she presented to everyone.

The bracelet looked quite exquisite, and although Grandma Davis rarely wore bracelets, jade was her favorite.