Chapter 261 Why Doesn’t Your Aunt Like You

• Hazel’s heart skipped under his gaze, her long lashes trembling. Bold as a dare, she reached out her small hand and hooked his slender index finger…
• It felt like the scene had slipped twenty years backward—to when Zachary Luellen first saw Hazel. Back then, she was still swaddled up, a soft, pink little dumpling. In the warm, gentle room of Aunt Jill, two legendary women—Kelly Reeves and Liu Yingluo—stood side by side. Kelly was lively and charming, untouched by dust, chattering about something so bright that sorrow in Liu Yingluo’s stunning eyes slowly melted into a smile.
• Zachary stood by the cradle as Liu Yingluo walked over and stroked his hair. “Zach,” she said softly, “how about she becomes your little bride someday?”