Chapter 696 Night Walk

"Lucia, I agree too," Sophie said gently. It was Theodore's first Christmas with his grandparents, and Lucia hadn't planned on it. "Anyway, we've just eaten, haven't we?" Sophie's smile softened. Lucia was very grateful to Sophie. She turned to look into Theodore's excited eyes. She knew that he missed Esmae and Chris too, but... She stood up and walked over to Arthur, whispering in his ear, "There's gonna be... a lot of unpleasantness going back. I don't want Teddy to see that. Arthur... thanks for the offer." Arthur looked into Lucia's slightly wistful eyes and felt a little guilty. He hadn't really thought much about it just now. "Teddy, I'm sorry," Arthur said, stroking Lucia's arm and squatting down in front of Theodore. "I didn't think it through. You want to stay with your grandparents for Christmas, don't you?" "Of course!" Theodore nodded immediately. Of course he was happy to spend Christmas with his grandparents. He glanced sideways at his mother's expression of want