Chapter 54

The Holt family never liked drawing attention. With only one grandson in the family, they preferred Elise not to post him all over her social media, lest someone with ill intentions take advantage of it. So she rarely shared anything. The last time she had posted was for her wedding. As it had been a secret marriage, the post had been visible only to her. Later, Elise deleted it entirely. Henry had been the first to comment, "Ugly. Just like you." Then, Ivy. "That's cute." The rest of the comments came from people she could barely remember, adding. None of the profile pictures looked familiar. Since no one had said anything offensive, she felt awkward deleting them. For all she knew, some might belong to members of the Jorvania elite, and it would be unwise to offend them. So she left it alone. She replied to Ivy with a blushing smile emoji and to Henry with a bomb emoji. After that, she went home, took a hot shower, and lost herself in her books. … After Elise left, Samuel wen