Chapter 170

Suzy had no choice but to accept it. She said to Juniper, “Thank you!” “Don’t be too polite now. It’s us who should be thanking you!” Juniper smiled gently, expressing that she was truly fond of Suzy. When everyone was chit-chatting, George’s father, Graham Laine, and his oldest son, Gregory Laine, came down from upstairs. Everyone got up one after another. Juniper introduced Suzy to Graham and Gregory while she greeted them neither servilely nor overbearingly. Graham was just as George had described him. He appeared serious and unsmiling, looking deep and wise. It made it impossible to know what he was thinking. Meanwhile, Gregory and George were rather similar in terms of appearance, but the former was wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses. It was perhaps because he was more engaged in academic research, he looked prudent and restrained. However, he was as gentle and courteous as Juniper, which made him rather approachable. Suzy thought that Gregory had gotten his mother’s tra