Everyone, apart from Luna and Joshua, was shocked to see Nellie.
Theo had no idea Nellie was in Merchant City, whereas Caleb and Rachel had never seen Luna and
Joshua’s daughter before.
Rachel gazed as the small girl bearing a face similar to Joshua ran down the stairs.
“Luna, this is…”
Luna smiled and walked over to lift Nellie into her arms.
“This is my eldest daughter, Nellie. Joshua and I had a conflict, and we both felt it was unsafe in
Merchant City. She and my second son, Neil, had been staying in Banyan City ever since.
“Since we’ve mended our relationship and my parents had recovered and waited to see them, we had
our friends at Banyan City send them here.”
She then pointed at Rachel and Caleb. “Nellie, this is Aunt Rachel and Uncle Caleb.”
Nellie looked at them, her gaze shifting back and forth, before smiling at them. Then, she smiled at
them.
“Aunt Rachel, Uncle Caleb. I saw both of you on the news!”
Rachel was amused by how adorable Nellie was.
“You saw us on the news?”
“Yes.” Nellie nodded quickly.
“Early this morning when Neil and I just got here, we saw Uncle Theo sitting on the couch watching the
news, zoning out. The news was reporting about your upcoming wedding with Uncle Caleb!”
She smiled cheekily at Rachel and Caleb as she asked, “Are both of you getting married for real?”
Rachel’s heart skipped a beat when Nellie asked that question. She unconsciously looked toward where
Theo was standing. He seemed to be rather pale, and at that moment, he, too, was looking at Rachel.
Their gazes met.
Flustered, Rachel quickly looked away, while Theo turned to look at the flame on the stove as he felt a
little unease.
Caleb had witnessed how Rachel and Theo stared at each other. He sighed and lifted his head to look at
Nellie with a smile.
“Yes, we’re getting married next month. Are you willing to be our flower girl with June and your brothers
by then?”
‘Flower girl?’ Nellie clapped her hand excitedly.
“Yes, yes!”
She had never been a flower girl nor attended a wedding before!
“I very much do!”
Moments later, however, Nellie turned to look at where Theo was.
“I…don’t think Neil will go, though. He’s very close to Uncle Theo.”
‘Uncle Theo is heartbroken because Aunt Rachel is getting married, so Neil will never rub salt into Uncle
Theo’s wound.’
Having that thought in her mind, Nellie once again looked in Theo’s direction EXUhM:NN hesitated to
speak.
Joshua shook his head helplessly. Although Nellie was just a six-year-old kid, she had inherited Luna’s
traits perfectly with her wild imagination and thinking. Hence, he walked over and took Nellie from Luna
gently, holding her in his arms. “Nellie, you said Nigel had cracked Uncle Jim’s laptop?”
“That’s right.”
Nellie would always shift to a more stern behavior whenever her father would ask a serious question
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