The Hidden Passion of the Step Uncle

looked melancholic, her cheeks reddened by the hot sun. They were sitting o

?" Flavia turned, looking back at Gladwin wi

lcome party for Uncle at home," replied Flavia in her calm tone. Gladwi

ty, I'm not allowed to be here?"

of him whining. It felt like seeing Flavia ten years ago when she was still a teenager. "I mean, the

must understand that," Gladwin replied casually. He tilted his head, choosing to look at the clear sky above. "W

ze. "How can Uncle talk like that? I'm here to substitut

trying to avoid me," Gladwin said, looking at h

he girl asked, stuttering. S

" he replied casually. In fact, Gladwin thought that Flavia had been av

willing to do video calls with him. Even when all her family gathered, she didn't join them when

be some excuse Flavia made to avoid being in the same room with him. Initially, in the early years of Gladwin's relocation, he thought Flavia's absence among her

n t

anized for his welcome this time. But in reality, she chose not to be there, citing the need to go t

ade Gladwin think. Another reas

annoyed. V

istancing herself from him. B

was to avoid that girl. Because, honestly, he felt an inappropriate

lt reluctant when, at one point, a friend of her f

feeling. But he felt it was inappropriate for him to have such feelings for Flavia. Although his lips said th

ntacted his twin broth

t hear her voice. But his hopes were never fulfilled. Because somehow, her radar seemed so str

to gather, and Gladwin tried to contact his family, she never appeared on the screen. Ther

idays by returning to America, she also

e y

t was truly a miracle. When Gladwin searched the place he thought Flavia would be, she

o rid himself of feelings he thought were inappropriate. But now, why was it that when the girl chose to

't know that Flavia liked him? From the way she looked at him, the attention she gave h

ce of his twin brother's wife, Claire. Gladwin had seen her grow since she wore a white and blue

t like something gripped his chest and pulled it so tight. He should be happy, shouldn't he?

l in a blue headscarf beside him-Fl

question interrupted his thoughts. Reluctantly, Gladwin straighte

were still about a third of the orphanage children that Gladwin hadn't examin

w rooms and implement them in the near future. At around four o'clock, Flavia was about to leave the foundation. However, when she went

he car window. "I asked Tobby to go home." His

Flavia aske

dma's house, right? So why not go

refuse to go with Gladwin and go to her grandmother's house towards the end of the eve

tive, I can take you to your familiar boutique because I just returned here, so I do

p with her being alone with Gladwin in the car. "Maybe just t

Gladwin did the same. Flavia got a simple dress in light turquoise, gradually shading into pink. When it came time to pay, Gladwin intervened, a

rthday, Uncle?" Fla

. "Just take them, while I'm feeling generous." The man then left Fla

ia replied again. She didn't see each piece of clothing her uncle ch

tering university and the graduation gift. Well, consider it an accumulation of gi

ing you a gift?" Flavia rep

ft? F

t." Flavia replied as Gl

l there's a lot accumulated, j

I can buy your gift now." Flavia

ed Flavia put the paper bags in the back of the ca

er's wife who is about to give birth to their third child, his mother is becoming increasingly eager to match Gladwin with the daughte

ced at Flavi

say if Gladwin said that he wanted his own niece

, of course. Moreover, she is the stepdaughter of his twin brother. E

which even according to Gladwin himself is a crazy idea? And what about Antony, Flavia's fa

emma. But he cannot

What about the man named Eijaz? Gladwin doesn't want to distur

e easily if he wanted to. Several cars were neatly parked in the house's yard and the outside. There was a car that Gladwin recog