The child whom the woman had brought back was an eight-year-old boy. Just like that, they began to live in the Granger family.
The next morning, Eudora was awakened by a warm kiss. She saw Amos' handsome face as soon as she opened her eyes.
She took a deep breath, still groggy.
Amos let go of her and caressed her head. "I'm heading to work. You should sleep for a while longer. You'd better not interact with that mother and son downstairs for the time being. It won't be good if something happens."
Eudora nodded in confusion and returned to sleep with Juju in her arms.
She slept for a while and it was almost 9 a.m. when she got up to get ready. She had just freshened herself up when she heard someone knocking on her door. Eudora quickly went to open it.
It was the woman from the day before, and she had a smile plastered across her face, "Hello, I went to the kitchen to make some of my child's favorite breakfast. I've made a few extras and I remembered that you have a child, so I brought some for you."
Eudora was taken aback and she tried to recall the woman's name.
Was her name, Tiffany Leon?
"That's too kind of you!" Eudora said hurriedly, "Juju isn't up yet..."
"It's okay. You could just leave it on the table for a while!"
Eudora could not think of anything else to say, so she reached out and accepted it. "Well... thank you!"
"You're welcome!" the woman turned around and left after that.
After a while, Eudora returned to her senses. Judging by the woman's calm demeanor, Eudora was quite certain that the boy was probably a child of the Granger family.
"Mommy!" Juju suddenly shouted, "That cake smells nice!"
Eudora took a look at the cake and put it on the table before walking over to Juju. "Are you hungry? Come on, get up, Mommy will bring you to eat some delicious food!"
"Can't I eat the cake?" Juju asked.
Eudora thought for a moment and shook her head. "It's better to not eat it!" After all, that woman was a complete stranger but she was acting so friendly to her. Eudora was a little cautious and dared not let Juju take risks.
Juju was obedient and she did not argue, so they changed the topic.
After Juju showered, a servant brought them breakfast. Eudora then fed Juju.
Before the servant left, Eudora said hurriedly, "Could you take the cake out and throw it away for me?"
The servant nodded and placed the cake into a bag. After leaving Eudora's room, the servant tasted the cake because it looked good. When the butler asked the servants to start cleaning, she quickly kept the cake away and went to work.
In the morning, Eudora received a reply from a company that she was hired.
The company agreed to let Eudora work from home, as long as she could email the designs to them whenever necessary. Nevertheless, they hoped that she could visit the site personally whenever she was free, but she did not have to do it frequently.
Eudora felt that this was a reasonable request, so she made an appointment to sign the contract.
As soon as she hung up the call, she heard footsteps outside her door.
The butler's voice came from the other side of the door, "Miss George, the Old Master has some matters to discuss with you. Please come out."
Eudora opened the door hurriedly and asked, "What's wrong?"
The butler's face was dark and he glanced at Juju, "The Old Master is asking for you and the Miss' presence at the hall."
Eudora nodded and went back to hold Juju's hand. After that, the two of them went to the main building.
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