Howard Geoffrey lowered his head and kissed Becca's eyelashes affectionately, saying, "I don't want to leave you home alone."
He always spoke like that, as if his words were laced with honey. She didn't know how to respond, so she chose to remain silent and let him carry her into the bathroom.
In the middle of the night, Rebecca Quentin was awakened by a sudden phone call. Due to her fatigue from the first half of the night, she was too sleepy to open her eyes. The phone rang for quite some time, and when she couldn't stand the noise anymore, she finally reached out to find it.
With her eyes still closed, she pressed the answer button. The caller was Aunt Clare.
After hearing what Aunt Clare had to say, Rebecca Quentin suddenly sat up, her eyes wide open and staring in shock.
Aunt Clare's voice came faintly from the phone, "Miss, please come back home quickly. The Quentins are in chaos, and you need to take charge of your father's funeral arrangements…"
