Chapter 1414: Chapter 1414: Atra Blanc and Pete
She shook hands with the other person, Pete’s smile was shy and reserved: “Hello!”
Atra translated for him, “Pete says hello.”
Pete continued, “I’ve seen your news, very impressive!”
Purple Sumrs was still confused, Atra smiled again and translated: “He said he’s seen your news and praised you as impressive.”
Purple couldn’t help but laugh, pursing her lips, “Thank you for the complint.”
Afterward, Atra led Pete to the banquet hall, both chatting and laughing.
Purple felt like her mother had changed, she talked more and beca lively.
Previously she told Alexander that after eting Pete, her mother seed younger, but that wasn’t quite right.
As one ages, it’s not just the appearance that fades but also a certain aura that’s hard to describe, like people who seem young but feel lifeless and lack energy.
Atra was like a pool of water in the backyard of an ancient temple, tranquil and distant, gentle and beautiful, but she wasn’t young.
Now, this pool of water finally had ripples, how to say it… it’s got a touch of girlish playfulness.
Purple rembered how Aria always made fun of her, saying she was so serious and arrogant as a prosecutor, but after eting Alexander, her character seed to collapse, like a silly little girl?
Because she likes him.
In front of soone you like, it’s impossible to keep up appearances. Even the fiercest lion in the jungle can’t help but wag its tail when it ets the owner who raised it as a cub.
…
After the birthday banquet ended, Pete stayed, and had dinner with Atra, Alexander, Purple, and the three little babies.
It was a small family gathering.
The atmosphere was fairly good, perhaps considering the language barrier, Pete didn’t say much. Which was better, otherwise Alexander would definitely find him too glib.
After the al, Atra took Pete to see the plants and flowers she cultivated.
Purple and Alexander leaned by the window, gazing at the man and woman in the distance.
“Seems like the type mom likes,” Purple murmured as she watched them.
At first, he just looked familiar, but upon closer inspection, Purple realized Pete’s features actually resembled Old Master Sumrs, especially the eyes and nose.
A few years ago, Clyde Sumrs who took Atra away also resembled Old Master Sumrs. If not for the age difference, they might look like twin brothers.
Alexander responded with a faint “Hmm,” looking uncharacteristically relaxed and leisurely.
With a twisted childhood and dreams of a peaceful, warm family life, now he had a wife, children, and his mother also found her place. Alexander had everything he wanted.
As for who Pete looked like, he didn’t mind as long as it wasn’t that certain person.
…
Atra and Pete’s relationship was gradually warming up.
In Pete’s bookstore, there was a separate room used exclusively for fernting jams.
The two often t there to make various kinds of jams.
The air was filled with a sweet and sour sll, like the scent of romance, perating every pore, controlling breath and heartbeat.
Pete was always clumsy.
He knocked over a bowl, and the mixed fruit pulp spilled on the ground. Atra accidentally stepped on it, slipped, and fell into Pete’s arms, followed by a clattering sound—
Cups, bowls, plates all shattered, and Atra and Pete also fell heavily on the ground.
Atra hurriedly supported herself with her hand to lift her upper body, looking at Pete anxiously and apologetically as he was used as her human cushion, “Are you okay? Did you get hurt?”
Pete gently shook his head, not getting up imdiately.
This perspective was quite subtle, gazing up at her, the light behind her cast a faint halo, a bit dazzling, a bit dreamy, just like when he lay on the sloping grass for a nap in his youth, she leaned over and said to him, “Clyde Sumrs, wake up, it’s ti to go back.”
His eyes felt so warmth, he squinted slightly and softly said, “Atra, let’s get married.”
Atra didn’t react imdiately: “Huh?”
He raised his hand, gently caressing the fine lines at the corner of her eyes.
She had aged, he had aged too, but in his eyes, she was still that little girl in a white dress, unfamiliar with the ways of the world…
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