Chapter 268: A Better Gift

Halle was slightly stunned. She quickly walked towards Emily and held her in his arms.

Hilla also raised her head. The colorful fireworks outside the window made her face colorful. Hilla smiled, and her eyes curved into two crescent moons. She was as simple as a child as Emily and said, “Halle, the fireworks today are so beautiful.”

Halle followed Hilla’s finger and looked out of the window. She saw layers of fireworks lit up not far away.

The colorful colors illuminated the night sky of River City, rendering the entire city nearby lively.

River City looked lively and beautiful. This was also the place where they had lived since childhood. When they were young, they followed their parents and lived in a small corner of this city.

Right now, they were outside the city, watching the entire city from afar. However, they felt that it had nothing to do with them anymore.

Halle smiled and said, “The fireworks this year are really beautiful, and the dinner today is also good.”

Rather than letting themselves be immersed in this empty night, it was better for the family to sit together and eat dinner happily.

Halle understood Hilla. She wanted to forget, but it didn’t mean that the brilliant fireworks outside could make her forget in her heart.

Emily, who was in her arms, kept struggling as if she wanted to continue watching the fireworks outside the window.

Halle couldn’t resist her, but she was afraid that she would fall, so she had to put her down.

Unexpectedly, she turned around and directly hugged Horton’s thigh.

Halle and Hilla were both a little stunned, and they looked at the surprised Horton together.

Hilla reacted first and coughed lightly. She saw Halle’s complexion was not good. “Emily, what are you doing? Don’t pester uncle. I will carry you to eat delicious food.”

Halle stepped forward seriously. Just as she was about to pick up Emily, Horton had already bent down and held Emily in his arms.

“Since the meal is ready, let’s go eat together!”

Horton was calm, but Halle’s was not.

Before Hilla was still a little sad, but she forgot all about it. She looked at Halle carefully and said, “Halle, we go to eat first!”

She knew that Halle didn’t like that Horton get close to Emily, and even more disliked the Hutts.

However, Emily liked Horton very much. Every time he came over, Emily was very close to him, and even Hilla was a little inferior.

Hilla knew that Halle was unhappy because he was worried that Emily’s identity would be discovered, but he didn’t find it for a long time in the Anderson family. As long as they did not say anything, he should not have noticed anything.

Hilla’s gaze moved back and forth between Halle and Emily.

Fortunately, Halle only had a cold face, and when she saw Orlenna coming over, she did not say anything else.

Orlenna looked at them standing together. For a moment, she was somewhat absent-minded.

She looked at the faces of Horton and Emily for a while, and then turned to Hilla and Halle, “Why are you standing by the window in such cold weather? Hurry up and come in to eat.”

Orlenna draped a coat over Hilla and took her to the dining room in the house.

The heating in the Anderson family’s house was on, and because of Hilla, no one felt cold in this big house in the winter.

Hilla obediently sat down at the dining table with Orlenna.

The dining table was already filled with food, and it was obvious that Orlenna and Halle were very attentive in preparing this dinner.

“Mom, we can’t eat so much food.”

Since the babied grew up, she didn’t feel disgusting by the taste of many things. On the contrary, she had a good appetite now, and her appetite was much larger than a normal person’s.

If there were strangers present, she would be embarrassed. However, the people sitting today were all her family members. She could eat whatever she wanted. No one would laugh at her no matter how much she ate. After all, three people could support her.

However, today’s dinner was too sumptuous. They really could not eat so much.

Orlenna served Hilla a bowl of hot soup after sitting down.

“Don’t worry. You can leave the table when you are full. We will take care of the rest.”

Hilla nodded like a well-behaved child.

Emily was still in Horton’s arms. Halle took Emily over and said, “Alright, sit down and eat quickly.”

Most of them were made by Orlenna, but Halle did a lot of work.

Horton looked at Halle sitting opposite him. They were not far apart, but they seemed to be separated by the Milky Way.

He pursed his lips and said, “Let’s all eat.”

Halle, who was facing him, was slightly startled and lowered her head, not responding.

The dinner was perhaps a happy reunion for others.

But for the Anderson family, it seemed like this was just a rather sumptuous dinner.

None of them said much, and this dinner was relatively quiet.

Hilla only wanted to finish eating quickly and return to her room. Halle only wanted to finish eating quickly and leave with Emily.

Horton was absent-minded and kept looking at them opposite him.

Orlenna didn’t care. She sat and looked at these young people. Although she didn’t have a good appetite, she felt satisfied that someone was willing to accompany her because her children were not there.

Perhaps when people were getting old, as long as they had someone to accompany them, it would be fine. They just felt disappointed if they were not their children.

Hilla quickly returned to her room, and Halle hurriedly left with Emily in her arms. In the big room, only Orlenna and Horton were left.

It was awkward for them to sit together.

“Aunt.”

“Are you leaving too?”

When Horton opened his mouth, he was coldly rebuked by Orlenna. Immediately, he was speechless.

In front of Orlenna, he was only a junior. Orlenna looked unhappy, so he did not dare to say anything.

He obediently returned to his seat.

When Orlenna saw how obedient he was, she felt a little better.

“Bruce won’t be able to come back in the future? Margaret is about to get married. Doesn’t that mean I will have to celebrate the family day alone every year?”

Orlenna’s voice was low and sad, and Horton also calmed down.

“Aunt, Hilla and I will be there every year.”

“Yes, I still have you. Next year, Hilla will give me two grandchildren so the Anderson family will become very lively. When you get married again, you will have children.

“I think that the little girl in Halle’s arms is quite similar to you when you were young.”

When Orlenna finished speaking, it was obvious that she saw Horton standing up excitedly in front of her!

…

As Orlenna spoke, she thought of the scene she had just been in her mind.

Horton held the pink and tender little girl in his arms. When the two of them walked towards Orlenna, she suddenly thought of two words, ’father and daughter’.

However, this thought just quickly flashed through his mind.

Halle was really a good match standing next to Horton, but Halle had a child with her. If Horton wouldn’t mind, the three of them could be happy.

Orlenna muttered in her heart. After all, she was old and could be delusional.

She said this unconsciously, but Horton, who was aside, listened very seriously, “Do you think Emily looks like me?”

“Yes and no.”

Orlenna looked at the refined nephew in front of her and whispered.

Although Hilla was her daughter-in- law, Halle was not, and she often heard Margaret and Hilla complain that Halle didn’t seem to have any intention of marrying again.

She was an outsider and an elder. It was not good for her to talk about the private affairs of the young.

“No but there are some similarities, right?”

Horton tried to get smart.

Orlenna glared at him unhappily.

How was she supposed to answer this question?

She’s obviously Horton’s daughter. She can’t just say that the two of them look like father and daughter.

“People have two eyes, one nose, and one mouth. It’s normal that people would look alike!”

Orlenna made a joke and stood up from the dining table. She felt that she shouldn’t be the one talking about this and was about to walk away.

But today, Horton was like a child who stuck to adults for gifts during the New Year, not willing to let her go.

“Orlenna, what do Emily and I have in common?”

The more Orlenna listened, the more she felt that something was wrong. She frowned and asked, “Silly boy, don’t tell me you want to be her father.”

Emily could not just be Horton’s kid when Orlenna said they looked alike.

If the two of them looked alike meant that they were related by blood, then the Anderson family probably wouldn’t have to worry about the problem of having

descendants.

“Horton, listen. Halle has no intention of marrying again. Just give up. Besides, how would the Hutt family agree to let you marry a divorced woman with a child? What are you thinking?”

The most important reason was that Halle was Hilla’s biological sister, and the Anderson family would not want Halle to suffer in the Hutt family.

If Horton really liked Halle, what if he disliked her and abandoned her in the future?

How could the Anderson family accept this?

What’s more, they were all relatives, so things got even more complicated.

When Orlenna thought about it, she felt that her idea just now was really absurd.

How could she feel that Emily looked like Horton? She was really confused.

“What if I want to marry Halle?”

Before Orlenna could walk away, Horton, who was behind her, suddenly spoke.

Orlenna was shocked for she didn’t expect such a surprising answer at her age.

Usually, she would like to gossip with the young.

However, the main role today was not suitable to be gossiped about.

Orlenna turned around, her face tense and solemn, “Brat, stop talking nonsense here.”

“I had been with Halle before!”

Horton seemed to have made a major decision.

“I had been with her for a night three years ago but then she got pregnant. I looked for her and wanted to explain what happened that night…”

Horton got less confident as he spoke the last few words.

The more Orlenna listened, the more shocked she became. She waved to him, and they sat on the sofa, discussing.

“Wait a minute. Let me think. When did you and Halle meet? Did you two really have sex?”

Orlenna felt that she, a proper elder, was usually dignified and elegant.

Now, she was actually sitting together with her junior to discuss sex and relationships which happened a few years ago. She felt that she became less respectable at the moment.

At this time, Horton looked unusually obedient, acting like an elegant lady. Sitting in front of Orlenna, he seemed to be somewhat aggrieved. “How come I didn’t know about this?”

“This was between me and her. I didn’t know that she was Hilla’s sister at that time. I only found out about this when I saw her in the Anderson’s.”

“But Halle took it as a one-night stand!”

As soon as Horton finished speaking, Orlenna’s eyes widened.

“What did you say? A one-night stand?” She thought, “The young are just so open.”

“Halle does not want others to know about this.”

“Then why did you say it?”

Orlenna gave him a look. Horton said, “Soon after, Halle got pregnant.”

“Emily is yours!”

Orlenna thought, “This is a relationship more than a blood connection.”

But Orlenna still felt that something was wrong.

“No.”

Horton replied with helplessness and sadness.

He really wanted Emily to be his daughter, so Halle had no reason to push him away.

“Halle had slept with someone else? She had a one-night stand with another man?”

Orlenna suddenly felt a headache.

She had always thought that the daughters of the Holt family, especially Halle, who was dignified and generous and was also very educated.

Apart from having a daughter who did not know who her father was, Halle was indeed a very good girl.

Orlenna had never casually criticized other people’s privacy, not to mention that this person was Halle.

“Of course not. Halle is not like that. Emily is her ex-husband’s!”

The word “ex-husband” really made Horton feel that he was getting a lump in his throat. He cared about Halle’s past and Halle’s present. He cared more about that man who had a lovely daughter with Halle.

“Her ex-husband? No way!”

Orlenna frowned, thinking about the appearance of that Tyson guy, and finally shook her head. “I don’t think so. It’s said that daughters take after their father but Emily does not look like him at all. Would Halle lie to you about this? Why do I feel that Emily looks more like you when you were a child?”

She had watched Horton grow up, and she had not yet reached the point where her eyes were blurred, so she reckoned that Emily looked like him.

“Orlenna, you mean Emily looks like me!”

Horton seemed to be instantly inspired and grabbed Orlenna by her arm. Orlenna was startled by his grab and nodded, “You two do look alike, but…” “Thank you, Orlenna!”

Before Orlenna could speak, she was stopped by Horton with a thank you, which startled her, “What?”

Horton said, “I’ll treat you to my wedding banquet another day.”

After saying this, he thought of something, “Can you make a better gift for me? After all, I only get married once!”

Orlenna replied, “Horton, are you out of your mind?”

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