Chapter 151: He’s So Beautiful
The Clarkson's gene for long legs was no wonder a strong one.
Seeing Sophia holding Cathryn's arm, Cathryn hasn't reacted yet. Put Briston in the car, Keith pulled Cathryn, put his right hand on her shoulder, and reached for Sophia a little, smiling. "This is Sophia, my uncle's daughter. This is Luis Clarkson, the son of my eldest cousin."
The Clarkson’s had settled in Germany for three generations. Their grandfather Allan had worked his way into the country's food industry, occupied a considerable market, and had retired years ago, yielding to his physical conditions. Now the Clarkson Corp. was governed by Emmanuel, Allan's eldest, assisted by the youngest brother Theodore. As for Richard, Keith's father, he went on his way traveling the world, making paintings and composing poems.
Cathryn couldn't relax after the brief introduction, while Sophia and Luis were well used to meeting strangers and having to live with them.
Luis called her "Auntie," and Sophia proposed to address each other by first names when Cathryn finally remembered to give them a smile, and they settled in the business car. Keith was holding the baby basket while both Sophia and Luis leaned over.
"He's so beautiful!" Sophia couldn't move her eyes from the baby.
It was Luis's first time seeing such a small child, and he didn't even complain about Sophia.
"Can I help feed him?" Sophia finally looked up from her stare, her eyes shining with hope towards Cathryn.
"Of course," Cathryn agreed quickly and added, "If you can take your brother's training."
Hearing this, Sophia laughed and said to her new sister-in-law, "He's good, isn't he?"
Seeing her nodding, Sophia grabbed Luis by the shoulders from under his black baby seat belt, who was slowly fiddling with Briston's little fingers with an amazing face and pinched his red cheeks, "When this one was little, he was taking care of him all the time, you know, changing diapers, the feedings, giving him showers, making Baby food...ALL that you can think of."
"Let go of me!" Luis frowned with a controlled voice. He was trying not to scare the baby, and after realizing himself whispering, his face flushed redder.
Now Cathryn understood why Keith was so proficient in taking care of the baby. He was well-practiced a few years back when he used Luis as a guinea pig.
She looked at Keith, who was looking at her too, his eyes so clear, his smile soft and tranquilizing.
It was a quarter of an hour's drive from the airport to the city. The traffic was great, and the car slid smoothly to the city roads.
They drove on the boulevard, and the cars and buildings along the way went sparse again until they were driving with greens on both sides alone, and in the end, they entered a gate and followed the narrow drive with gardens and trees, and parked in front of an old castle.
There were apparently no islands for the Clarkson to purchase in Germany, but an eye-catching fairy-tale castle also made Cathryn shocked for a few seconds.
A butler hurriedly came to open the door as soon as the car stopped. Cathryn stepped out of the car and had a vast view of the garden all in front of her.
Outside the five-story castle, the surrounding was not so much a courtyard but rather an enormous park.
The Clarkson's mansion was symmetrically designed. The house was located in the middle of the courtyard, and a wide stone pavement went all the way straight from the gate. On both sides of the slate was a newly cut lawn.
The entire mansion was divided into two parts, the front was the castle and plants, while the rear served as a garden and sports field. Cathryn had yet to see the latter.
The front garden was vaguely cut into five blocks. In the center was the centuries-old castle, in front of which a neat road crossed straight to either side. The green field was a landscape integrated with exotic plants, hedges, and trees with native flora, and the most distinguishable part in the middle of each side was two huge ponds of Blue Cornflowers, the national flower glimmering in a mythical, almost neon color in the vigorous sun.
Close to the castle were two fountains on both sides that slightly broke the symmetry on the neatly trimmed lawn. The one on the left was an exaggerated-looking mermaid, while the other was Little Riding Hood with the same style.
It was six o'clock in the afternoon, the sun had just set, and the lights were on, shining on the sculptures and the splashing water, small drops like diamonds were falling into the lawn. Cathryn felt as if she was living in a romantic Korean TV show.
The butler had returned to the house to inform the masters, while Sophia was already a step ahead, vanishing to the door before him. Luis was calm enough with his little hand pulling Keith's fingers, stepping out of the car steadily with his uncle.
Walking up the steps in front of the castle, Cathryn's heart gradually went hanging again. She started to hear some music from the piano and a woman singing opera.
The dark marble-paved ground made the castle look colder and nobler. The butler greeted Cathryn with a well-mannered nod, holding the tall, heavy door for her, and Cathryn could see the bright yellow light of the crystal chandeliers in the hall and hear more clearly the singing voice inside.
Looking up at the tall ceiling, Cathryn found herself in awe and her heart beating like a drum. She retreated subconsciously and was met with Keith's warm palm behind her. She walked herself into the castle.
The interior of the castle was designed in the style of the medieval European court. But it had something different compared to the court. There was a less classical luxury but more modern artisan. The interior had made the inside of the castle less astounding but more of a low-key personality.
Consistent with the aesthetics outside the door, the layout inside the castle was also symmetrical.
In the center of the hall, a crystal chandelier with a 6-inch diameter was glowing. Under the chandelier lay six large sheep skins, all dyed in bright red and golden-edged.