Her expression stiffened for a moment but quickly returned to normal. Olivia Zane said with a smile, "Alright, I won’t go back tonight then, I’ll stay at home with you."
The decision was also a struggle in her heart.
Nathan Moore took her back to the Zane Family, ostensibly because he was worried he couldn’t take care of her while traveling on business. However, how often Nathan had been on business trips over these past three years, Olivia knew all too well.
She didn’t expose him not because she didn’t dare to, but because she feared once everything was laid out in the open, in the end, Nathan wouldn’t even bother to lie to her.
Titus Zane, she had always been an unresolved taboo for her, and not just because of Nathan.
Ever since she became aware, her mother had told her a secret, a secret about her and Titus Zane.
This secret made her jealous and hateful towards Titus Zane.
Yet she couldn’t eliminate her completely because, ultimately, she had to rely on her.
That too was her helplessness.
Titus Zane had lost contact with the family for three years, and her mother kept telling her not to worry, that when needed, Titus would definitely show up. While such consolation was given, her mother secretly continued to search for Titus...
Perhaps it was divine favor, but now, she had come back on her own, and at the most critical moment. As long as she could keep her here, what would be the loss of temporarily losing Nathan Moore?
When the day comes that she stands perfectly healthy and unharmed before Nathan, will she fear not being able to win back his heart?
Olivia Zane was sincere in her attitude, and it didn’t look like she was joking.
But Titus Zane knew clearly, only because Nathan Moore was by her side was she willing to show such sisterly affection.
Knowing that Olivia Zane was putting on an act, Titus Zane was not in the mood to play a supporting role today. With a faint smile at the corner of her lips and a casual look in her eyes, she said, "I’m staying at a hotel, not at home."
"Why?" Olivia Zane exclaimed, either to put on a show for Nathan Moore or truly surprised, "Why stay at a hotel when you have your own home?"
"Heh," Titus Zane couldn’t help but chuckle lightly, "Don’t you also have a home, yet you prefer staying at your parents’ house?"
A joking remark, but it made Olivia Zane’s face show a myriad of expressions.
She wasn’t sure if it was her imagination, but she felt that Titus Zane was mocking her.
Next to her, Nathan Moore had been leisurely drinking tea without joining in the exchange between the sisters, but when Titus’s words fell, the corners of his lips holding the tea cup unconsciously curled up.
"Is little Titus back?" Ariana Evans descended from the staircase, having just taken a bath and changed into home clothes.
Julian Zane followed behind with a morose face, his emotions plainly written there.
"Dad, Mom." Titus Zane got up and greeted them, her lips curving with just the right degree of warmth. She noticed that since her return, her father seemed to have a strong aversion to her, although they were never particularly close before, at least not like the coldness now.
Ariana Evans quickly came down the stairs and saw the gift box on the coffee table, frowning disapprovingly, "Little Titus, money is hard to come by these days, we’re all family, there’s no need for gifts!"
Titus Zane smiled and swept a light glance at her father, "It’s nothing expensive, just something I picked up while passing by the mall. I hope you and Dad won’t find it too humble."
"What are you talking about, child!" Ariana Evans took Titus Zane’s hand and sat down with her on the sofa, while Nathan Moore nodded and made a sign to Julian Zane.
"Mom, look, Nathan brought me a lot of gifts this time he returned!" Just as everyone sat down, Olivia Zane began to show off, and then pointed to a bag of gifts.
"Nathan, hand me that dress, I want to try it on."
Nathan Moore leaned forward slightly, taking the bag Olivia Zane pointed to. That’s when Titus Zane noticed—his right hand was bandaged.