"WHAT are we going to talk about?" Emilia seriously asked Tyron. "And what are you doing here? I didn't know Mariano had accepted you back," she added. Tyron smiled thinly. His grandfather hadn't actually accepted him back. He thought it was unlikely to happen. He was here because he begged Mariano to let him stay temporarily in the mansion because he wanted to see Emilia on her birthday. For five years, he knew that was the Green family's custom. That every year on Emilia's birthday, they would have dinner with Mariano at the mansion. And this time, he mustered the courage to see her and celebrate, even secretly. The empty chair at the table earlier was supposed to be his. But he chose not to eat with them because he didn't want to ruin Emilia's happy evening. So, from the balcony of h

