Chapter 244

Curtis looked at her with that soft, indulgent gaze of his. With Delia’s hopeful puppy eyes staring back at him, he couldn’t bring himself to say no. So, yeah—he caved and agreed to let Vanessa in. Noah, for once, didn’t even roll his eyes at Delia. Normally he’d already be silently roasting her for being this nosy, thinking she couldn’t stay out of trouble if her life depended on it. But today? When she said to let Vanessa in, Noah actually felt... a little excited? So the three of them—Curtis, Delia, and Noah—just kept eating breakfast like nothing was up, until Vanessa barged in shouting Curtis's name like she was possessed. She looked like Curtis had done something horrific to her family or something. Edith didn’t even warn her where everyone was. She just calmly watched Vanessa storm around like some kind of out-of-bounds sitcom character until she finally found the dining room. “Curtis!” Vanessa charged toward him, but Edith stepped in, blocking her path. To Vanessa, Edith was no