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As the two came toward us, I could only stare. The woman, not much older than me, was stunning, with pale-blond hair and warm, honey skin. Up close, I noted her eyes were a hazel green. I flicked my gaze to the boy behind her, half hiding from us. He was so gorgeous that he took my breath away. I mean, James, Scott, Eric, and of course my brother were gorgeous, too, but compared to this boy, they were kind of different. James, Scott, Eric, and Andy were gorgeous in a male hotness sense that drove females crazy.

This boy—with short, pale-brown hair, fair skin, and chestnut-brown eyes—however, had the gorgeousness that leaned toward the feminine side. The type that you couldn’t stop looking at because of his uniqueness, almost like one of the most exotic paintings you had ever seen. I noted that he was slightly shorter than the woman, and I suddenly wondered what their relationship was.

Drawing my eyes away from the boy and back to the woman, I asked, “Are you Liam’s guests?”

The woman nodded. “I’m Alice Oto, and this is my sister Yuki.”

I blinked. “Come again?”

Alice licked her lip and said, “I’m Alice, and this is my sister Yuki.”

I nodded in understanding. So that breathtakingly beautiful boy was actually a girl? I didn’t misunderstand Alice, did I? She did say sister.

Yuki finally stepped to the side and smiled at me and then Aria. “Konnichiwa,” she said.

Aria smiled and asked, “What does that mean?”

Alice said, “It means hello in Japanese.”

Aria chuckled excitedly, having suddenly discovered a new word, especially one from a new language.

“Konnichiwa,” she tried. “Did I say it right?”

Yuki nodded. “Yes, you did.” She came to kneel in front of Aria and said, “Kawaii. You are so adorable.”

“What does kawaii mean?” Aria asked again, enthusiastically wanting to know.

“It means cute,” Yuki said. “You are very cute.”

Aria blushed and giggled. “So are you. You’re so cute and pretty and beautiful, even though you look like a boy.”

I saw Yuki blush as she touched her boyish hair. I wondered if she was conscious of her unique look.

While Yuki and Aria started chatting away animatedly, with Yuki teaching Aria some Japanese words, I turned to Alice with a questioning look in my eyes.

Alice must have understood what I wanted to know because she said, “Yuki is my half-sister. Our mom married Yuki’s father, who’s Japanese, when I was around five, and a year later, Yuki was born. She’s half Japanese, half American, but we’ve lived in Japan most of our lives, so…”

“I see.” That meant Yuki wasn’t very good with English. Well, at least I assumed so, but she seemed to be able to communicate with Aria fine.

After that, Alice and I started talking, and we clicked immediately. I felt it right there and then that she, her sister Yuki, and me and Savannah were going to become very good friends. Of course, we were laughing and having so much fun that I felt the invisible guard Alice and Yuki had put up around them had disappeare

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It wasn’t long before a man dressed immaculately in black suit appeared before us. “Excuse me, but lunch is now served. Mr. Maxwell is waiting in the dining room.”

Alice whispered to me, “He’s the butler.”

I nodded in understanding, and a moment later, we all headed back to the house to have lunch.

Chapter 19

Mia

The day had been long and exhausting for me, especially after James, Aria, and I had started that lunch with Liam, Scott, Eric, Alice, and Yuki. Then, of course, once we were done with that, Liam had suggested we stay for dinner as well since Alice, Yuki, Aria, and I seemed to get along so well. He had said that the sisters needed company near their ages, someone they felt comfortable with, since America was so new and different to them. Of course, I had fun spending time with the sisters, but I must say both Scott and Eric—well, mostly Eric—had behaved poorly, a side of them I had not seen before.

Boy, was I glad we were finally home. After helping Aria bathe and dress, I lay beside her—along with Sammy and Alfie, who were being very nice and obedient, snuggling comfortably near Aria—reading them a bedtime story. When I finished the book, I tucked Aria in.

I was about to kiss her good night when Aria asked, “Mia? Do you love Daddy?”

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