Chapter 5

Autumn

I stepped inside the familiar beige-colored mansion. Even though I basically grew up in the Beckett mansion, it still felt strange to be under its roof. But one thing was for sure, and it was fixed in my mind: whenever I put my foot inside this mansion, I had only one intention, and that was to annoy the heck out of Ian Beckett. However, the tables always turned. He was always a step ahead of me, and it made me furious.

“There comes my daughter-in-law,” Ada chirped and hugged me, making me smile. “I can’t thank God enough for this. You really are precious. I have wanted you for Ian even before you were born. When I met your mother, she-”

“Okay, Ada, give Autumn some time to adjust. Even though this place is not new for her, she’s here for a new reason now,” said Simon, pulling his wife away.

“But she knows us, so why would she be uncomfortable?” she inquired.

Simon chuckled. “You knew us too when you first moved here, yet you took a lot of time t