Chapter 344 Just One Look
After hearing this, Olivia immediately understood.
Andrew was still working hard and planning for them to take their relationship to the next level.
Everything he promised her wasn't just talk—he was really showing it through his actions.
He had been constantly easing her worries, making sure she had nothing to be concerned about.
Olivia looked at him helplessly and asked, "You... really plan to not let me do anything?"
Andrew disagreed with her words. He raised his hand and lightly tapped her forehead, saying, "Who said that? Before, who was it that stayed up late making medicine to help my grandfather's health?
You're working hard too. Don't put yourself down, okay?"
After saying this, he gave her a light peck on the lips.
Olivia pressed her lips together where he had kissed her, her heart melting. How could she bear to say anything more?
But she wasn't careless either, and still had some concerns.
"Meeting your uncle and aunt today was too rushed. I should prepare some gifts later to improve their impression of me." She gently hooked Andrew's eyeglass chain hanging on his chest with her finger, unconsciously wrapping it around twice, and sincerely asked, "What do your uncle and aunt like? And Anna too—can you tell me?"
Andrew caught her playful hand and kissed it, saying, "Don't worry about these things. I can help you prepare them."
But Olivia shook her head and refused, "No, gifts for elders need to be sincere. I have to do this myself. You just need to tell me what they like."
Seeing her serious expression, Andrew didn't object and could only say, "Alright then, I'll tell you."
He told her in detail about his family members' preferences.
Olivia nodded from time to time and even took out her phone's memo app to jot down some key points.
The two were hugging and talking.
Outside the parlor, after Anna saw Daniel off, she passed by this area.
She accidentally spotted those two familiar figures and couldn't resist her curiosity, secretly peeking through the door.
Jessica saw her daughter's sneaky behavior and found it amusing.
She stepped forward and tapped her, saying softly, "Let's go. Don't disturb Andrew here."
Anna waved her hand and said, "Wait a minute. I just want to look for a second. I want to see what Andrew looks like when he's in love. I've never seen it before. Aren't you curious?"
Jessica immediately thought of Andrew's expression in the private room earlier.
His usual coldness had melted away, like warm spring after ice and snow thaw, with a hint of smile in his eyes.
When he looked at the person he liked, there was a gentle tenderness rippling in his eyes.
What else could it look like?
It was already very obvious!
Just then, Anna's surprised voice suddenly rang in her ears, "Wow, Andrew is actually hugging Olivia on his own initiative! And he kissed her too. Dad, Mom, come look—is this really Andrew?"
Jessica and Patrick originally thought it wasn't right to secretly watch Andrew's romance.
But with Anna making such a fuss, they couldn't help but be tempted.
Patrick cleared his throat and said, "Then... just one look?"
Then he immediately leaned over, stacking above his daughter, to peek at what was happening inside.
Just one glance, and Patrick was also quite surprised.
In his lifetime, he was actually seeing what Andrew looked like when in love.
He quickly called to Jessica, his voice low, "Honey, come look. Andrew finally has some human warmth!"
Jessica had wanted to scold them.
But after what the father and daughter said, she ultimately abandoned her gentle and dignified etiquette and curiously leaned over for a look.
In the parlor, the two people embracing were indeed quite pleasing to the eye.
Olivia looked really adorable, her delicate figure held in Andrew's arms, with a slightly reproachful expression.
Andrew's figure was tall and distinguished, his aura still visibly refined and aloof.
But the expression on his face at this moment was overflowing with tenderness.
It looked like he was coaxing her?
The family of three was quite amazed by this scene.
Although they had seen Andrew be gentle with family members before.
But toward outsiders, he had always been calm and indifferent.
This was the first time they'd seen him show such ice-melting tenderness toward someone other than family.
No wonder she could become the person Andrew liked!
This Olivia must have something special about her!
Nearby, David watched the three people acting sneaky and thought, 'This is nothing. Mr. Hamilton's special treatment of Ms. Smith goes far beyond this.'
At least, since Andrew and Olivia got together, David had been seeing such scenes every day.
Just as everyone was watching with great interest, Andrew in the parlor seemed to sense something. His movements paused slightly, and his gaze moved toward the doorway.
When he spotted the three heads at the door, his expression carried a hint of amusement.
Patrick and Jessica, whose eyes met his, suddenly felt a bit embarrassed at being caught.
They couldn't keep watching anymore and quickly pulled their heads back.
"Well, my dad must have been waiting for us for a long time. Honey, should we head back now?" Patrick cleared his throat a couple of times to hide his embarrassment.
Jessica also nodded and said, "Yes, we should go back."
Compared to her parents' awkwardness, Anna was much bolder.
She openly took out her phone and snapped several photos of the sweet couple inside.
Then she clicked save with satisfaction.
Andrew raised his eyebrows slightly, then used his eyes to signal her: Get going, don't make trouble here!
Anna immediately understood Andrew's look, smiled cheerfully, made an OK gesture, and quickly got up, saying to her parents, "Let's go, let's go find Grandpa!"
After saying this, she pulled her parents back to the banquet hall together.
After they were far from the parlor, Patrick turned back and asked his daughter, "So, did you get the shots? Do they look good?"
Anna smiled happily, pursing her lips, and said, "Of course I got them! They're both so good-looking, the photos are naturally perfect!
I took several. I'll sell them to Andrew later at a high price to earn some spending money!"
Hearing Anna's words, Jessica couldn't help but laugh, "You silly girl..."
The family of three chatted and laughed as they returned to the entrance of the banquet hall.
Just as they were about to enter, they ran into Aurelia coming toward them.
Seeing the three of them, Aurelia immediately put on a sweet and gentle smile and greeted them, saying, "I was just looking for you. I saw you'd been gone for a while—nothing happened, I hope?"
Seeing her, the three stopped talking about Andrew.
Jessica nodded slightly at her and said, "Nothing happened. We just took Anna to take her medicine, which delayed us a bit."
Hearing this, Aurelia immediately showed a concerned expression and asked, "Anna, are you not feeling well?"
Anna smiled and replied, "I'm fine, Aurelia. Don't worry. Has Grandpa been waiting long? Let's go in quickly."
"Okay."
Patrick and Jessica nodded and were about to head inside.
At this moment, Aurelia looked behind them and asked with confusion, "Where's Andrew? Didn't he come back with you?"
Jessica smoothly said, "Andrew ran into an acquaintance and is chatting. He'll be back in a bit."
Anna, meanwhile, took Aurelia's arm and stopped her from going outside, saying, "Aurelia, we don't need to wait for him. Let's go. I have some things I want to chat with you about."
Then, without waiting for a response, she brought her inside.
Andrew and Olivia were together right now—Anna couldn't let anyone go disturb them while they were building their relationship!
She would protect Andrew and Olivia's romance!
Aurelia, seeing Anna being so proactive and friendly toward her for once, naturally wouldn't pass up this opportunity.
For tonight's welcome party, she had planned to stay close to Anna the whole time anyway.
As long as her relationship with Anna was close enough, people in their circle would naturally notice her special status.
She wanted everyone to know that even though her engagement with Andrew had been canceled, her relationship with the Hamilton family was still beyond what others could compare to!
Later, when the time was right, she could have Anna help her bring up getting back together with Andrew.
The chances would definitely be better.
Thinking of this, Aurelia set aside all other thoughts and focused on chatting with Anna.
Back at the parlor, after Andrew shooed away his family, he naturally didn't waste this time alone with her and took the opportunity to be affectionate with Olivia for a while longer.
During their chat, they also talked about Anna's heart condition.
Olivia said, "Her health isn't very good. You didn't mention it before."
"She was abroad at the time, so I didn't bring it up." Andrew took the opportunity to explain, "Anna's heart condition was acquired. She had surgery when she was around ten, and after that she was well cared for and protected.
But it can't be completely cured. She still feels unwell occasionally and needs to take medicine long-term.
Usually, aside from not being able to run or jump, most of the time she's no different from a normal person.
But she happens to have a playful and lively personality, which always makes people worry."
Just like today at the airport, as soon as she appeared, she came running toward them.
Andrew was quite helpless about it.
Olivia also laughed.
Having gotten a general understanding of Anna's physical condition, she reassured him, "It's okay. I'll develop some suitable medicine for her based on her situation."
Speaking of which, Olivia checked the time and asked, "You probably can't stay out too long, right? With so many guests, shouldn't you head back?"
Andrew indeed couldn't stay out too long.
He asked her, "What about you? How will you get back?"
Olivia answered without hesitation, "I'll ride back with Daniel. I came in his car earlier."
Hearing that name, Andrew's eyes immediately darkened a bit.
Then he said, "Let my driver take you. You just finished dinner and had some drinks—don't trouble Mr. Wilson.
Besides, didn't he just arrive today?
He's been busy all day. Let him go back and rest early!"
Olivia thought about it and felt his words made a lot of sense.
Daniel and the others had gone straight to the research institute to help her after getting off the plane and had been busy all day.
She really shouldn't trouble him further.
So she nodded and said with a smile, "Then I'll listen to you."
She didn't want to refuse her boyfriend's kind gesture either.