The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 280

Arthur was excited. "I knew you would come." It was a cold day in November, but Arthur insisted on waiting for them by the door.

Autumn felt a little bit guilty when she saw Arthur's sincere smile but his face a bit frozen.

"Why didn't you just wait inside?" Charles asked. Arthur rubbed his hands and sheepishly said, "I was looking forward to seeing Autumn. So were your two grandmothers."

Autumn was touched when she heard that. She walked up to Arthur, held his hands and said, "Promise me that you'll never do this again. It's too cold for you, I wouldn't forgive myself if you got sick."

"Okay, I promise." Arthur was always a serious man, but at that time he was moved by what Autumn just said.

"Come on in, please." He asked Charles and Autumn to get inside. Abby stood by with little Cindy in her arms, and she said, "Father said that you would certainly come and he insisted on waiting for you by the door. Thank God you came, or he would be disappointed indeed."

"Come on, Abby, stop it." Arthur was a little bit embarrassed.

"Dinner is ready, just come and sit." Emily asked them to have dinner, "This is what your grandma has attentively cooked for you, "

It would be perfect to eat something hot on such a cold day.

"Grandma Emily, are you feeling better now?" Autumn walked over to Emily stroking her forehead.

"I'm fine, don't worry about me. Here, come sit beside me and eat something, " Emily said. Amy did not say a word as she kept bringing steaming dishes to the table.

Autumn was so touched, looking at all the dishes that started piling on the table.

"Thank you, grandma." Amy paused and her eyes turned red. She said, "Silly girl, you don't need to say thank you to your grandma."

Autumn took a sip of the chicken soup. She felt warm in her heart and throughout her whole body.

All the dishes were personally prepared for them by Amy. After Abby and her daughter were done eating. Abby thought of something and said, "Charles, it's time for Cindy to start going to school, but I'm not familiar with the schools around Y city. Do you have any schools to recommend?"

Charles thought about it for a while and said, "Well, I need to check with one of my friends. I remember there's a good bilingual kindergarten around here. I'll have him call you."

"That will be great. Thank you so much." Abby was pleased.

When Autumn and Charles were done with their meal, they wanted to have a talk with Emily. But Emily felt a bit tired and wanted to go for a rest.

Actually she made that excuse to give a chance for Arthur and Amy to be alone with Autumn.

"Autumn, I have something... to discuss with you." Arthur said with a bit of hesitation.

"Sure, please go ahead." Amy brought some fruits for Autumn and sat by her.

Arthur paused and said, "Emily said that it will be your birthday next month. Your grandmother Amy and I plan to announce to all that you are our granddaughter, and your family name is Zhao. We want to ask you if you are okay with that.

You don't have to say yes, It's up to you to decide." Arthur tried to tell Autumn gently so that she wouldn't feel overwhelmed.

Abby joined them and said, "Autumn, we just want to know how you feel about it. You are my brother's daughter, my niece. You are a part of this family, and eventually, when you are ready, you should change your family name too."

"I... I need to think about it." Autumn couldn't say yes immediately. She had always been Autumn Ye, but all of a sudden she had become Autumn Zhao. It wasn't really easy for her to take all of it in at the same time.

"That's all right." Amy agreed, letting out a faint but nervous laugh. "That's okay dear if you don't want to change it. We wouldn't care if you're Autumn Ye or Autumn Zhao, you're just our granddaughter Autumn, and that's enough, right?"

"Yes, but..." The family name wasn't really that important for them. The real reason that they asked Autumn to change her family name was to cut off her ties with Wendy.

"No BUTs, let her be, okay?" Amy patted Arthur's back.

"How can I do that?" He said helplessly.

"Grandpa, grandma, YES." Autumn made up her mind to change her family name to Zhao seeing that Grandma Amy cared about her so much.

"What?" "What did you say?" Arthur and Amy couldn't believe what they just heard and asked again.

"Yes, I said yes!" Autumn clapped her hands together with a big smile.

"Great, it is settled then." Abby was happy with Autumn's decision. Autumn was beginning to warm up to them and treat them as her own. She was now more willing to open her heart to them.

"Well, we had a great time here tonight. But it's getting late, and we must go." Autumn stood up and said with a big grin, "Dinner was great as well. But please don't cook so many dishes next time."

"Will you come again tomorrow?" Amy looked at Autumn and eagerly asked. She would be happy if she could see Autumn everyday.

"I'll come to see you as soon as I have time." Autumn smiled and said, "But you don't have to wait for me all the time, okay?"

"Okay." Knowing that Autumn would come see them again, Amy was as happy as a student who received praise from a teacher.

As Charles and Autumn left, Charles kissed her on the forehead. "Autumn, you are very different from the last time we were here."

"What?"

"How you treated your family today was different."

"Wasn't it you who told me to be like that? You have to be nicer to me now that I have a strong family, right?" Autumn teased.

When they got home, Chris was waiting for them. She said, "Autumn, I'm so sorry, I've heard what happened today, I didn't really expect it."

She had been waiting in their living room for a long time to apologize to Autumn herself.