“Of course! I’m the owner of East Hall. Here, I keep all of my promises.” Holden said.

“Oh… Oh, I have a big horse to ride now.” Aino hugged her teddy bear and ran out to play in delight.

Children still loved to play outside in the courtyard.

Because it was big and spacious.

Holden continued smoking his cigar. Then, he said to Sabrina, “A few puffs more and I’m done.”

Actually, he just started smoking the cigar in his hand.

Sabrina laughed out of the blue. “Why… Why are you so nice to my daughter? It seems like you… really like children?”

“Why?” Holden tapped the end of his cigar. Then, he closed his eyes to consider her question.

“I used to be alone all the time when I was a child. When I was around Aino’s age, all I wished for was my father to hug me, my mother to hold me in her arms, but they never did. He was always so cool and distant from me, and my mother told me…”

At the thought of his childhood, a flash of hurt passed across his face.

Sabrina said, “What did your mother tell