Chapter 693

Russell brought Louis into the study room. After they took their seats in front of the table, he asked the maid to bring them the tea. Louis scanned around the study room. The study room had a rather simplistic and classic decoration. All of the books displayed on the shelves ranged from classical to modern titles. It seemed to him that the Hills were indeed worthy of being a scholarly family in Bassburgh. After the maid served the tea, Louis stopped Russell when he was going to pour him the tea. He said, “Let me do it, Mr. Hill.” Russell chuckled and replied, “It’s okay.” After pouring the tea, he sighed. “I'm sorry for what happened today.” Holding the cup of tea in his hand, Louis said, “You were tough on Ryleigh, but I know that you never hit her hard no matter how angry you were with her.” Russell let out a bitter smile. It was true that he had beaten Ryleigh a lot of times, but he never beat her hard. After all, she was his only daughter, and he doted on her a lot. He sigh