Uncle's Love: My Sweet Little Wife

James stood quietly behind Kara, finding her too thin. Thinking of her reaction, he was sure that she had heard what Eli said. He could only pretend that he didn't realize it. He put his hands in his pockets and leaned against the wall casually, staring at her. "Don't mind me. Just continue your work."

Kara turned back as he told and avoided eye contact with him. However, she could not calm herself down knowing he was staring at her.

As James supposed, she did hear his conversation with Eli. 'He is right,' she thought, 'I'm neither in a good health nor outgoing. And I'm no longer a lady from the Quain family.'

'An orphan like me is indeed like a fragile plant that needs a lot of care to grow.'

'Without Uncle James' help and support, I'll be nothing but a vagrant. I might even not be able to survive.'

Unable to refute Eli's words, she felt upset and aggrieved.

Seeing her drawing become messy, James frowned. "Kara, focus. Whatever you do, always keep your eyes on your goal! Never let other things disturb you. I hope you can keep this in mind."

"I will."

Hearing this, Kara cheered herself up, 'Uncle James is right. The most important thing for me now is the college entrance examination. I can't be disturbed by other things.'

She quickly calmed down and kept on painting.

James stared at the back of her head and thought of Eli's words.

'Indeed, Kara is not in good health and did not have much courage. Sometimes she would be frightened if I raised my voice.'

'She is too kind to reject other people's requests. But she has a sincere and pure heart.'

'She is not as fragile as Eli said.'

'She is just too humble to show her talent.'

If Eli was not his cousin, he would have kicked him down the stairs and made him disappear forever!

James gradually calmed down as he watched her painting.

'If I can protect her for now, I will protect her forever as long as she needs me.'

When Kara arrived at Larry's studio, there were not many students. The students who came early were helping clean the studio, and she quickly joined in.

Her hair fell on her shoulders and her fringe was pinned aside with a clip decorated with a lemon icon.

She was in light-blue sportswear and wore a pair of light-colored sports shoes. A male classmate of hers saw her appearance and thought her to be as young as a junior high school student. "Hello, I am Donald Hack. I'm your classmate."

Although Kara swept the floor with other students, she was a little shy and reserved.

Therefore, she was glad that he was willing to talk to her.

She said, "Good morning, Mr. Hack, nice to meet you. I am Kara."

Donald was amused to see her bow and immediately stopped her.

"Don't be so nervous. You can call me Donald. By the way, I heard that you are in twelfth grade and preparing to take the college entrance exam?"

Donald saw her polite behavior and knew that she had been well-educated.

He heard other students gossiped about her that she could become Master Larry's disciple because she had a sugar-daddy. Now that he met her in person, he found those rumors ridiculous. "Yes, you're right."

Successfully making an acquaintance with a classmate made Kara very happy. The smile on her face was as bright as the rising sun.

"Thinking back on my high school years, I could only recall life as in hell. Well, but it was a really long time ago." Donald sighed.

"A long time ago?" Kara asked.

Donald had a babyface, and when he smiled, there was a small dimple at the corner of his mouth.

With his light-yellow shirts, beige trousers, and a pair of fashionable sports shoes he wore, she thought he was only a few years older than her.

"He is a doctoral student of School of Arts and is in his late twenties."

Another male classmate beside him laughed loudly and teased him. "Donald, won't you ever be shameful to pretend to be young?"

Donald was pleased by Kara's compliment and ignored others' sarcasm. He raised his head, feeling proud.

"You're just jealous that I look younger than you. Come on, Kara, I will share my experience in the college entrance examination with you."

"That will be great! Thank you, Donald."

"In his hometown, he ranked the first in the college entrance examination. And he was one of the top students in the School of Arts. You can learn some experience of the big examination from him indeed." A student beside him smiled and said to Kara. Then, he introduced himself.

"I'm Jeffery Barton. I'm a postgraduate at University A. Hello, Kara, nice to meet you."

When Kara heard that he was studying at University A, she was surprised and excited. She looked at Jeffery with admiration.

"Hello, Jeffery. It is an honor to meet you."

Jeffery was wearing a light gray coat and a pair of black pants today. He had the honest character of a people in science, which made him seem very easygoing.

"Don't be so serious. Just be casual."

Jeffery laughed and introduced the other students to her. He also introduced to her some basic information about the studio. James walked into the studio after hanging up the phone. Seeing Kara talk and laugh with a few boys, he was a little upset. "Kara, I thought you were going to review the homework Mater Larry assigned you."

James said in a cold voice, and everyone in the studio got quiet down.

"Alright." Hearing his words, Kara said goodbye to everyone and went upstairs.

James noticed the gazes on him and glanced at everyone coldly. He never cared about what others thought about him.

He followed Kara to go upstairs and into her painting room.

Kara cleaned the room briefly, turned around, and found James looking through her homework. She ran over nervously and prevented him from looking.

"These paintings are not very satisfying. Uncle James, you wouldn't like them."

On the painting she covered with her hands was his side face. It was drawn even more exquisitely than the one she drew for the exam. He was a little surprised to see his smiling face on her painting. He never knew how he looked like when he smiled.

Kara blushed and pouted. She explained, "Master Larry asked me to draw characters. The first figure I thought of was you. I will definitely paint you better in the future."

"I know you can. I" wait for it."

He smiled slightly and mischievously.

He'll wait for her to draw his nudity on her painting.

James still had some work to do, so he took away the painting of him before he left.

"Uncle James, it doesn't look good."

Kara felt that the painting was not satisfying and was embarrassed to give it to him. She wanted to snatch the painting, but she could not reach it with James taller than her and raising the drawing. Kara jumped up to snatch, and she almost stepped on his foot when she landed.

She instantly moved away and accidentally bumped into the drawing board behind her, and fell.

She screamed in fear.

Suddenly, she was held before falling to the ground. She was pulled so hard that her forehead bumped into James' chest.

Her heart beat wildly as she felt his warm embrace and strong body.

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"Little fool, I want to keep this one so that we can compare it with your future works." He explained to her in a low voice.

Kara stayed in his arms in a daze. Smelling the pleasant scent on him, it took her a while to cool out.

"Alright."

Her voice was low, soft, and gentle which was like that of a kitten.

James felt an impulse to kiss her.

"What happened? Are you okay?"

Suddenly, a man in a light pink shirt came in and stared at them in horror, making them come back to their senses.