She held his hand until the doctors finished treating the wounds, applying sterile dressings, and putting him on a drip. Only then she relaxed, “Rest well, okay? I’ll be back after picking Grace up.” The medicine injected had a sedative ingredient, and Griffon couldn’t stay awake any longer. He nodded and said, “Andre, protect her well.” After Andre respectfully acknowledged his instruction, Griffon slowly closed his eyes. Seeing the man fall asleep, Taya left him to pick Grace up. As soon as she entered Harper’s villa, she saw Stella squatting in front of Grace with a lollipop in her hand, trying to get the little girl to talk. “Grace, call me auntie, and I’ll give you a boxful of lollipops!” Kneeling beside her, Harper then helpfully patted a big box on the ground. “Look, I bought these lollipops for you, and there’s enough her, okay Holding the doll, Grace cocked her head and looked at the two good-looking women in front of her. If it was before, she would have reached out her chubby hands to pinch their faces, then threw herself onto the box full of lollipops and happily called them whatever they wanted to be called. But now, no matter how Stella and Harper tempted her, she simply didn’t want to talk. After coaxing her for a while, Harper lost her patience and went aside to play with her phone. Different from Harper, Stella had a motherly quality and kept smiling gently at Grace as she coaxed the little girl. Taya saw Stella hugging Grace and kissing her cheeks now and then and knew she loved pups. However, the woman’s womb had been removed by the person she loved the most, and she couldn’t have pups for the rest of her life, no matter how much she loved them. There was a lump in Taya’s throat, and she quietly walked toward the three in the garden. “Hi, everyone!” Hearing Taya’s voice, the three turned their heads at the same time. When Grace saw her, her gloomy eyes lit up, but she didn’t rush over like before. Walking up to her, Taya stroked her hair, “Grace, are you used to staying here?” Grace nodded. After all, she had the company of two beautiful ladies, good food, and a cozy place to sleep. After talking with Grace for a while, Taya saw Stella and Harper had something to say and asked Andre to take the pup to play on the nearby swing. How is Alpha?” Stella originally wanted to help look at Griffon’ injury, but he usually only let male doctors treat his body wounds. He never allowed other women to touch him except Taya, and Stella thought it was a good thing for them. “He has suffered a serious injury, but fortunately, none of his internal organs were affected. The doctor has advised him to rely on medicine and recuperate slowly.”” “Then what about your mating ceremony?” Harper frowned and asked. As next Monday was Valentine’s Day and Griffon was seriously injured, she wondered how were they going to hold the mating ceremony. “He can only rest in bed now, and the mating ceremony may not be held as scheduled. I’ll discuss another date with him later.” Although Taya also wanted to hold the mating ceremony as planned, she didn’t want to risk his health. Harper sighed, “Looks like you have to postpone it…” Stella, however, quirked her eyebrows, “Alpha would not agree to it.” As Alpha Knight had wanted to mate Taya for so many years, she knew he would never postpone the mating ceremony just because of his injury. “He has always kept his word. Even if he is injured so badly that he couldn’t walk, he would still mate Taya, let alone just wounds on his back.” She thought. Harper didn’t believe what Stella said, “He can’t even move now. If he doesn’t postpone it, does he expect to be carried to the mating ceremony venue?” Stella crossed her arms and said firmly, “If you don’t believe me, how about we make a bet and see if I’m right?” When Harper heard about the bet, she felt the urge to take the challenge, “Okay, whoever loses gives the winner 10, 000 dollars.” She turned to look at Taya beside her, “Do you want to join the bet?” “How could she ask the bride to bet on whether the groom. could come to the mating ceremony venue?” Taya wondered in amusement. She then shook her head, “I’d rather not. I’ll take Grace back to the manor first, okay?” At this moment, Andre carried Grace over, “I’ve no idea why, but she refuses to play with me.” Andre’s complaints got Grace to roll her eyes. “He’s not good-looking enough and boring. Who would want to play with him?” She thought. Stella seemed to be able to read Grace’s mind and complained to Andre on her behalf, “Probably because you are too boring. It’s normal for her not to want to play with you, okay?” As her cousin always had an impa*sive expression and was so dull that he couldn’t even get himself a wife, she knew that no pups would want to play with him. Pretending not to hear her, Andre put down the pup and put his hands behind his back as he stood dully aside like a wooden stake.