"Let me go! Are you trying to choke me? Emmy, SAVE ME! Your bodyguard is trying to kill me over here!"

A sigh escaped Emily's lips as she finally passed a glance towards Leo who was struggling to get himself out of Shadow's clutches. Unfortunately, her poor brother was no match to the powerful supernatural.

She just shook her head while a soft smile bloomed on her lips. The mansion was filled with warmth and happiness while the outside world was covered in snow.

Her brothers, Evans, Shadow, and the servants of the mansion teamed up the day before to decorate the outside of the house with lights. There was a statue of a Santa Claus standing in the front lawn along with a statue of a reindeer and two snowmen.

And while the others were busy decorating the outside area, Emily teamed up with Bianca and Mrs. Harris to turn the living room into a cozy and beautiful area to spend their Christmas day.

Currently, it was nine o'clock in the morning, and their wait for Christmas had finally come to an end.

"Here. Have a taste and tell me what you think." Daniel said as he placed a plate of freshly baked cookies in front of her.

Emily smiled warmly at her brother as she moved her hand to pick a cookie. However, before her hand could reach the plate, someone else was there to attack her cookies.

"What are you doing?"

She glared at Crist as she moved the plate away from his reach.

"Come on, Emmy! I only want one." Crist said with a cheeky smile as he eyed the plate that she was holding securely in her hands.

"There's none for you."

This time it was Daniel who spoke, making it way too clear that the cookies were only for his Sorellina.

Crist pouted at his elder brother before he again turned his eyes towards Emily to beg her with his cute puppy eyes.

But to his disappointment, the girl did not even spare him a single glance as she took a bite of the cookie.

"Mmm....! It's so tasty, Danny!"

Emily could not help but shout happily as she gulped down the entire cookie, relishing its sweet chocolaty flavor that coated her taste buds and filled her with instant joy.

"What the....And here I thought that you are not a fan of anything sweet!" Crist muttered as he glared at the plate of cookies that was calling his name as if it was meant only for him.

"Danny's cookies are too good. I can't help but change my preferences." Emily replied as she picked up another cookie and started munching on it.

Crist scoffed at her words as he picked up his phone to divert his attention from the cookies that he was unable to get.

"Don't be in such a hurry. There's more. You can have as much as you want." Daniel spoke in a worried tone as he stopped her from gulping down an entire cookie at once.

"En!"

Emily immediately nodded her head as a huge smile bloomed on her face.

Five months ago, she literally despised the mention of the word 'sweet' but now, she was reluctant to share even a single cookie with her brother.

Mark entered the living room and after giving Leo a hard slap on his head, he took a seat beside his little sister who was happily munching on freshly baked cookies.

"Here! Try it....it's so yum."

Emily brought a cookie in front of Mark's lips as she asked him to eat the luxury that she was holding in her hand.

Mark first looked at the cookie and then he turned his attention towards his sister. The way she was smiling at him with pure happiness filling her emerald-like eyes, made him open his mouth to accept the cookie.

The rich taste of chocolate covered his tongue and he turned to look at Daniel to give him a thumbs up.

His brother's kitchen skills were on an otherworldly level. He was an expert when it came to cooking and baking.

"What's going on here? Am I seeing things?"

Crist could hardly believe what he had just seen. His little sister just shared her cookies with her least favorite brother!

Was Mark even her least favorite brother anymore? Rather, it looked like that he was climbing the list at a very fast pace.

"How come you chose him among all of us? This ain't fair, Em!"

He complained as he looked at his sister with a put on his lips.

"Even in curious to know about how he has become so close to you within a week...Actually, never mind!"

Leo, who had finally succeeded in getting himself out of Shadow's hold, spoke as he came to stand beside Crist.

"You can't trust her judgment at all. I mean look at her list of favorite brothers. Those who are sitting on top are none other than Dom, Daniel, and Simon. And it looks like even Mark has entered the top five spots."

Leo spoke as he shook his head. An expression of complete disappointment was covering his face.

"Wait! Doesn't that mean the two of us are at the bottom of the list?" Crist asked as he stared at his sister with shocked eyes.

"Of course, we are at the bottom. That's why I'm telling you that her judgment is way too poor to even be considered. Who knows exactly what kind of standards she's using. Definitely not reliable!"

Leo replied to Crist's question with another shake of his head.

"You are actually right. If we look at the six of us and our personalities, both of us along with Danny should be at the top of the list. But she actually has Dom on the number one spot..."

"...tsk tsk! Emmy, how can you even place Dom, Simon, and Mark in the upper half of the list? Your list is definitely not reliable."

The way Crist and Leo teamed up to drag her list of favorite brothers down, made Emily glare at the two of them.

"Are you two too bored?" Mark asked the two of his brothers as he picked up another cookie from the plate that Emily was still holding in her hands.

The girl did not even blink when he took away the last cookie that was left on the plate. She was too busy enjoying the smoothie that Nick had just handed her.

"Wait! Don't fight over cookies. Here, there are some crumbs left on the plate. You can enjoy them."

Emily suddenly said out loud as she placed the plate on the table and pushed it towards Crist and Leo.

"...."

"Pfft!"

While her two younger brothers were left dumbfounded, the rest of the people present in the living room burst out into chuckles.

"She's become a monster. So evil." Leo muttered as he shook his head at his sister's teasing words.

"You are becoming just like them. Soon enough, they will turn you into a cruel villainess. You should immediately change sides. We are far much better than them." Crist added as he looked at Emily with a serious look filled in his eyes.

Emily just shook her head at their antics but did not comment, she just returned her focus on her smoothie.

"I can tell you about the standard that she uses to maintain the list of her favorite brothers."

Shadow's voice pulled everyone's attention towards the supernatural who was still busy reading the magazine.

His gaze was still fixed on whatever he was reading.

When the room was filled with complete silence as everyone waited for the man to speak again, including Emily, he finally looked up from his magazine.

His amber eyes immediately landed on Emily who almost choked on the smoothie because of the sudden act.

A small twitch appeared on his lips before he pulled his attention away to look at Leo and Crist who were actually looking at him with eager eyes.

"If you will pay a little more attention to this matter, you will realize that those who are sitting on the top of her list were the ones who are good at bullying.....while those who are at the bottom...they are the ones whom she can bully."

Emily immediately burst out into giggles, accompanied by Sam and the others.

Even Domenic smiled a little as he looked at the horrified expression of the two of his youngest brothers.

"Wait! Are you telling me that she bullies us?" Leo asked the weirdest, creepiest, and most dislikable man who was sitting in front of him.

"Why? She doesn't? Maybe I have misjudged the situation then." Shadow replied with a soft shrug as he once again returned his attention to his magazine.

"Oh no! Our Emmy has become a bully. This is definitely not good news. But........"

Crist trailed off as he moved towards where his little sister was sitting with Mark. He took a seat beside her and wrapped his arms tightly around her as he continued.

".....I'm more than happy to be bullied by her. She's the only one who can bully me."