Chapter 1691:

Leon’s face reddened with paternal rage. “Everything to you? The man looks down on you like you’re dirt beneath his shoes! He even raised his hand against you! You grovel for mere scraps of his attention, and he still treats you like a nuisance!”

“Dad, don’t say that,” Dolores snapped, her lips trembling.

“I’m speaking the harsh truth you refuse to hear!” Leon’s voice thundered through the room.

Noticing the storm clouds gathering on Dolores’s face, Lucille stepped between them like a practiced peacemaker. “Now, now, let’s not get carried away. She’s smitten with Shaun, that’s all there is to it. We’re her parents—we should be supporting her, not tearing her dreams apart.”

She drew a thoughtful breath before continuing, “You mentioned having a plan to make Shaun accept Dolores. What did you have in mind?”

Leon shifted uncomfortably in his seat. “Well… what if we orchestrated a situation? Get Shaun and Dolores together somehow… then leak it to the press? He’d have no choice but to acknowledge their relationship. The evidence would be undeniable. What do you think?”

“Would

work!” She clasped her father’s

wouldn’t

Lucille’s face. “Everything we do is

know how much you two

now

in his chair, watching. An unsettling realization crept through his mind like a shadow. Something felt

out of

realization struck him like a physical blow—living with

ached with a desperate longing for his girlfriend and the safety

swiveled toward him, breaking his reverie. “Lowell,” she said, her eyes narrowing to calculating slits, “what do you

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