Faux Vows, True Desires

"Lucy's going to inherit half of the fortune, meaning she'll have to manage her share herself. To get the hang of it, she needs to live at my place for a couple of years. My dad and I can guide her." "I can also give her some tips on the business side of things."

Ethan fell silent for a moment before saying, "If you can't stand being apart from Lucy, then move in with her at our place. We've got plenty of room; one more won't make a difference." Stefan didn't respond.

"Just giving you a heads-up, once the DNA test results are out, I'll ask my dad to come over. After getting Lucy's opinion, we'll take her back to Skywatch. Once we're back, we'll have to do more paternity tests, and there's a bunch of stuff to deal with. We can talk about how long Lucy will stay later."

Ethan thought highly of Stefan and trusted him completely with his sister.

But he had been separated from his sister for over twenty years. Their mother had a breakdown after losing her daughter, and he hoped Lucinda could spend some time with their mother.

He didn't want to part with Lucinda either.

Stefan knew it was premature to discuss these matters, so he just nodded and said, "We'll talk about it later. But before you make any decisions, make sure to ask Lucy. You can't force her if she's not on board."

He felt somewhat helpless.

Before he married Lucinda, he and Ike Moore got along just fine. But once he married Lucinda, Ike's attitude changed entirely.

Ike always badmouthed him in front of Lucy and his in-laws, always trying to drag him down.

Stefan could handle Ike.

But he didn't expect Lucinda to have a biological brother. This brother was even harder to deal with than Ike, considering he was an heir to a big family and was in no way inferior to Stefan. From now on, he would have to deal with both of Lucinda's brothers.

Stefan felt helpless just thinking about it.

He had finally waited for Lucinda to grow up and was finally able to marry her, but her brothers had become his biggest obstacles.

respect my sister's wishes; I won't force her to do

he could

entrust my wife's

"Don't worry, as long as I'm here, they won't be

his sister, but his

both

on his father; he had to be the one his mother and

the heir and had many responsibilities, but

were weak, his mother could be

with Madeleine, Ethan was still grateful to him. At least when it came to his upbringing, his father

those with ambitions might have turned him into

eat it. Don't waste her hard work.

the first one to taste this soup,

Ethan was speechless.

guy! And a jealous one

Lucy's biological mother and brother. Lucy had made soup and dishes for them, but Stefan was jealous. His level of envy

hand, urging

going back to drink the soup Lucy made for me; don't worry, I'll finish it and won't

saying goodbye to Stefan,

spending a lifetime together. She has a lifetime to cook for me; even if you're her real brother, you can only taste it occasionally!" Ethan

had to

earn more money to give her wedding gifts and would

to his

walk in gave Stefan an urge