Faux Vows, True Desires

Lucinda mentioned that she was totally on board with her mom's plan.

But they had to be sneaky about it and make her vague-memory grandma taste the bitterness of losing a husband. Lucinda learned from her brother that her grandma loved her a lot because she inherited her incredible looks.

It wasn't that noticeable when she was a baby, but now she looked a lot like her grandma in her younger days.

After learning all this, Lucinda was pretty bummed out.

Her grandma, who treated her like a jewel, hurt her mother.

When she was taken away by the Avila family, the one who suffered the most was definitely her mother.

How could grandma blame her mother for that?

"Mom."

Lucinda hugged her mom's shoulders tightly and gently said, "It's all water under the bridge."

She'll deal with all the grudges later.

Janice blinked away the tears in her eyes and said, "Thank God, my husband is loyal in love. He doesn't even like socializing outside."

Lucinda snorted.

If her dad was really loyal, he wouldn't have messed around while her mom was sick, let alone refused to divorce.

Madeleine from the Porter family, who always wanted to take her mom's place, was only two years older than her.

At the age of twenty-six, she's supposed to be a stepmother to a twenty-four-year-old. Why would Madeleine like Nathan? Other than his maturity now, it's all about Nathan's status. In Skywatch, the Porter family was the second-wealthiest family.

If Madeleine became the lady of the Blue family, it would be a win-win situation; it would boost the power of the Porter family, and they might even surpass the Blue family. Bypassing the Blue family must be the wish of the master of the Porter family.

Otherwise, why would he let his young and beautiful daughter marry Nathan and be someone else's stepmother?

Janice was forty-eight this year; Nathan was two years older than her, so he's fifty.

older than Madeleine; he could totally be

"Lucy."

subject and asked, "Didn't you say you opened a coffee shop? Can you

looked at the sky; even though it was late, they hadn't had dinner

want to, I

very pleased and said, "Let's go then. I haven't

skin, which was the result of rarely

her son, her face became ruddier due to more sun

wanted to visit the

to restrictions, Lucinda couldn't drive, so Stefan drove his wife and the two ladies to

behind

the old couple felt they were too old to enjoy such a

Anderson family's old couple were a bit stiff at first, but when they started talking about

working in the fields, the Anderson family's old couple were slightly inexperienced. They humbly asked for advice, which made the Moore family's old folks feel that the Anderson family's

were that the Anderson family's house was bigger and prettier, and their land

Serendipity Cafe,

in the shop; Cecilia had just ordered takeout for herself, the staff, and the pastry chef. While waiting,

"Lucinda."

and went around the cash register to greet

"Mrs. Fiona, Mr. Coleman."

smiled and greeted

Fiona also smiled back.

her smile was as comfortable and approachable as her

simple terms, Cecilia was very

she really liked this

the shop, only her friend and the staff, and the

my biological mother; my mother's name is Janice Bright. I'll tell

The two were BFFs.

biological daughter of the Moore family, and she didn't hide it from

mother had just come out recently due to the

Cecilia's identity

nice to