Hannah, with a warm smile, nudged the fruit platter forward. "Help yourselves to some fruit. I'm going to make a quick call upstairs, see if Brooke has arrived yet." Norah made a mental note that Xavier's blind date was named Brooke.

Once upstairs, Hannah found Yvonne in her room. "Mom, I forgot my moisturizer. I'll just use yours for now."

"Sure," Hannah murmured, pulling out her phone to call Carol.

Carol said she'd be there in about thirty minutes.

After hanging up, Yvonne complained, "Mom, why are you so obsessed with his love life? He's always been so bitter towards us. No matter what you do, he won't be touched. Why bother, especially during the holidays? You're just making things uncomfortable for yourself."

"You don't understand," Hannah said, sitting gracefully in her chair with a soft smile. "Your father is determined to bring him back into the fold. Sooner or later, he's going to settle down, and if he ends up with someone who doesn't get along with us, where does that leave us in the Hanson family?"

"That's why I have to be the one to find a wife for Xavier. If I can keep his woman under my thumb, I'll still run this household."

Hannah was putting in a lot of effort to find the right wife for Xavier. She couldn't pick someone too influential, to avoid them ganging up against the Franco family with Xavier.

But she couldn't choose someone too ordinary either. After all, the Hanson family's reputation was at stake.

Yvonne nodded. "You do what you think is best. But I doubt it'll work. Xavier's resistance towards us is strong. He's unlikely to like anyone you choose."

As long as your father sees my effort, that's all that matters. Besides, if it keeps failing, your father will eventually be disappointed in him, maybe even think he's not interested in

delicate. Guide them gently in the

tinged with sadness. "Some

you think it was easy for me to win over Simon Hanson, who was so cautious? In front of men, you need to show vulnerability, not always trying to outdo them, and certainly not let them think you're opposing them." Yvonne's

...

downstairs, he immediately spotted Norah sitting on the

Norah had said had

coming down, Norah

animated. But upon s him, she suddenly turned

putting down her

putting on an act, it was clearly for his father's benefit.

he knew what

come here!"

family Geoffrey's grandkids. You met them

up.

Norah wanted to disappear.

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