Game Over No Second Chances

The scandal on the island had barely died down, and now they wanted to plan a grand wedding?

Not only would it publicly humiliate the Arnold family, but it would also dredge up the very mess they'd tried so hard to bury-reminding everyone of just how disgracefully Cole had behaved.

Eric was completely against it.

Howard shot to his feet, pinched his arm to summon a few tears, and forced his voice to tremble with emotion as he said, "It's easy for you to say. You've got a son, so of course you don't care about the gossip.

"But Sarah's a woman. She got pregnant before marriage, and now people are already whispering. If we don't even give her a proper wedding, how do you think that makes her look in business circles? What does that say about the Jansen family's reputation?"

Calvin's voice was low but steady. "You've got a point. The Larson family has no reason to mistreat its future daughter-in-law. But still, Cole just got engaged to Regina not long ago. Jumping straight into another wedding now... Isn't that a bit too fast?"

"Mr. Larson Senior... So, are you saying my daughter doesn't deserve the same treatment as Ms. Arnold?" Rachel asked.

Then, she suddenly burst into tears, pulling Sarah into a soft embrace. Tears trickled down her cheeks as she spoke.

"My poor Sarah... sent to the Larson family only to be treated like a burden. She was scolded in the middle of the night by her future father-in-law, forced to move her own luggage, and when she tried to dismiss a maid, her future mother-in-law lashed out at her.

"Everyone out there says the Larson family is a den of wolves. I didn't believe it at first, but now that Sarah's been through it, I see exactly what kind of misery lives in this house.

at all. We'll just take her

tighter with every word. "She had to move her own luggage? She got scolded for dismissing a maid? What the hell is going on here? I told you all to bring

broke off as a violent coughing

pat his

Serena, you're part of the Jansen family too. Even if Sarah weren't carrying Cole's child, she's still a guest in our home. How

Melissa. "If you two couldn't accept her as

wedding isn't possible, then at least give her an engagement party as grand as the one we threw

hard he nearly doubled over

doing the engagement party anyway, how about they

coughing grew worse, and his face turned crimson. He couldn't even get a word

aside and firmly supported Calvin. "If he ends up in the hospital over this, forget about registering-you won't even get

We'll handle the engagement party first. As for registering the marriage... Let's wait until after the baby is born. If it's truly a Larson heir,

the marriage meant real commitment. Without that, they still had room

They were both firm on this-neither of them liked

like he was about to spit blood and didn't dare press any further. He turned to glare at

no time for Howard's looks. Her eyes were locked

and quickly instructed the maids, "Take him to

the living room, the Jansen family trio exchanged satisfied glances-at least they'd won the engagement