Chadwick carefully set his wine glass on the table. “Mom, could you please refrain from making such comments on a day like today? Let’s approach this gently if you have reservations about Esther becoming your daughter-in-law.”

Selene’s sharp gaze met Chadwick’s, and eventually, she relented. “I heard you recently donated your liver, which is commendable. Starting today, you’re welcome at the Pendletons. Don’t worry. I’ll guide you as if you were my own daughter.”

Observing Selene’s change in tone, Liora respectfully inquired, “Selene, Mandy is also getting married. How about teaching both Esther and Mandy together?”

Selene replied mockingly, “What can I teach her? How to deal with her husband’s mistress?”

Liora managed a forced smile.

Back when Mandy was known as Liliane, she frequently taunted Esther as the illegitimate love child. Now, experiencing this constant ridicule herself, Mandy understood the pain it caused.

“Mother, if I had a choice—”

hand, speaking in a hushed voice. “Selene, Mandy calls you ‘mother’. You can teach her too. I haven’t achieved much in my life, and Mandy is my only daughter. I hope she can live the rest of her life

was Mandy to marry outside the Pendletons. With the Pendletons’ support,

trouble in front of her all these years and was now getting married,

pinching. She

the world wanted to learn

Selene, the lawful wife who

significant sacrifices to bring down anyone who dared to

woman, and thought about how unsophisticated she was—just as expected of someone without a mother

didn’t have the support of the Quills, Selene would never have

Selene’s thoughts, Sadie felt an intense urge to express her anger. The Quills restrained her with their glances, but she was seething. She felt like

hung her head low as she sat next to

dull Esther appeared. She swallowed her frustration to avoid lashing out then and

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