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—”

in a hushed voice. “Selene, Mandy calls you ‘mother’. You can teach her too. I haven’t achieved much in my life,

outside the Pendletons. With the Pendletons’ support,

at Mandy. Seeing that Mandy hadn’t caused any trouble in front of her all these years and was now getting married, she finally agreed. “I’ll also teach her and show her that there

pinching. She

in the world wanted to learn

the lawful wife who endured mistreatment, was welcome to

sacrifices to bring down anyone

and thought about how

the support of the Quills, Selene would never have willingly allowed

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

her head low as she sat

observed how uninteresting and dull Esther appeared. She

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