Chapter 153


Chapter 153:

“If Cedric refuses, we’ll find someone else willing to marry into our family. That way, your father and I can ensure you’re taken care of.” Joyce rested her chin in her hand, pondering it.

“Then I’ll go with Cedric. Life’s too long to waste on someone I can’t even tolerate.” Joyce knew that anyone desperate enough to marry into their family probably wouldn’t be much of a prize.

Joyce had always been pampered, putting her own comfort above everything else.

Katrina stared at her daughter in silence for a moment, completely at a loss for words.

After a long pause, she sighed again, her voice soft.

“Let me handle it.”

As they drove home, Richard glanced over at Alexander and asked,

“Joyce is pregnant, it seems. What’s your take on that?”

couldn’t stomach the idea of losing the Harper family’s

impulsive, naive nature, was easy

to control Daniela the way they controlled Joyce was futile. Daniela was not someone they

his eyes glued to his

in the back seat, his

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child or not, it doesn’t really

don’t love her, after all. Just treat it like taking in a stray animal—don’t let it complicate things. As for who you choose to be with outside of

He glanced at Alexander.

What do you

look up from his phone as he answered, “Whatever

expectations for marriage. Whether it was Daniela or Joyce—it was

there was

how he had

there, loosening his tie,

it, Richard would push even harder.

weeks,” Richard

Daniela by then, you can marry Joyce.” The pregnancy didn’t matter. Joyce’s family would make up

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