Setting aside her utensils, Stephanie wore a trace of bitterness on her features. "Silver Fox, if you can defy the march of time and remain eternally youthful, why am I denied the same privilege? It seems everyone else gets a reprieve from aging, leaving me to bear the

brunt of becoming the eldest in the family, correct?"

Give me a break! She thought.

She really should have kept her mouth shut and just eaten her dinner in peace.

But she was so happy to be home, she couldn't help but speak.

Sebastian replied coolly, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."

Marilyn chimed in, "Exactly."

"Alright, alright, I'll shut up. Let's eat," Stephanie quickly dug into her food, only to hear Sebastian set down his fork. "Mrs. Bishop, you asked me for help finding a job. Well, I found one."

Marilyn's eyes lit up. "Which company?"

"Skyline Corporation..."

"Ah..." Stephanie almost choked on her food. "You want my mom to work at your company?"

we have an opening in

on taking a break for a

You can ask Judith, I've been staying with Seb and I've been doing really well! I don't want to impose on Seb anymore... Once you go back to

only moved in because Steph wasn't here. Now that she's back, it's best if we go home and Steph only stays here occasionally." Sebastian nodded. "Then move into the castle... It's been renovated and

taken

out tomorrow. That's going

"No, no, no... That

calmly, "We can all live together after the

Stephanie's brow furrowed in

amiss? Don't you envision us residing together

binds me

can

our shared

gave a bitter smile. "Seb isn't a stranger... You know my situation... My reputation isn't good, I don't want to cause

everyone found out that Steph was the illegitimate child of the Klein family, she would be looked down upon for the rest of

you don't

things... If you think the castle is too far from

Martin arrange a separate room for you, and you can visit

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