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?"

have an opening in the

for a while... Can your health

well! I don't want to impose on Seb anymore... Once you go back to school, we should

here. Now that she's back, it's best if we go home and Steph only stays here occasionally." Sebastian

was taken

can go check it out tomorrow. That's going to be

no... That can be your wedding house, I won't live

"We can all live together after the marriage, I don't

Stephanie's brow furrowed in

you envision us residing together in

binds me to

can

maintain our shared

a bitter smile. "Seb isn't a stranger... You know my situation... My

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

Bishop, you

the castle is too far from

Martin arrange a separate room for you, and

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