Spoiled by the Silver Fox

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

on taking a break for a while... Can your health handle working

been resting for over two months now, I'm feeling great. 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 school, we should go

living here, but it's not right for me to stay here before you two get married. I only moved in because Steph wasn't here. Now that she's back, it's best if we go home and

taken aback.

it out

her head. "No, no, no... That can be

calmly, "We can all live

Stephanie's brow furrowed in

us

binds me to

can

our

"Seb isn't a stranger... You know my situation... My reputation isn't good, I don't want to cause any trouble for you

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

you don't need

you think the castle is too far from Skyline Corporation, you can stay in the

for you, and you can