Andre set his bowl down, then got up and headed to the kitchen. He scooped up some sugar and stirred it into the soup.

Waiting for all the sugar to dissolve, he gave the soup a stir with a spoon and then took a sip to taste for his wife. It didn't taste so hard to swallow anymore. So, he picked up the bowl and placed it in front of his wife, saying, "Babe, this should taste better now. Open your mouth and take a sip." Mia looked at her husband's gentle actions, and her heart melted. It was just a bowl of soup after all, so why not just drink it.

She held the bowl with both hands, brought it to her lips, and then tilted her head back to drink it all in one go. Even with the added sugar, it still tasted awful. She made a face, sticking out her tongue.

Andre stroked his wife's head and then leaned in, planting a kiss on her lips right there in the dining room.

The kiss was brief, "Let's head back." He could do whatever he wanted in his own home.

Mia, as if hypnotized, was completely lost in her husband's tenderness and allowed him to lead her into the bedroom. That night, Andre was a bit rougher with his wife, "How dare you make me jealous by seeing other men?" Mia moaned pitifully, incessantly apologizing until he finally let go.

After enduring a painful lesson, Mia swore to her husband in bed that she would never upset him with her words again. All sweaty, Mia nodded in agreement, "I'll behave."

Andre was much gentler with her this time.

Mia used her experience to warn all single women that marriage was not as wonderful as it may seem, and not to harbor too many expectations.

After everything was over, Mia's breath was hot, and for a moment she even wanted to kick her husband. But she didn't voice this out, only imagining it in her head.

Her life was already difficult enough, and she didn't even notice Jade's recent changes.

She began asking Chad to see the family's photo albums. Each time she saw a picture of the child, she would stare at it for a long time, only snapping back to reality when someone called her.

In the photos, she was posing with a dog and also playing in a wheat field. But in her memory, her family never allowed pets, and she had never been to a wheat field.

Jade seemed distracted during meals, which Chad noticed. He kept his sister's strange behavior in mind, but didn't say anything.

advantage of the night and went to his father's study. He rubbed his temples, then sat

study, and soon, the

doesn't know about this yet. I worry that she won't be able to

of her life already, and Jade deserves to know the truth. She's been our stand-in for fifteen years. It's enough. If the

day, some people came to the house and told her that she were not their child. The once happy home, the parents she deeply loved, and a brother who treasured her like a gem, the life she once lived like a little princess was

would change. He negotiated a month's time from Andre for

lit a cigarette from the pack on his father's desk and began to

The whole family loved Jade like their own child and never let her suffer in any way. Even though they initially treated her as a stand-in for their daughter, they later accepted the fact that their real daughter had passed away and

I can't let go of my

"But she's

on the door made Chad and Mr. Kendrick

in. Her eyes were red as she looked at her husband

conversation. Coleen choked, "Who

up, she was sweating all over. She went to her daughter's bedroom. When she passed

she didn't know what was wrong. She originally planned to find a chance to talk to her son. But tonight she heard her husband and son's conversation. She walked into the study and

mother and said worriedly, "It's

tell her daughter the truth, "Nobody's taking my daughter away."

about our childhood lately. She's been quiet and it's clear

She can't live as

was that her daughter was

study was unpleasant. In the end, Mr. Kendrick asked his son to leave, leaving him and

Andre dropped his wife off at school and coincidentally ran into Coleen who was dropping off her daughter. "Coleen." Mia greeted her as she

waiting for him. He told his wife, "Mia, you go on ahead to

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