"Jade, no need to worry, your company will be just fine. I trust your mom, plus, Mia isn't going to stand by and let your mom's company fall apart." Leo said. Jade couldn't fathom what the ever-confident Leo was thinking.

Meanwhile, Andre, unable to turn down Mia's insistent invitation, ended up playing hooky with her for a coffee shop rendezvous with Coleen.

Early in the morning, the coffee shop was bustling with students and professionals alike.

The trio sat together.

Without a word, Coleen suddenly got up and knelt in front of Andre.

"Coleen! What are you doing?" Andre gasped.

Her sudden act drew attention from the surrounding patrons. Mia quickly helped her up.

Coleen sobbed, pleading to Andre, "Andre, please, don't take my daughter away."

Andre's face turned steely. Had it not been for the Byrne family's kindness to his sister, he would have made them pay for their action.

"Coleen, you're the ones who took my sister away for fifteen years." Andre said.

Through her tears, Coleen offered, "Andre, I don't want Chade Inc. anymore, I can give it to you."

She pulled out a company transfer agreement from her bag, offering to give Chade Inc. to Cedillo Inc. for nothing. "Andre, I'll give you my company. Just please don't take Jade away, she's my whole world. I can't lose my daughter." She said.

Mia was moved by Coleen's tears, her own eyes welling up. Parental love was a powerful thing. Her own parents would rather upset the Cedillo family than let her marry Andres, a man she'd never met. That was love.

life's work, Chade Inc., to Andre. That was her love for Jade. She regarded her daughter as more important than

Coleen turned to Mia for help, "Mia, you know how

I can't help you." Mia replied, "You only see your sacrifices and your happily ever after. But you've robbed my husband of his. My husband spent fifteen

his family, his mother, his sister when he was

to see it from their perspective, Coleen. My husband gave you a month, worrying you couldn't handle it. He's not a saint, and he has no obligation to always consider your feelings. Please don't pressure him anymore, we, the Cedillo family, won't give up."

face and sobbed, the once elegant CEO

him, felt warmth in his heart. He couldn't say some things out loud, yet Mia, who

Cedillo family's perspective. Your happiness is built on the Cedillo's family's pain. And the Cedillo family has no reason to suffer for your happiness. Jade is an adult, she has the right to know everything,

that Coleen wouldn't be able to handle the truth. Now that she knew, there was no need

showed up, because Andre had informed him.

family's decision, Coleen realized her

people were inherently selfish. Nobody

and the cafe was left with only Mia

water glass and took a big gulp, "Honey, do you think Jade will hate me?" It was her who had exposed Jade's own identity. If she hadn't done the DNA test, she

wiped away her tears, and blew her nose. Even with her eyes red from crying, she was still

Jade may not be able to handle it. But if I had never found out, I

paying the bill, Andre left with his teary-eyed

Havenbrook University classroom.

wasn't in the mood for class. She asked Leo, "Leo, can I

my parents will mistake you for

at the not-so-bright Leo. He was always focused when it came to important matters,

I say I'm Mia's friend?" Jade

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