"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.

love for Jade.

her tears, "Coleen, Jade is lucky to have you." Coleen turned to Mia

your happily ever after. But you've robbed my husband of his. My husband spent fifteen years searching for his sister, from thirteen to twenty-eight. His mother died of grief. Do you know what he's carrying? Self-blame,

Molly, and his mother passed away. The Cedillo family was shattered. My husband lost his family, his mother, his sister when he was thirteen. Finding Molly has been his only

than your life, so does my husband. Every member of the Cedillo family is waiting for her. Have you ever thought about their feelings? Try 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." Her emphasis on "we, the Cedillo family," clearly

once elegant CEO now

He couldn't say some things out loud, yet Mia, who understood him, spoke for him. In that moment,

But I never considered it from my husband's and the 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, and the choice

to handle the truth.

because Andre had informed him. When he arrived, he intended

Cedillo family's decision, Coleen

but people were inherently selfish. Nobody dared to say they

was led away by her son, and the cafe was left with only Mia

own identity. If she hadn't done the DNA test, she might have always been a member of the

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

to handle it. But if I had never found out, I would have

paying the bill, Andre left with his

Havenbrook University classroom.

for class. She asked Leo, "Leo, can I come over to your

aback. "Aren't you afraid my parents will mistake you for my

not-so-bright Leo. He was always focused when it came to

say I'm

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