"What did you just say?" Mia was so shocked she sat straight up in bed, her hair a total mess. Her husband silently helped tidy her up a bit. "I, your little brother, Cooper, am back in the country! Did you catch that?" Cooper repeated.

At the international exit of the airport, a teenager walked out pushing a black suitcase. He was wearing a gray cotton jacket, with a pair of black wireless headphones, making a call at the airport entrance. He watched the passing cars, feeling the joy of being back home. Cooper hadn't been back for more than a year.

Looking at people around Cooper felt a mix of emotions. Although he was a bit on the thin side, he was quite tall.

Cooper was always a pain in the neck. When Mia got a nine on a test, she was thrilled and brought it home to share. But Cooper just had to rain on her parade, "You're already over the moon about a nine. If I got a ten, should I pop a bottle of champagne to celebrate?" After that, Mia smacked him.

When she grew older, Mia bought a necklace and excitedly asked her family if it looked nice. Cooper started again, "It looks like a dog chain."

He got smacked again.

Mia bought a pretty dress, and he said, "It's a total disaster for you in that dress."

So Mia smacked him a third time.

Lots of times, Cooper took advantage of his smarts to tease his sister, Mia. There were many times when Mia couldn't tell if he was mocking her, but she knew Cooper's words were generally not pleasant. So every time Cooper said something, she would smack him. When they were young, their home was lively with Mia and Cooper fighting, and their parents always had to intervene.

Despite the constant bickering, the two of them were very close.

Cooper was sent abroad before he turned 15. The Irvin family's parents wanted him to gain some life experience, so they sent him abroad alone. When he was still in the country, Mia was like before, messing around with Cooper every day. However, when they sent Cooper to the airport and heard his plane fly away, Mia's longing burst out from deep within her. She couldn't help but cry uncontrollably at the site.

This attracted the attention of those around her.

their children to learn to be independent, they had to let him live his own life. Mia and her mother cried

home, as soon as it turned midnight, Mia was sitting by her

would secretly check foreign news on her phone. Whenever there was unrest somewhere, she would check on the map to see if it was far

father, though he didn't say it outright, subscribed to foreign newspapers for five years. These

it weren't for caring about Cooper, Mia wouldn't have been threatened

was in junior high, she was pursued by a boy. When Cooper found out, he exploded, yelling at

13 at the

he even threatened Mia, "Mia, don't you dare start dating. If you do, don't blame me for sneaking

well at

she told Cooper that she hadn't dated but was already married, she didn't know if

he thought about it, the more he felt something was off. He called his parents, but they wouldn't tell him the truth. So, Cooper took a

surprise gave Mia a headache in the Cedillo family. It was too sudden;

"Hurry up and pick me up. I'm at the airport

the airport announcement over the phone, and she knew Cooper was really back. She was stunned, hung up the phone, and sat on the bed, looking

didn't say anything, and Mia

him up." Andre had heard the entire phone call. He was curious to see how

married for so long, and she dared

Mia's brother had never called him. If they didn't get along, why would Mia protect the Cedillo Group and be forced to marry him by her father? Wasn't it

understood. Turns out Cooper didn't even know

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