Rosalind was about to stand up and leave when Joshua said, "Your class isn't until eight, and it's only six now. Stay home and rest. I'll step out."

With that, he cast a worried glance towards Matilda and exited the living room, tactfully leaving the space for Rosalind and her.

"Rosalind, let your dad go out. You stay home and get an extra hour of rest," Matilda said as she approached, wrapping her arm around Rosalind's with a mother's tender concern.

When Rosalind was born, Joshua was over the moon with his daughter. And because she was as beautiful and charming as a picture, she quickly became the darling of the Whitman family.

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Rosalind looked at Matilda with her intelligent, pleading eyes. "Do you really think you can convince Dad to help me win over Lysander?"

"Absolutely, don't you worry about your stubborn old dad. A little pillow talk tonight and he'll come around. Plus, with Zephyr on our side, it's a sure thing. Zephyr wouldn't have called me to share the news that Lysander will wake up within two months if he didn't think it was certain," Matilda assured her with confidence.

occasionally flying back to Starhaven to see Joshua. It had been a

was Matilda's way of abandoning any hopes for an alliance with the Sinclair family through marriage. With Lysander in a coma for three years, it was likely he'd be incapacitated for life. Matilda would never allow her daughter

of waiting in Starhaven with no change

from the proposed marriage to

the news of a doctor, a miracle worker who personally guaranteed that Lysander would awaken

recover, Matilda realized that Rosalind could become Mrs. Sinclair, a position just shy of royalty! She hastily arranged for Rosalind to drop her international studies, transferred

invitation for Thalassa was also a strategic move, a subtle hint to let

lose," Rosalind

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That evening.

bath and speaking to him for an hour, Thalassa went over to her computer

kept herself busy. She had pursued graduate studies at Starhaven College, and given her unique circumstances, she applied to study remotely, only going to the campus

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