Isaac slammed the laptop shut upon hearing the news. "What's going on?"

"Mom went on a blind date."

Daniel relayed truthfully, "Grandpa really liked him, and Mom seemed pretty into him too."

Isaac hadn't seen this coming. Brittany, fresh from her vacation, choosing to dive into the dating scene was a shocker.

"What did your mom do with him?"

"They had dinner."

"Look, you need to keep an eye on her for the next few days, make sure she doesn't get too chummy with strangers, got it?"

"But what if Mom wants to go-" Daniel hesitated.

"Then you tag along. Gives me a chance to scope out the competition."

Brittany agreeing to a blind date was beyond Isaac's wildest expectations. But then again, he figured, he had probably scared her off.

After hanging up, Isaac fired off a video call to Elijah: "We need to speed things up. I've got three months tops to go public." Ever since his car accident, to the outside world, Isaac was as good as dead. Now, he was just one of Elijah's executives. "Why the sudden rush?" Elijah was curious. Isaac wasn't known for being impulsive.

Isaac thought to himself, if he didn't act fast, he'd lose his wife for good!

"Just do it."

digging and found out about Brittany's date with Willard. Everything

"He's really gone head over heels

life, and yet, here he was, still completely fixated

"Guess that's

himself felt no need for

...

in touch, greeting each other daily. Willard was careful not to overstep, which

pillow, peeked into

up in light makeup, was a departure from her usual crisp and clean appearance. She slipped into a black

bells rang in Daniel's

are you going on

in. What if Dad came back and

"Not really."

She and Willard were still

his pillow: "Can I

I've made plans with

she had told Willard beforehand about bringing Daniel, it might have been fine. But showing up unannounced

crestfallen: "Then, I'll just stay

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