The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Beatrice frowned at Thalia's remark. Lucas had probably never seen her act that petulantly before.

"Did you think I was worried that you'd come between them? I'm not. I just don't want their life as a young couple to be ruined by someone with ulterior motives. Have you ever considered that one day I might tell Lucas what you just told me?"

Thalia's excuse was to repay her sister's kindness, and while the Riveras did owe her sister-who was a genuinely good person-for saving Lucas, Thalia was not like her sister at all! Their characters were polar opposites!

To make things worse, Thalia had talked back against Beatrice, who simply found the situation rather amusing.

feeling aggrieved. "You can go ahead and tell Lucas everything. I don't care. But I won't leave until Lucas tells me to." She was confident that Lucas would not chase her away even if Beatrice conveyed everything to him. After all, she had

her

widened when she heard

a bit longer and prove myself to the two of you. This is a duty I am obliged to fulfill for Lucas,

right do you have to say such a thing? Melody is the only person that we'll ever recognize as our granddaughter-in-law.

doesn't matter if you and Grandpa Cedric don't accept me. I'm

The conversation ended in a stalemate, and Beatrice did not expect Thalia to be that shameless. Nothing that Beatrice said could persuade Thalia to leave, and it seemed like other ideas needed to

the greenhouse, Thalia sought out

he could not comprehend why Thalia would suddenly propose to move