The dinner concluded with a suffocating atmosphere.

Upon learning about the news of her marriage alliance with the Iverson family, Amelia acted like she was sitting on needles. Her delicate face lost all color as if all the blood had been drained from her body, feeling cold from head to toe.

On the way home, she sat in the same car as her mother, not even having the chance to talk to Wyatt.

"Mom... Why?"

Tears shone in Amelia's eyes as she choked up, asking, "You know I love Steven... You know that I only want to marry him. Why... Why do you want me to marry into the Iverson family?!"

Bitterness surged in Celeste's heart, but she still replied calmly, "Your father and I think this is a more suitable marriage for you. Steven's personality is great, but we disapprove of his family. Based on what I know, the Lovett family doesn't like you and me. If you insist on marrying Steven and enter into a marriage his parents disagree with, you will suffer every day. Even your strong sister, Bella, has ended up with a divorce after spending three miserable years with the Salvador family."

Celeste continued, "Moreover, Hunter has taken a stand against our family, throwing aside the kindness we've shown him in the past and becoming Shannon's defense lawyer. I know a professional lawyer should not pick their cases, but Shannon has repeatedly tried to harm your sister and..."

her heart ache. "Hunter's actions and his parents' indulgence are something your father and

Steven is different from

an invisible hand, a lump forming in her throat. "Steven... Since he graduated, he has been working for Asher and Bella. Couldn't Dad see how loyal he was to our family?! If we completely deny Steven's efforts because

did not think of her future first. Instead, she felt indignant for Steven. "Bella told me that she divorced Justin not

lashes fluttered, and she pursed

"Steven is nice to me... He is

will never find another man that treats me so well... I don't want to lose him... I've loved him for so

Thompson family. Don't you think you should do something for the family? Do you want to be a sheltered flower and an irresponsible

when Amelia secretly applied to a film school to become an actress, Celeste did her best to convince Wyatt not to send Amelia abroad or stop Amelia

her stern

traveling around the world a few years ago, had to return to help your father manage the hotel that was on

head, feeling inferior, her hands rubbing against each other until they were

was not only her sister but

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