The Heir's Secret Bride

Chapter 356

Clifford was taken aback and couldn't help but laugh. 'What mother-in-law uses this trick to keep her daughter-in-law? Only my wife could think of such a bizarre tactic. He helplessly whispered, "Honey, can we skip the act?" Aurora rolled her eyes. "We have to act. If we don't do it well, you'll have a hard time. Do you want to sleep in the study?"

Hearing Aurora use this tactic again, Clifford could only sigh and grit his teeth. "Fine, I'll act, okay?" 'Imagine, the illustrious Mr. Chavez of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs being threatened by his wife to sleep in the study-who would believe that?' After Yvette and Jeremiah entered, they saw Aurora leaning back on the sofa, supporting her head, clearly uncomfortable.

Clifford looked at her with concern, saying, "Honey, if you're not feeling well, let's go to the hospital, okay? Don't be stubborn." He wore a serious expression, speaking carnestly.

Aurora rubbed her temples, speaking softly, "Honey, it's okay. If Yvette could come over and spend some more time with me, I'd probably feel better."

Jeremiah and Yvette stood there, hearing every word of the conversation. Jeremiah squinted, his emotions hidden. 'My mom is really something; she even knows how to play this trick to keep a girl around! Yvette stood there, looking at the "weak" Aurora and Clifford, silent for a few seconds. 'How should I play along in this situation?' She needed to think; for the first time, Yvette felt she had encountered a dilemma. Jeremiah couldn't take it any longer and coughed lightly. "Dad, Mom, we're back."

Yvette greeted them lightly.

Aurora pretended to just notice the two of them, sitting up weakly and speaking in a voice barely above a whisper, "Oh, Jeremiah, Yvette, when did you two come back? Why didn't you say anything?"

Clifford forced himself to play along with Aurora and asked with a serious face, "Hmm, how long have you been here?" In fact, they both knew exactly how long they had been there.

Jeremiah watched the performance of the two, pursing his lips, showing little emotion. "Oh, not long. Just heard everything we needed to hear."

Clifford's face looked somewhat unnatural. He could only feign seriousness to change the subject. "Did you finish handling the military affairs today?"

Aurora wanted to roll her eyes at him. "This acting deserves a bad review. She weakly coughed twice to interrupt their conversation.

Yvette stepped forward, her expression shifting awkwardly, full of concern as she looked at Aurora. She even took Aurora's hand and asked, "Auntie, are you okay?"

Jeremiah was taken aback seeing Yvette like this. 'What is this girl doing?'

Aurora was also stunned. She had imagined many possible reactions from Yvette but hadn't expected this one. Clifford was just as surprised. All three of them were frozen for a moment.

Yvette glanced at their expressions. 'In the family dramas I've been watching lately, this is how they act in these situations. Did I not do it right?' With a serious look, Yvette asked the three of them, "Do you think my acting was bad?"

shook their heads in unison, then nodded

lifted her head. Since it wasn't good, she figured she

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change left the three of them dumbfounded, though they felt

a lot of this girl to act along with them for the

was still a bit dazed on the sofa. "It's all your fault for saying I'm

by name,

a pitiful expression. "Yvette, would you like to stay for dinner

raised her delicate eyebrows slightly and replied

quickly stepped forward warmly and said to Yvette, "Yvette,

as Yvette and Aurora walked away, exchanging

Jeremiah and said, "Your

"Your wife's acting isn't that

returned, and the four of them sat at the dining table-Jeremiah and Clifford on one side, Aurora and Yvette on the other.

atmosphere was quite pleasant; Aurora kept using fork to serve Yvette,

head of the table, observed the four of them and chuckled. He looked at Yvette

down her fork, looked up, and replied slowly, "Yeah, I need to go back for

'I actually forgot my granddaughter-in-law is still

the conversation, saying,

Yvette's bowl without a care. "Yvette, it's just an exam. It's fine. Back in my day, I relied on dice rolls for my exams. You just need to remember that for the questions you don't know, far

that her servant was there and

shrimp cocktail for

a

have time tomorrow? I have a few old friends who have been wanting to meet you. They've watched Jeremiah grow up and have been saying they want to see him with a girlfriend." Jeremiah looked up and asked,