I couldn’t help but chuckle.

I wasn’t sure what Gregory had said, but Edith suddenly snapped, “Who’s drunk now? Fine, you’ll come crawling back to me soon enough!”

With that, she abruptly ended the call, turning to me with a grin. “Jane, could you do your future aunt a favor?”

…She sure took to that role quickly.

I raised an eyebrow, “Future aunt? You really planning on remarrying Herbert just to move up a generation?”

“It’s worth considering.” Edith winked at me. “So, will you help me out?”

“With what?”

“Don’t spill the beans about you and Bella to Gregory.”

“Huh?”

“I’ve never seen Gregory lose his cool.” Edith looked positively gleeful.

I laughed. “That’s the favor?”

She nodded. “Yep. So, will you?”

“Sure.” I readily agreed.

aside from Molly Ford. I wanted to get on her good side

tomorrow’s celebration party, my backstory was going

say anything, Gregory would find out by

my cheek, looking at me with a fondness usually reserved for elders, “No wonder Gregory’s fond of you. Ah,

I sighed in resignation.

soon as Bella got into the

wasn’t upset about your attitude last

“No.”

a hint of sorrow, “That kid, she doesn’t hold grudges. Right when I came downstairs… she,

“We’re not doing it.”

was decisive, not hesitating at all. “Ivy, you might not believe me, but when she called me, it felt completely different this

it was young actors addressing her on set, or even Summer calling her before, none of it moved her like Jane’s simple “Mom”

was full of doubts and speculations, insisting on a

guided her, making her absolutely

daughter she had carried for ten months

Ivy also felt that Jane resembled Bella’s daughter more, being the rational person she was, she still asked, “Are you sure about this?”

was referring to the incident where Summer falsely claimed

Bella closed

concerns, but I truly feel that mother-daughter connection. And right now, what she needs most is unconditional

lest

a moment, “Let’s leave it at

starting to edit the first episode and were asking how

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