Keith was a living, breathing person with his own dreams. Why should he be tethered to the family business from the moment he was born?


    As a screenwriter, she had a thousand ways to shut Edith down, but as Keith''s "fiancée," she couldn''t say any of them.


    Her first step was to get the full story from Keith and understand what was going on before she confronted Edith and Nathan again.


    She stood up. “Ms. Winters, I simply can''t agree with your views, and I won''t force you to ept mine. Arguing like this is good for neither of us. Let''s end our conversation here. I''ll be leaving now. Please, enjoy the rest of your day."


    Though Amara''s words were polite, her tone was ice-cold.


    After speaking, she stood, gave Edith a slight nod, and walked away, leaving Edith staring in disbelief.


    It wasn''t until the café door swung shut that Edith finally processed what had happened. When she did, an uncontroble rage surged within her.


    How could the woman Keith found be so disrespectful to her elders?


    She hadn''t dismissed Amara, yet Amara had left on her own ord. And she had dared to contradict her... It was true what they said no one from the entertainment industry was any good.


    Her eyes shed with malice. If Keith weren''t so utterly infatuated with this woman, she would never, ever let her into the family!


    Just then, Edith received a text from an unsaved number: "Hello, this is Emma. Do you have a moment? I was hoping we could chat."


    Emma was the mother of Finnian, the chairman of the Everly Group, and also the mother of Amara''s ex-husband.


    As they moved in the same social circles, Edith had met Emma before, but their rtionship was superficial at best; they had never exchanged contact information.


    Already fuming and being a busy woman, Edith had no desire to speak with Emma. With a disdainful sneer, she deleted the message.


    Meanwhile, Emma sat on her sofa at home, a confirmation of Amara''s pregnancy lying on the table before her.


    After sending the text, she had waited smugly, certain Edith would reply.


    But a long time passed with no response Emma reasoned that Edith was a career woman and was probably too busy to check her phone so she decided to call her instead.


    The call went through, but the other end immediately rejected it. This infuriated


    Emma. How dare she not take her call?


    In Emma''s mind, she was Amara''s


    former mother-inw, and Edith was her future mother-inw. Since mothers-inw were supposed to keep their daughters-inw in me, she assumed Edith would have plenty to discuss with her Yet E was ignoring herpletely.


    Edith


    Emma found Edith''s reaction odd and was enraged by the slight.


    But her gaze fell on the document in front of her the key to controlling Amara''s fate —and her mood brightened again.


    Fine, let her reject the call. It wasn''t as if she and Edith had any real connection anyway. She would just have to find another way to contact her.


    The more Amara thought about the conversation after leaving the café, the angrier she became.


    She took out her phone and messaged Keith, asking what he was doing. He replied that he was at an event and sent her a photo.


    Although he nned to retire, Keith still had several outstanding contracts. He had to finish his- current projects and promotional events before he could officially leave the industry.