Teresa slowly looked up at him, her voice choked with emotion. "Jeffrey, I have this feeling... that your sister... that she''s gone."


    "Mom, don''t let your imagination run wild again. Yvonne is fine. She''s just a little distant from us, that''s all. But no matter what, we''re family, connected by blood."


    Jeffrey, still in his white coat, sat down on the edge of the hospital bed. Heforted Teresa while peeling a tangerine for her.


    Teresa, still looking lost, simply nodded. "Maybe... maybe I am just overthinking things."


    For the next two months, Yvonne was busy filming on set. By the time shooting wrapped, it was the height of summer.


    And the wedding between the Thompson and Scott families was officially back on the schedule.


    Mr. and Mrs. Scott were remarkably pragmatic.


    Years ago, they had caused a huge, ugly scene with the Thompson family to break the engagement, not caring if they were branded as faithless.


    Now, returning to the Thompson family to propose the marriage anew, their posture was one of extreme humility.


    Tobias and Karina were both mild-tempered people, and it was hard to be harsh to someone so gracious.


    After the previous fallout, the Thompsons really wanted nothing more to do with the Scotts. However, Dana genuinely adored Cynthia as a potential daughter-inw. Especially whenpared to her troublesome daughter-inw Karina, Dana found Cynthia to be perfect in every way—an opportunity that wouldn''te again.


    Mrs. Scott was also incredibly skilled at navigating social situations. She groveled, apologized, and took all the me upon herself, presenting a picture of someone ready to ept any punishment.


    Then, she started dabbing at her eyes,menting how she had dyed her daughter''s happiness. She imed Cynthia had never forgotten Noah and would remain single for life if she couldn''t marry him.


    Mrs. Scott''s disy of motherly love was effective. As a mother herself, Dana could sympathize.


    At Noah''s age, he would definitely remarry after his divorce.


    This time, Dana was determined to find a daughter-inw from a family of simr standing, someone sensible and respectable Looking across all of Istra, there was truly no one more suitable than Cynthia.


    Ultimately, the two families came to a swift agreement, and the wedding was settled.


    Noah had been on a business trip abroad and only learned upon his return that his parents had re-engaged him to Cynthia.


    "Mom, Dad, how could you make


    such a


    mige decision without a


    I''m child.


    I''m not


    good enough for Cynthia."  swnovers


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    Dana waspletely baffled by her son''s reaction.


    With the Scottsing to their door to propose, she had assumed Noah and


    Cynthia had been seeing each other secretly since his divorce.


    "Mr. and Mrs Scott said Cynthia wouldn''t marry anyone but you. I thought you two had already discussed it, which is why I agreed, Dana Caid, still confused. She picked up her phone, ready to call the Scotts.


    “I''ll ask them what''s going on. If you''re not willing, we can just call it off again.”


    This time, the power was firmly in the Thompson family''s hands.


    Seeing his mother about to call, Noah immediately stopped her.


    If the Scotts had proposed with Cynthia''s consent, his mother backing out now


    would be a huge p in the face to Cynthia.


    "Mom, leave it. I''ll go talk to Cynthia and figure this out," Noah said, turning to leave again.


    "Honestly, the boy just got back from his trip, hasn''t even had a sip of water, and he''s out the door again," Dana sighed helplessly.


    Noah left the house and drove straight to the Scott family estate.


    But instead of storming in, he called Cynthia and asked to meet her at a nearby coffee shop.