The elder Mrs. Thompson''s death passed quietly, without making a single ripple. It didn''t even affect Bet and Yvonne''s wedding ns.
The Thompson family remained in a festive mood, busily preparing for the wedding and awaiting the arrival of the new life in Yvonne''s womb.
As for the fully formed fetus Ynda had aborted, Mr. Thompson Sr. sighed when he heard the news. Frank, too, sighed. As for everyone else, even sighing felt like a
waste of energy.
Because Bet was busy with work and Yvonne was suffering from severe
morning sickness and needed to rest, Emma was handling almost all of the wedding preparations.
Emma was deeply invested in her son''s wedding, overseeing every detail, big and small, while also consulting Yvonne for her opinions.
After all, it was Yvonne''s wedding, and the bride''s preferences should be the priority.
However, Yvonne had been so sicktely that she had no energy to think about venue decorations, whether the air-freighted flowers should be red or pink roses, or if the wedding dress should be adorned with pearls or diamonds. She simply left it all to Emma.
Besides, Yvonne wasn''t particrly obsessed with the wedding itself. As long as the groom was Bet, that was all that mattered.
The wedding involved so many tasks that Emma would asionally ask Cynthia Scott for her input. She''d sometimesin to Cynthia, "Those two arepletely hands-off, leaving everything to me. You''d think this wedding was for me."
"The more capable you are, the more you do. Yvonne is so lucky to have a wonderful mother-inw like you; she must have done something right in a past life," Cynthia chimed in with a smile, always knowing just the right thing to say.
"Dana dotes on you too. She gave you the bracelet from her own dowry, one she rarely even wore herself," Emma also said with a smile.
As a mother-inw, Dana was even more qualified than Emma. She was gentle, emotionally stable, generous, and wouldn''t even judge a daughter-inw''s background. She would patiently guide her and take her to social events.
Only a fool like Karina White, who didn''t appreciate her good fortune, would divorce Noah for the sake of her parasitic family.
Of course, Emma wouldn''t bring up Karina in front of Cynthia; she simply praised Dana.
The wedding was next month, but Emma had already ordered the wedding gown, formal dresses, and all the necessary jewelry.
A custom, handmade wedding gown worth millions looked absolutely breathtaking under the crystal lights; no woman could see it and not be moved.
In addition to the wedding gown, Emma had alsomissioned a dozen other
formal dresses and jewelry worth hundreds of millions.
One wedding certainly didn''t require
so many dresses and so much
jewelry but Emma lived by a
woman''s principle, you don''t
necessarily have to use it, but you
absolutely have to have it.
In any case, money was the one thing she didn''tck. If she couldn''t spend it all
herself, she would naturally spend it on her son and daughter-inw.
"Mrs. Thompson, the gown and dresses were all custom-made to the measurements you provided. However, it would be best for Mrs. Bet Thompson toe for fitting, so we can make any
for
necessary adjustments in time."
The manager of the luxury boutique replied with utmost respect. After all, Emma
was the store''s SVIP, someone they couldn''t afford to offend.
The dresses definitely needed a fitting, so Emma called Yvonne and asked her toe over.
Yvonne''s home in Cherry Bay wasn''t too far from the boutique; the drive only took half an hour.
"Mom, Cynthia," Yvonne said with a smile as she approached, though she looked pale. She was haggard and had lost a lot of weight.
Yvonne''s body had been frail since childhood, and she had undergone heart surgery. The pregnancy added an extra burden, and although two consecutive check-ups had revealed no issues, her doctor still had her on medication to support the pregnancy.