At the Cooper family residence, Wilfried stared at the live stream, watching the proposal unfold. He lifted his gaze to a framed photo of a smiling, graceful woman.

"Suzy, did you see that? Our daughter... she's getting married. We just found her, and now she's already getting married... I'm so sorry, I've let you down..." He choked up, his voice breaking into sobs. Not far away, the butler sighed heavily, rubbing his temples in exasperation. "He's acting like Miss Aveline is never coming back."

...

As the day wound down, everyone started heading home.

Selena clung to Aveline, her eyes glistening with unshed tears. "Ave, how could you agree so easily? Doesn't that make it too easy for him?"

Aveline looked at her, puzzled. "So, what should I have done?"

Selena huffed. "If you ask me, you should've set up 81 impossible challenges for him. Only if he passed them all should you have said yes! And if he failed even once, forget about him!"

Aveline couldn't help but laugh, shaking her head. "By the time he finished, our kid would probably be starting elementary school."

"Hmph!" Selena grunted, still holding onto her grudge. "I don't care! After everything he put you through, he deserves it!"

bitter about everything Aveline had gone through

knowing Selena's feelings came from a place

She appreciated it.

long and soon

had only just reunited with her family less than a year ago. Going back to Cloudflare with Lucas now-would her family be okay with that? Aveline herself wasn't ready for such a move. "We'll stay in Labor City for now. Lucas said he's fine commuting between both cities. Cloudflare and Labor City aren't that far apart, so it won't be a

around Aveline, she sighed. "But I'm going to miss you. Aaron would never agree to go back and forth like that. Boo hoo..." Aveline smiled helplessly. "Well, if he won't, you can always come visit me. After the baby's born, I'll visit you

was that, in the months that followed, Selena would spend half of every month in

Aaron to come by later with an exasperated look to pick

repeated itself, and the two of them seemed to

until

on, she was firmly settled at the Fletcher family

taking no chances with her pregnancy, guarding her

Her freedom vanished overnight.

to complain between tears, though she had noticeably rounded out from the pregnancy

around her from behind

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