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 in the past, unable to

Selena's feelings came from a place of

She appreciated it.

and soon

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

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 too-we can

the months that followed, Selena would

she'd arrive excitedly, only for Aaron to come by later with an exasperated look to pick

the two of them seemed to enjoy it

until

she was firmly settled at the Fletcher family

were taking no chances with her pregnancy,

Her freedom vanished overnight.

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

Aaron would appear wrapping his arms around her from behind and soothing her, doing everything he

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