“Oh, it’s nothing,” Kaitlyn replied, lowering her head briefly before looking up with a soft smile. “Renee, I haven’t been feeling very comfortable after my surgery, so I prefer not to be touched… Can you understand?”

“Mom?” Renee’s eyes widened. “Where are you feeling uncomfortable? I can ask Lina and Zuko to help…”

“No need.”

Kaitlyn grabbed her, and Renee was taken aback, noticing that her mother’s hand didn’t feel as hard as before.

Kaitlyn had always been sick, weak, and frail, making her hands feel like dry twigs. But now…

“Renee, I have something to tell you.”

Renee refocused and looked at her mother attentively.

“What kind of person is Lena?”

“Why are you suddenly asking about this?”

“Just asking casually.”

Renee pondered for a moment and replied softly, “Is this about the incident where she blocked you from entering the study and argued with you?

misunderstood her. She has a cold personality and prefers to keep her distance from

you’re still too young to see through

“Well—”

that, the better they are at pretending. Have you heard the saying that a biting

why her mother was

“And you have to get rid of her. Otherwise, you and Toph won’t have

saying?” Renee couldn’t help but jolt

head, portraying the meek housewife she

Renee couldn’t ignore the vicious glint in her eyes

as she asked, “Mom,

the Thompsons’ anymore! Renee, you must find a way to get rid of her. Keeping her around will bring trouble! Look, she’s already caused you and Toph to delay

me, and she’s been really good to

clinging to the Thompsons

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a good time for Toph and me to get married anyway,” Renee murmured. “We don’t have our own careers and income, and I still need

kind of career does Toph need?” Kaitlyn raised an eyebrow. “He’s the second

more than his brother! And on the Irwins’ side… Zuko has already inherited the Count title,

“Mom!”

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