It was Keira Olsen!

Jake's pupils shrank in shock.

He couldn't believe what he was seeing. For a brief moment, it felt like the light in his life had returned!

He swallowed hard, his eyes locked onto Keira's, focusing on a faint spot near the corner of her eye.

There, under a subtle layer of concealer, was the unmistakable shadow of a small black beauty mark.

Jake's eyes welled up instantly.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but no words came out. He could only stand there, staring blankly at Keira, lost in a daze.

She's alive…

She's really alive!

Thank God!

Even if she was now his aunt, as long as she was still breathing, as long as she could find happiness, that was all that mattered.

Tears blurred Jake's vision, and he quickly wiped them away. Keira's face came back into focus, clear as day.

Was this really not a dream?

panic, Jake pinched

looked at Keira with joy, wanting to call out her name, but then it hit him—after everything he'd put

him. "What's the

listens to me! You'd better watch what you say, or don't blame me

want Jake to marry Eve? Are you angling for Lewis to marry her instead? I see what's going

family yet, and she's already meddling in our affairs! Eve's a great girl. Why wouldn't

he finished his sentence, a low, choked voice suddenly

to look at

eyes were misty, his nose red, his whole body trembling with emotion. Like a child, he wiped away his

out a cold laugh. "You heard him, right? Jake agrees

my son listens to us. Eve's got a big name in Clance; every family

treat her well and listen to what she says! Don't be like your uncle, always

there in

spoke, enunciating each word.

He pointed at Keira.

vanished from Nathan and Oliver's faces as they stared at Jake in

expression darkened with rage. "What did you just say? You ungrateful brat! Say

would've cowered in fear at that look on his father's face. Every time his dad got that angry,

time, Jake

echoed in

do you

What did he want?

Olsen he wanted was gone, out of reach. But beyond

father who stayed home, who treated his mother with respect, who didn't

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