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?

a panic, Jake pinched his arm. It was

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

him. "What's

listens to

Eve? Are you angling for Lewis to marry her instead? I see what's going on—you're afraid that

yet, and she's already meddling in our affairs! Eve's a great girl. Why wouldn't Jake want to marry her? He's eager

as he finished his sentence, a low,

turning to look at

red, his whole body trembling with emotion. Like a child, he

cold laugh. "You heard him,

us. Eve's got a big name in Clance; every family wants her! We're

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

stood there in a

enunciating each word. "I

He pointed at Keira.

vanished from Nathan and Oliver's faces as

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

fear at that look on his father's face. Every time his dad got that angry, he'd run off to be with that other woman, leaving Jake

this time, Jake turned to

words echoed in

do you

What did he want?

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

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

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