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?

pinched

call out her name, but then it hit him—after everything

Keira's eyes bore into him. "What's the matter?

made it clear—my son listens to

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

this family yet, and she's already meddling

his sentence, a low, choked voice

froze, turning to

his nose red, his whole body trembling with emotion. Like a child, he wiped away his tears and then looked

laugh. "You heard him, right? Jake agrees

to us. Eve's got a big name in Clance; every

sure you treat her well and

stood there

enunciating each word. "I

He pointed at Keira.

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

did you just say? You ungrateful

time his dad got that angry, he'd run off to be with that other

time, Jake turned to

words echoed

do you really

What did he want?

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

treated his mother with respect, who

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