Dorothy was always fretting about her son's awkwardness around girls, worried he wouldn't know how to express himself.

But with Felicity willing to chat, Dorothy couldn't hide her joy.

"Alright, you two have a chat! Don't worry, I'm here, so that little rascal can't bully you."

As Dorothy opened the study door and passed by Miles, she gently cautioned, "Don't be too eager, or you might scare away my future daughter-in-law!"

"...I know, Mom."

After leaving, Dorothy made sure to close the door behind her.

Then, she quickly shot a text to Karen, [Felicity's at Bay Residence. If the chat doesn't go well, Langston will drive her home. But if it does, she might just become part of the family!]

Soon after, a thumbs-up emoji popped up in response.

[Tell Langston to give it his all. I'm rooting for him!]

Now, it was just the two of them left in the study.

intimate before, Felicity found

her head down,

sound of Miles sighing broke

were

"Why were you eavesdropping?"

gently in his, "I finally understand your concerns. You think I've been pressuring you into marriage, not out of love, but just to take responsibility, right?" Felicity didn't

very experienced with women doesn't mean I want to marry any girl. If you weren't in my heart, I wouldn't have

the type to easily succumb to desire, how could he, nearly thirty, have only had

really wanted women, he could have

had been drinking... What if someone had

I'm not naive enough to drink anything handed to

was never one to lose

even if he felt terrible and

no way he

"So..."

certainly felt responsible! But that responsibility is mostly because I

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