"I..." Clarisse found herself at a loss for words. Normally, when she argued with Mateo, she always felt she had the upper hand, leaving Mateo with nothing to say.

Yet now, she had to admit that Mateo made sense.

Back then, there were two reasons she supported Janet marrying Charles.

On one hand, she believed it was best to keep things within the family. The marriage would help ease tensions between the Bakers and the Hoffmans, something she genuinely hoped for. On the other hand, I was also a way to spite Mateo.

She knew Mateo had always favored Kelly, and anything he liked, she would try her best to sabotage. It became almost a twisted compulsion-she found herself opposing everything Mateo wanted to do just to contradict him.

The more Mateo disagreed with Janet and Charles' marriage, the more determined she was to make it happen. It had become a path she could not turn back from.

this was the very thing that had caused the growing distance between her and Charles. It created the coldness that now defined

"I..."

go against me, you shouldn't gamble with Charlie's future. I promise you, I won't interfere with whatever match you

a ticking time bomb, capable of exploding

not argue back

she had come to

been partial to Janet, Charles was still her son. her son married Janet, it would only bring disaster to his life. "Fine, agree. But you must keep your promise to

tonight?" Sean had asked Henry to accompany him, but in reality, it was not because he needed an escort. He simply wanted to gather

rascal, you're just trying to fish for information from me to pass

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