Celine quickly returned the photo to the box and exclaimed, "Grandma, this is a photo from when I was little. It’s too ugly to show you."

Mary chuckled as she withdrew her hand. "My dear Celine, how could you ever be ugly?" Alfred chimed in, "Absolutely not."

Celine smiled at the warm exchange between Mary and Alfred, lowering her head to take a spoonful of soup. Just then, the maid's voice broke the silence.

"Mr. Alvarez," Orline announced, looking up to see Adam walking in. "Adam, you're back?" Mary smiled warmly.

Adam took off his suit jacket and handed it to the maid before striding into the living room. Celine suddenly noticed something unusual in her soup, as if something had been added.

"Grandma, did you add something to this soup? It tastes a bit odd."

an eyebrow. "Did you notice? I had some fertility

gazed at the soup. She and Adam hadn't even consummated their marriage yet, so

having children. I'm

eagerness in Mary’s eyes, Celine knew she would have to disappoint her. Just then, Adam sat beside her and wrapped an arm around

young. There’s no rush for

the blame on her? "Actually, Grandma, I

to say this. He looked down at her, surprised. She wanted children? Celine winked playfully, her bright

he comes back to the room, he's

just say? Did she imply he was too exhausted? Adam's face

too exhausted?" Mary sized him up from head to toe. "No wonder you and Celine haven’t made any progress in such a long time. Turns out the

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