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Hadrian quickly pieced it together. Seeing his wife’s silent confirmation, he turned the light back on and sat up, studying her face.He asked somewhat disbelievingly, “Isa likes Austin? She told you this? So the girl does like men. I’d begun to wonder if she was incapable of love.”Though surprised, he lacked his wife’s anxiety. If anything, he felt relieved.His daughter was normal after all.He had secretly worried she might never love anyone, or that her orientation might diverge from tradition. The reality was, that she had just never dated anyone despite being in her twenties because she was simply unimpressed by the lackluster suitors swarming her.Austin, however, was different.Hadrian had appreciated him from the start. Their first meeting convinced him the young man was no ordinary talent, which was later proven true when Austin’s elite background came to light.Despite being a scion of a hundred-billion-dollar empire and having considerable wealth of his own, he was
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Isabella’s family would likely be tactful enough not to disturb them often, though her two little brothers, with their bottomless stomachs, would probably drop by frequently for meals.Delphine opened her mouth to speak, then hesitated.Truthfully, her daughter’s plan sounded remarkably well-considered.“Mom, don’t worry about Austin and I. I’ll handle everything properly. I won’t let myself be disadvantaged,” Isabella reassured her mother, but also impliedly telling her that she would make the decision herself.Her parents could offer advice, but the final choice was hers alone.“Mom, it’s late. You should rest. I need to head to sleep too. I have a meeting tomorrow.”Delphine rose. “Oh, you should head to bed then.”Tomorrow, she would speak with Austin privately. She needed to gauge his sincerity.Isabella saw her mother out. She only closed her door and went back into her room once her mother had left; her mind at ease now that the matter was settled. In high spirits, she f
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Did her daughter's words mean she intended to marry Austin? After a moment of inner conflict, Delphine said, “Isa, we can't bear to see you marry so far away. Austin is wonderful, but his home is too distant. You know better than anyone that our family still relies on you.”“Mom, I may marry Austin, but I won’t leave Satbury. I’ll continue managing the company affairs as before. I’ll even keep living at home. You don’t have to worry that I’ll neglect my responsibilities after getting married.”This made her mother’s eyes widen. “Isa, have you and Austin already discussed what you’ll do after you get married? Is he willing to become a live-in son-in-law for our family?”If Austin agreed to this, the match might actually be worth considering.The thought of their family gaining such an outstanding son-in-law shifted Delphine’s perspective. With Austin by her daughter’s side, he could share her burdens and become her pillar of support.Moreover, no one would dare scheme against th
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After a brief silence, Isabella spoke, “Mom, even though I’ve never been in a relationship before, I know when a man treats a woman well, there’s always a purpose.“From the very beginning, Austin treated me as his fiancée, so his kindness was intentional from the start.”They just had not read into it.“As for the previous private chefs…”Isabella trailed off. The chefs she had hired before were nothing like Austin. They were older, married, and had families of their own. Naturally, they would not—and could not—entertain any inappropriate thoughts about the young lady.“Isa, Austin is exceptional. Our whole family adores him. That’s a fact. Even if you two hadn’t developed feelings for each other, we’d still like him.“These past two days while you were away on your business trip, uhh, at FC Manor, Austin didn’t cook. The boys noticed the difference, and even I found it hard to adjust. I have to say, in just a few months, he’s completely won over all our stomachs.”Delphine sig
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Without their knowledge, Grandma May had thoroughly investigated her daughter. The old lady had studied her temperament, silently marking Isabella as a match for Austin, and then arranged for him to enter her life as a private chef.Through daily interactions, their relationship blossomed.With this move, Austin was hitting two birds with one stone.After a moment of silence, Isabella said, “Old Mrs. York wouldn’t harm us without reason. Even in business, our companies are too far apart to have any dealings.“Their family has no investments or business here, so there’s nothing to worry about.“If she hadn’t been seeking a bride for her grandson, she wouldn’t have gone to such lengths to investigate someone like this.”Though she said this, Isabella felt immense relief that their family and the Yorks had no prior conflicts. Separated by thousands of kilometers and being in different provinces let alone cities, they had no history of interaction, let alone grudges.Otherwise, as h
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Isabella answered honestly, “Mom, the day he came for the interview was the first time I ever saw him.”When she first met Austin, Isabella was surprised.She had assumed a chef of his skill would be at least in his forties and never expected him to be only in his twenties.Had the interview not required him to personally cook two dishes for her to taste, she would have doubted those dishes were even his.Not only was Austin young, but he was also strikingly handsome and refined. At first glance, he did not seem like a chef at all.Even after watching him cook and tasting his dishes, confirming they were indeed his work, Isabella remained half-skeptical.At the time, she had not voiced her doubts, letting him pass the interview instead.She figured the truth would reveal itself once he started working.If he had somehow cheated his way through the interview, once officially employed as a private chef, he would have to handle everything himself and no one to rely on.Later, it
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The company veterans truly did not take Isabella seriously.They constantly pressured her and made things difficult for her.For those two years, Isabella walked on thin ice while her nerves stretched taut, never daring to relax for even a moment.It was only after she stabilized the situation and firmly established her footing that she began to gradually replace those old executives, letting them retire. After all, they were at that age anyway.Now, the senior management in the company respected her wholeheartedly.“Watching you walk this path, I know how much you’ve suffered and endured,” Delphine said, her voice thick with heartache.“In the end, it’s still because your dad and I were useless.“Look at your best friend, she doesn’t have any of these pressures. She does what she loves, gets married to the man she wants, and lives a carefree and happy life, full of joy.“She may not be as capable as you, and her status in this city can’t compare to yours, but I would rather yo
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Isabella walked over and sat down beside her mother.Delphine shifted slightly, feeling somewhat awkward. “Let's go back outside. This is your bedroom, I shouldn’t have just come in like this.”She felt as though she had intruded into her daughter’s private space.“Mom, don’t be like that. We’re mother and daughter,” Isabella said, both amused and exasperated by her mother’s discomfort.“We’re not strangers to each other. You’re my mom, and I’m the one who let you in.”Perhaps it was because she had been so busy with work lately that she had not spent much quality time with her parents. She would be out the whole day till late and sometimes go an entire month without seeing them, despite living under the same roof.When she left for work, her parents were still asleep, and by the time she came home late at night, they had already gone to bed.On weekends when she could rest at home were the exception, but when work got busy, she did not go home even during then.However, now th
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It was not that Delphine was selfish and wanted to tie her daughter to the O'Connor family to bear its heavy burdens. It was just that the risks of Isabella moving away were too great.When she had seen the two young ones embracing earlier, Delphine had paled, as if the sky were about to collapse.At that moment, she nearly screamed. She had to clamp a hand tightly over her mouth to stop herself.Once the two separated, she quickly turned away, not daring to linger at the staircase. She had wanted to pretend she had not seen anything, to return to her room and silently process the matter.But she could not. She needed to talk to her daughter.While she was torn with indecision, Isabella came upstairs.And now, here she was, sitting in her daughter’s room.After studying her mother for a moment, Isabella said, “Then, Mom, sit here for a bit. I’ll go take a hot shower.”Delphine nodded and Isabella left. While waiting, Delphine sighed repeatedly.Now that she had calmed down, sh
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