At first, she didn’t understand what they were discussing.
Then she heard her own name.
She stopped.
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What followed made her blood run cold.
Oliver and his mother weren’t talking about flowers, guests, or wedding arrangements.
They were discussing her house.
Her finances.
Her property.Family law services
And what Oliver would supposedly be able to control once they were married.
Then the conversation turned to the children.
That was when any uncertainty disappeared.
The patient, loving man she’d watched interact with Harry, Selena, and Mika admitted that much of what she’d seen had been an act.
He didn’t want the complicated family life he’d pretended to embrace.
He had simply understood that accepting the children was the easiest way to get close to their mother.
She listened in stunned silence.
Two days earlier, she had been worrying about seating arrangements.
