The Heir's Secret Bride

Chapter 356

Clifford was taken aback and couldn't help but laugh. ‘What mother-in-law uses this trick to keep her daughter-in-

law? Only my wife could think of such a bizarre tactic. He helplessly whispered, "Honey, can we skip the act?"

Aurora rolled her eyes. "We have to act. If we don't do it well, you'll have a hard time. Do you want to sleep in

the study?"

Hearing Aurora use this tactic again, Clifford could only sigh and grit his teeth. "Fine, I'll act, okay?" 'Imagine, the

illustrious Mr. Chavez of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs being threatened by his wife to sleep in the study-who

would believe that?’ After Yvette and Jeremiah entered, they saw Aurora leaning back on the sofa, supporting her

head, clearly uncomfortable.

Clifford looked at her with concern, saying, "Honey, if you're not feeling well, let's go to the hospital, okay? Don't

be stubborn." He wore a serious expression, speaking carnestly.

Aurora rubbed her temples, speaking softly, "Honey, it's okay. If Yvette could cover and spend smore

twith me, I'd probably feel better."

Jeremiah and Yvette stood there, hearing every word of the conversation. Jeremiah squinted, his emotions

hidden. '"My mom is really something; she even knows how to play this trick to keep a girl around! Yvette stood

there, looking at the "weak" Aurora and Clifford, silent for a few seconds. ‘How should I play along in this

situation?’ She needed to think; for the first time, Yvette felt she had encountered a dilemma. Jeremiah couldn't

take it any longer and coughed lightly. "Dad, Mom, we're back."

Yvette greeted them lightly.

Aurora pretended to just notice the two of them, sitting up weakly and speaking in a voice barely above a

whisper, "Oh, Jeremiah, Yvette, when did you two cback? Why didn't you say anything?"

Clifford forced himself to play along with Aurora and asked with a serious face, "Hmm, how long have you been

here?" In fact, they both knew exactly how long they had been there.

Jeremiah watched the performance of the two, pursing his lips, showing little emotion. "Oh, not long. Just heard

everything we needed to hear."

Clifford's face looked somewhat unnatural. He could only feign seriousness to change the subject. "Did you finish

handling the military affairs today?"

Aurora wanted to roll her eyes at him. "This acting deserves a bad review. She weakly coughed twice to interrupt

their conversation.

Yvette stepped forward, her expression shifting awkwardly, full of concern as she looked at Aurora. She even

took Aurora's hand and asked, "Auntie, are you okay?"

Jeremiah was taken aback seeing Yvette like this. 'What is this girl doing?'

Aurora was also stunned. She had imagined many possible reactions from Yvette but hadn't expected this one.

Clifford was just as surprised. All three of them were frozen for a moment.

Yvette glanced at their expressions. 'In the family s I've been watching lately, this is how they act in these

situations. Did | not do it right?" With a serious look, Yvette asked the three of them, "Do you think my acting was

bad?"

All three shook their heads in unison, then nodded together.

Yvette lowered her eyes in silence for a while, then lifted her head. Since it wasn't good, she figured she might

as well stop acting. She immediately withdrew her previous expression.

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This sudden change left the three of them dumbfounded, though they felt more comfortable with her current

demeanor.

Jeremiah squeezed her fingertips and curled his lips slightly. 'It's really asking a lot of this girl to act along with

them for the first time.

Aurora felt embarrassed and thought, "This is obviously blown, it's really awkward. She calmly stood up, instantly

transforming from Ophelia to Joan of Arc, and addressed Clifford, who was still a bit dazed on the sofa. "It's all

your fault for saying I'm too weak and want my daughter-in-law to stay withlonger. I'm perfectly fine. Don't

do that next time, okay? If | asked Yvette to stay longer, would she refuse? What a pointless move."

Clifford, called out by name, was speechless.

After finishing, Aurora looked at Yvette with a pitiful expression. "Yvette, would you like to stay for dinner and

keepcompany a bit longer?"

Yvette raised her delicate eyebrows slightly and replied calmly, "Sure."

Aurora quickly stepped forward warmly and said to Yvette, "Yvette, let's go see the new dessert Cara is working

on."

Jeremiah and Clifford watched as Yvette and Aurora walked away, exchanging glances.

Clifford looked at Jeremiah and said, "Your wife's acting is really subpar."

Jeremiah glanced at Clifford. "Your wife's acting isn't that great either."

At dinner, Jase returned, and the four of them sat at the dining table-Jeremiah and Clifford on one side, Aurora

and Yvette on the other. Both men looked rather grim, not making eye contact with each other.

On the other side, the atmosphere was quite pleasant; Aurora kept using fork to serve Yvette, piling food onto

her plate.

Jase, sitting at the head of the table, observed the four of them and chuckled. He looked at Yvette and said,

"Yve, my granddaughter-in-law, Jeremiah said you booked a flight back to Seacrity in three days?"

Yvette put down her fork, looked up, and replied slowly, "Yeah, | need to go back for exams." Simon had already

called her, several times urging her to return for the tests.

Jase paused. 'l actually forgot my granddaughter-in-law is still in school.

Clifford picked up the conversation, saying, "Exams are important; study hard."

Aurora added another chicken wing to Yvette's bowl without a care. "Yvette, it's just an exam. It's fine. Back in

my day, | relied on dice rolls for my exams. You just need to remember that for the questions you don't know, far

C will do; it works like charm." Jase and Clifford both looked at Aurora and cleared their throats... "Teaching kids

the wrong things!

Aurora forgot that her servant was there and smiled awkwardly.

Only Jeremiah calmly peeled shrimp cocktail for Yvette, not looking up at all.

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Jase considered for a moment and then said to Yvette, "Yev, do you have ttomorrow? | have a few old friends

who have been wanting to meet you. They've watched Jeremiah grow up and have been saying they want to see

him with a girlfriend." Jeremiah looked up and asked, "Walter and the others?"

Jase nodded. "Yeah, who else could it be besides this group of old geezers?"

Yvette replied, "Sure, that's fine."

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Jase was happy but suddenly paused, as if he thought of someth "Now, Yev, one of those old geezers tomorrow is

named James. gone a bit loopy with his experiments. He recently recognized: is. He insists on bringing her to

visit you the sday. Can you Jeremiah paused in peeling shrimp, then looked at Jase, who lo bring his newly

recognized granddaughter along for the visit?"

Jase wasn't sure what was going on with that old guy and said, "J Mary has a crush on me. Can you blme for

being handsom he still can't accept it. | don't know where he found a granddaug

granddaughter-in-law, and there's nothing | can do about it."

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Jase was happy but suddenly paused, as if he thought of something else. After hesitating for a few seconds, he

told Yvette, "Now, Yev, one of those old geezers tomorrow is named James. He's been acting kind of strange

lately, probably because he's gone a bit loopy with his experiments. He recently recognized a new

granddaughter and keeps bragging about how great she is. He insists on bringing her to visit you the sday.

Can you, for grandpa's sake, not pick a fight with that old guy?"

Jeremiah paused in peeling shrimp, then looked at Jase, who looked worried, and replied meaningfully, "James

wants to bring his newly recognized granddaughter along for the visit?"

Jase wasn't sure what was going on with that old guy and said, "Janes has been in a weird mental state lately. He

keeps saying Mary has a crush on me. Can you blme for being handsome? | was better-looking than him

when we were young, and he still can't accept it. | don't know where he found a granddaughter who insists on

visiting the sday as my

granddaughter-in-law, and there's nothing | can do about it."