"Does your sister still have feelings for Kiya?" Sienna Johnson asked.
"Probably not. Even if she does, when Paige Desmond got divorced, it caused such a scandal that shamed the royal family. If she goes back, the Queen already doesn't like her and would only torment my sister more."
Adrian Desmond lit a cigarette, stood under the porch smoking, his gaze fixed on the lotuses on Mirror Lake, feeling a mess in his heart.
He only had this one sister; he hoped she could find happiness.
Back when Paige Desmond insisted on marrying Kiya, if he had been more forceful, maybe Paige and Kiya wouldn't have married, perhaps Paige marrying an ordinary man would have been happier.
"Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships have always been difficult to manage. In Orienta, many couples separate not because the love is gone, but simply because there's a mother-in-law in between."
