On Ste''s side.


    She got a message from Urs, "Rick mentioned that once I move into Wave Residence, he''s nning to put up sunflower curtains in my room."


    Ste wrote, "Guess you can start shopping for those curtains now."


    Such a show-off!


    Hmph!


    Just four more days, then she''d see how Yorick managed to wrap this up. The reputation of Portis City''s foremost heir, would be tarnished just like that, hrious.


    ...


    At the hospital.


    At the sight of Ste''s indifferent response, a hint of malice shed in Urs''s eyes.


    Just as she was about to send another message, Cloudia walked in.


    Urs quickly deleted the message she was typing and handed her phone to the nurse, "Thanks a lot."


    "Don''t mention it."


    The nurse took the phone, gave Cloudia a respectful nod, and left.


    Cloudia''s smile didn''t wane, "So, everything set with Wave Residence?"


    Just thinking about Urs moving into Wave Residence made her uncontrobly happy.


    Lately, she''d been the butt of jokes among those high-societydies, calling her daughter a burden. As if, Cloudia''s foster daughter, a burden? That was augh. She was going to marry Yorick and live in Wave Residence. Hearing Cloudia bring up it, Urs nodded, "Yeah, he even said he''d change my curtains to sunflower ones once I move in."


    Cloudia''s smile grew even wider.


    "He really does care about you. You better cherish himter."


    At the mention of the future by Cloudia, Urs felt a flutter in her heart. Could there really be a future between her and Yorick? She hoped so. Once she was well, she couldn''t dare to mess things up. After all, life needed to be valued.


    "These past few days, thewyer has been looking for you, Mom. You still can''t let go of Ste, can you?" Urs asked softly.


    Given the mess between Ste and the Larkin family, she thought Cloudia would be the first to sign the disownment agreement.


    But instead, she''d been avoiding thewyer. What was that about? Couldn''t let go of that rebellious bitch?


    Mentioning Ste soured Cloudia''s mood.


    "s...She''s still my daughter, Urs. Let me deal with her once you''re better."


    Cloudia hesitated to sign off on


    , fearing future re


    All


    her decisions regarding Ste fately were made in anger.


    One shouldn''t make any decisions in a fit of rage.


    As Urs heard this, her heart


    lurched. Waiting until she was better to decide? What did that mean? Did it imply that by then, her entire focus would be on making it up to Ste?


    en


    If that was the case, she...


    This thought made Urs''s heart pound, her face paling.


    Well, then! It seemed she underestimated Ste.


    She had wanted the Larkin family to personally kick her out of Portis City.


    Now, look how things turned out: the financial support remains, the studio isn''t shut down, and Ste isn''t going anywhere?


    So, what was the point of all her previous efforts? All for nothing?


    Cloudia sighed, "Urs, it truly


    breaks my heart. How could they raise her to be like this? What does that tell us? That they don''t care about her! Must be their negligence leading to her bing this way, right?"


    Talking about Ste''s foster family boiled Cloudia''s blood.


    In her view, if they had raised Ste right, she would be as gentle as Urs.


    Not the hellion she was now, trading insults and evening to blows.


    The mere thought that her foster family might have mistreated Ste pained Cloudia as a mother.


    Yet, whenever Ste infuriated her, she regretted ever bringing her back.