Chapter 540

The Mayers Residence Angela sat on the sofa, recounting Annie’s carefully fabricated story to her parents and asking them to play along. Though Alice and Gilbert didn’t see the need for such a scheme, they were moved by Annie’s thoughtfulness and agreed to cooperate. Once Angela finished, she headed upstairs, leaving Gilbert almost giddy with excitement. He turned to his wife with a broad grin. “Who would’ve thought our daughter would be the one the Nie family favors as their future daughter-in-law?” “As happy as we are, let’s not go around announcing it everywhere,” Alice cautioned, though she couldn’t hide her own satisfaction at having Richard as a son-in-law. Thinking back, she had taken a liking to Richard the very first time they met—enough to secretly hope he would marry into their family. And now, that very wish had come true. No sooner had Angela stepped into her room than her phone rang. Her heart leapt, and she rushed to answer, expecting Richard—only to frown at the unfamil