Chapter 40: Life is Like a Play, It All Depends on Acting Skills

Norma forced a couple of awkward laughs and took Thomas's hand, putting on a loving expression. "Now you're my son, and Amelia is your sister. It's not good to make things difficult for your sister like this." At the moment, Norma thought Thomas was still clueless about the truth, so she decided to go along with his words. "For the sake of a bar employee, angering your father isn't worth it." Norma used both threats and temptations, knowing that Thomas's main concern was Amelia's recent engagement. If scandal broke out, that good match might fall apart. Moreover, now that Thomas was the apparent heir of the family, the probability of him benefiting from being a son-in-law had greatly diminished. Norma was probably waiting for a mistake from Amelia to break off the engagement. Amelia, however, didn't think along these lines. She naively believed that Leontes truly loved her, which made Norma feel a pang in her heart. Facing the person who had caused her mother's death, she not only