"But your explanation sounds more like you're trying to hide something. The baby called Clara Grant 'Mommy,' but when we all needed an explanation, you claimed the baby's mother was dead. Isn't that highly suspicious?"
Ultimately, Autumn Shelby refused to back down. Of course she did. An opportunity as perfect as this might never come again. 'How will I ever compete with Clara Grant if I let this go?'
'How else could I drive Clara Grant out of the Quinn Family and take her place?'
Ever since she was a child, her entire life had been intertwined with Seth Quinn's. Her parents had drilled one idea into her head: for the sake of the Shelby Family, she absolutely had to marry Seth Quinn. There was no other choice.
So, from a young age, the thought of marrying Seth Quinn had taken root deep within her heart. Over more than twenty years, that tiny seed had sprouted and grown, its roots burrowing deeper and deeper until it became a towering, unshakeable tree, impossible to uproot.
