Cornelia gently patted Tahlia's back. "Tahlia, I've got the whole picture now. I misunderstood you before. I'm sorry."
Tahlia, wiping her tears, said, "You don't need to apologize. As long as you still accept me as your sister, that's enough for me."
Cornelia tenderly wiped her tears. "Of course I accept you, quit the doom and gloom talk. After work today, I'll take you to see your little nephew."
Tahlia, wiping her tears, responded cheerfully, "Okay. I bet my nephew must be adorable. Does he look like you or my brother-in-law?"
Cornelia answered, "He looks more like your brother-in-law, and he's absolutely adorable."
Tahlia then asked, "Are you guys planning on having a second child? If so, a daughter who looks like you would be wonderful..."d2
Hearing Tahlia's expectations all about her, Cornelia felt a pang of sadness, and ruffled Tahlia's hair, "You silly girl, why are you so naively sweet?"
Tahlia responded, "I’m not silly."
Cornelia continued, "Not silly? Then why did you agree to your brother-in-law's request? You must have known it would lead to me misunderstanding you, even disliking you."
Tahlia explained, "It was a spur-of-the-moment thing. I wanted to test if your husband's love for you was as strong as it seemed. I was afraid he might have duped you with someone else, and then you'd really fall into a trap..."
Cornelia comforted her. "You can't do things like that anymore. Where have you been living recently?"
Tahlia responded, "I'm currently living in an apartment arranged by the company. Jones organized it for me."
Cornelia asked, "Jones?"
Tahlia nodded. "Yes, that's him. You may not know, but besides the time when your husband and I deceived you, I've been working with Jones the rest of the time. He often compliments me, saying I'm like you and have great potential."
Cornelia opened her arms and hugged her. "Everything will get better from now on."
Tahlia said, "Yeah, everything will get better."
Seeing Cornelia again and Cornelia still remembering her as her sister, was the best thing ever. All the anticipation and pain were worth it.
After meeting the staff in the secretary's office, Jeremy took Cornelia to meet the company's executives, all of whom were old acquaintances whom Cornelia used to work with. This included the aforementioned Jones.
Jones was in his forties, had a loving family, was loyal to Jeremy, and Jeremy trusted him greatly, putting him in charge of the company's operations.
However, as Jeremy's health improved, there were still some matters that required his personal attention.
Everything about the company remained the same; only the name had changed.
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Beautiful novel. Can we have a continuation of Zavier and Skyler's story? Them getting back together? Short story.......