Seth Quinn smiled. "Mom, you don’t have to apologize. I wasn’t planning on telling her the truth just yet, either. I figured I’d wait until our relationship was more stable. To be honest, I was a little worried she’d ask me to take her to see Cherie, but after what you just said, I’m not worried anymore."

His words put Skylar Hayes at ease. She smiled back and said, "Honestly, I know my daughter best. She’s kind and innocent. When it comes to the people she cares about—the people she holds dear—she’ll give two hundred percent to protect them.

But she can also be stubborn. And toward people she doesn’t care about, or those she doesn’t consider important, she can be completely cold. So..."

Skylar Hayes gave Seth Quinn a meaningful look. "You need to hurry up and build your relationship with her. Once you become so important to her that she can’t imagine life without you, she won’t sweat the small stuff anymore."

Seth Quinn was grateful for her sincere advice. He nodded. "Don’t worry, I will."

When Clara Grant finished the dishes and came out of the kitchen, Skylar Hayes and Seth Quinn were happily chatting.

She walked over, glanced at Seth Quinn, and sat down beside Skylar Hayes, linking arms with her. "Mom, I’m staying home tonight. Is my room okay to sleep in? If not, I’ll just sleep with you."

Skylar Hayes hadn’t seen her daughter in a long time. As much as she wanted Clara to stay and keep her company, she knew it was better to let her go with Seth Quinn. They needed to be together to build their relationship.

It wasn’t that she was being overly progressive, pushing her own daughter into a man’s arms. Rather, since Clara was already married to Seth Quinn, it was only natural for them to live together.

So, she shot her daughter a look and said, feigning displeasure, "Oh, your bedding hasn’t been aired out, and the bed isn’t made. You can’t sleep in there. Besides, you’re a grown woman. Who still sleeps with their mother at your age?

And you know I like my peace and quiet. It gets too noisy for me when you’re home. So, you’d better just go with Seth."

With that, she glanced at the clock, stood up, and hurried them along. "My, it’s getting late. Seth has work tomorrow, doesn’t he? You two should hurry and get back."

After being hustled out the door by the combined efforts of Seth Quinn and Skylar Hayes, Clara Grant stared at the door as it shut instantly, completely bewildered.

’What in the world...?’

’Since when did her mom become so progressive? Pushing her so readily into a man’s arms... Wasn’t she afraid her own daughter would be taken advantage of?’

With no other choice, Clara Grant dejectedly followed Seth Quinn back to his apartment at The Millennium Grand.

That night, she was thoroughly worn out once again.

When a man and a woman have their fun, they have little time or energy to pay attention to anything else. Naturally, they had no idea their relationship had already shot to the top of Weibo’s hot search rankings.

While they were enjoying their quiet world for two, the outside world had erupted—especially the cast and crew of *A Lifetime of Splendor*.

No one could believe it. How had Clara Grant and President Quinn gotten together? Hadn’t she always denied the rumors before?

’Did they only get together recently?’

But it didn’t seem like a publicity stunt, either.

The news didn’t just show paparazzi photos of the two holding hands as they entered and exited the Aegis building. There was also footage of them going to Clara Grant’s family home together, and then returning to Seth Quinn’s apartment at The Millennium Grand.

So, did that mean Faye Jennings—the one they all thought was a shoo-in to become Mrs. Quinn—was out of the running?

Had they been backing the wrong horse all this time? Had they been trying to curry favor with the wrong person?

The entire production was in an absolute uproar!

But among everyone, the ones who completely lost it were Autumn Shelby, Faye Jennings, and Chloe Grant.

They were absolutely livid!