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    Catherine fell silent. For a moment, she didn’t know what to say.


    Her emotions were a mess right now.


    Was Belinda right?


    Did she have feelings for Johnson?


    Catherine couldn’t quite figure out how she felt about that.


    Oddly enough, the idea wasn’t as uneptable as she had initially imagined.


    Perhaps, just as Belinda had pointed out, her thoughts and feelings had been changing without her noticing.


    “Catherine,” Belinda said, her tone more serious now. “I hope that you will think about this carefully. Do you want to be with Johnson or not? Do you want to spend the rest of your life by his side?”


    She considered it a stroke of luck that Catherine had brought up the topic of Johnson herself, so she decided to seize the opportunity to ask her this.


    She might not get a definitive answer from Catherine today, but at the very least, she had nted something for Catherine to think aboutter.


    Catherine was once again lost for words.


    She hadn’t expected Belinda to be so direct.


    Then, before she could evenpose a coherent response, Belinda added, “Don’t worry; you don’t have to answer me. I just hope that you will give this matter some serious thought and find the answer for yourself.”


    “I understand,” Catherine mumbled, nodding her head.


    “I understand your concerns,” Belinda said, her tone softer now. “You’re hesitating because of your current rtionship with Johnson. After all, everyone knows that you and Johnson grew up together as siblings, even though you are not rted. But why should we let other people’s opinions dictate how we live our lives?”


    After a pause, she continued, “You and Johnson are not rted by blood. So why can’t you two be together? It’s true, your family may protest, and people may judge you… But as long as you and Johnson are on the same page, as long as your hearts are united, I believe that you’ll be able to face any challenge thates your way and live a happy life together.”


    Belinda leaned back and chuckled softly. “Just look at me. Do you have any idea how much courage it took for me to marry Lucas?”


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    Catherine’s head jerked up. She quickly remembered what Belinda had been like in the past.


    Belinda said, “Back then, everyone thought Lucas was crazy for marrying me. They thought I was crazy, too. How could someone like me, an overweight, in-looking, illegitimate daughter, marry one of the most eligible bachelors in the city? In just under a month after the news of our marriage broke, I’ve lost count of the number of people who were mocking me behind my back.”


    Even now, as she reminisced about that part of her life, Belinda couldn’t help the mix of emotions that welled in her heart.


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