ed to Kallie's sister-in-law, Melinda Reeves, who

rged. "You and Jake have been trying for five year

fixated on Kallie,

began to swea

lity. But sweetness alone won't suffice as a wife. How can

ent, Kallie moved to

irley Reeves, quickly took Melinda's baby away. "This child is healthy. We

explain it wasn't that she couldn'

ted her sharply. "Even if you could have children, we'd rather you di

nt, "Exactly, we must think o

le as Melinda implied. She had once fallen pregnant unexpectedly. However, Shirley, insisting that the child

, not hereditary. Thus, with heavy tears, she aborted the child. The p

le to have one daughter, and I faced complications that may prevent me from having

ression, Melinda asked, "Jake,

pivoted to Jake, many

d of his arranged marriage. A public rejectio

n features as he retorted sarcastically, "Y

alizing she had inadvertently cro

sister-in-law was only expressing her concern out of care

n business, and I've been handling everything on my own since the baby cam

s he said, "If managing the household feels overwh

the latter to set aside the gifts. "My perso

the astonished and perplexed gazes of those arou

events until they were seated in the car. She h

nnoyance tinged his voice as he

indicating the commen

se five years, have you really never con

Jake unquestionable. Yet, her apparent indifference to

d. However, she knew that as long as Shirley was in the picture, it would r

of the incident. She was afraid, as Shirley had said

ve a baby with me. But unless I'm mistaken, we were quite carel