Chapter 456

“Yes. He didn’t like it,” Paige continued. “He said if Naomi had a goal, why did she have to force Mia like that? Luke felt sorry for her. He said… Mia is a good girl.”

Silence followed, as if each of them was processing the weight of Paige’s words. None of them had expected Naomi to be using Mia so blatantly for her own agenda.

“No mother should force her will on her child—especially when it invo