And even after she grew up, Riya never truly understand her parents' behavior.
If they had never truly loved each other, why did they get married in the first place?
Shouldn't they pick someone else who were more suitable for them to live together for the rest of their lives?
Riya didn't understand.
And after her parents went their own separate ways, they were too busy with their own affairs to care for the young child. With them unable to take care of her, they even alarmed the child protection bureau to come forward.
Otherwise, Riya might not be able to survive.
Even then, her childhood was filled with the scene where everyone ignored or bullied her. The children bullied her because they knew that even if she was beaten up, she had no one to turn to.
No one would protect her.
She had no family.
Struggling to grow up alone, Riya learned to be independent and do things on her own. She was not used to share things with other people and even if she had come to the decision to stay together with Samuel for the rest of her life, it was still somewhat surreal.
Moreover, Riya herself didn't know what she should do in a relationship.
And now seeing Mr. Jones' attitude of already including her in his family, Riya felt that having a family is really good.
In that world, Riya also didn't have anyone to rely on and had to struggle by herself. If she wanted to survive, she had to work and figured out the chance to stand up and all by herself.
Because no one would be willing to help her.
They were too busy with their own affairs to care about her.
"Thank you, Uncle," Riya said brightly.
"You can call me 'Father' if you want to," Mr. Jones said helplessly. Knowing Riya's life experience, he felt distressed of this child who was forced to grow up even when she was young. Other people could grow up normally and only learned many things after they had grown up.
But Riya had to understand everything when she was still very young.
Thinking about this made Mr. Jones really distressed.
Now that Riya is about to become his daughter in law, Mr. Jones felt that he should treat her better and let her feel the warmth of the Jones Family.
The Jones Family might not be the best family nor has the best environment, but he will do his best to make it comfortable for Riya to stay together with his family.
"…Wouldn't that be too early?" Riya was stunned.
She's not married to Samuel yet.
And it hasn't been that long since Riya confirmed her relationship with Samuel and their way of getting along hadn't changed that much.
Oh, the biggest difference is that Samuel was now standing close to her and seemed to be particularly fond of it. She herself didn't mind and also liked it, but if they were too close with each other when fighting, it would only hinder their movements.
"It doesn't matter." Mr. Jones laughed. "I'm sure that brat would be wiling to marry you at any moment as long as you agreed."
Riya blushed at Mr. Jones' words. "Uncle!"
After answering the message from Samuel, Stephen had a bitter smile on his face. He understood that Samuel and Riya should have only returned after they finished dealing with the magic beasts some time ago.
And after knowing what had happened to them, how could Samuel and Riya not contact them to ask about the situation?
So the two of them had to stop and answer first.
"Brother, would it be fine for them to go against the Carson Family?" Sophia felt a bit guilty when she thought that Riya might not truly back down from making trouble to the Carson Family.
After all, Riya and Amelia were both stubborn people to a certain degree.
Thinking about this, Sophia felt that the Carson Family might even want to retaliate against them.
What if they got hurt?
Even though the possibility was low considering their current abilities and skills, Sophia couldn't help but worry.
"The Carson Family would not have the time to care about them personally," Stephen said consolingly. "They will be busy with various other things and have no time to care about Samuel and Riya or even Amelia."
Well, with the Jones Family behind Amelia, Old Master Carson would not recklessly try to trouble the other party.
While that old guy was annoying, stubborn, and also power obsessed, he also has keen senses of the situation and will try his best to make sure that he would never fall into disadvantage.
So facing the Jones Family, he will definitely be more careful.
As long as the Jones Family didn't have the intention to fight an all out battle until death, Old Master Carson would also retain his hand.

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