Author's Point of View: Knowing that it would take a long time, Riccardo's mother was making her way home from Riccardo's place.
However, she was more than happy because at last, she saw the woman his son had gone to such lengths to wed, and someone as conceited as him had made the effort to bring her back and wed her.
To make her his, not to inflict pain upon her.
"At last, I realized that Riccardo is serious about her; my husband doesn't think well of this girl," she told herself. Although, as far as I can tell, he never showed much interest in Riley throughout their courtship, he believes that Riccardo deserves a woman who is as hardworking, sophisticated, and mature as Riley."
"And Cherish doesn't seem to like Riccardo either," she said, glancing down. However, my son's love is
