"This..." Michelle hesitated. They had agreed to celebrate both birthdays together today.
"Mommy~" Zara continued to plead.
In the end, Michelle couldn't resist her daughter, whom she had cherished for eighteen years. She sighed and patted Zara's head. "Alright, alright, wait here. I'll talk to your dad."
She found Callan and pulled him to the window.
"Honey, I've been thinking. We can't celebrate Mercy's birthday with Zara's. How can an adopted child just happen to have the same birthday as our own? What if someone starts questioning their backgrounds? Zara just became Nola's apprentice; we can't have any slip-ups now."
Callan hesitated, "But what about Mercy...?"
Michelle continued, "Look, we can't be sure the investment is because of Mercy. Those rich young men rarely mean it seri
