Chapter 1031

"Juniper, look at Dad. He wasn't like this when I married into the family," Grace said, ignoring Peter's glare as she plopped down in a chair. Juniper sat beside her, and they fell into an easy rhythm of conversation. "It's different now. Back then, you were just a new bride entering the family. But now, it's about his precious daughter leaving home. His mindset is completely different." Grace nodded in agreement. "Exactly. To him, daughters-in-law are someone else's girls, but his own daughter? He can't bear to let her go. "Honestly, I still wonder who convinced him to allow me to marry into this family in the first place. Oliver and I hadn't even met back then, and the whole thing was just arranged." She glanced at Cliff and brushed her hand gently over his soft cheeks. "Now that I have Cliff, I'm pretty much stuck here for life, and Dad doesn't even listen to me anymore." Peter grumbled, his tone half-mocking, "Stop with the passive-aggressive nonsense." Then, he scooped up t