Belinda’s expression softened.

She said, “You don’t have to mind what others say. They don’t want you or Celine to be the next matriarch.

“The Fisher family has been around for a century. We’ve been through ups and downs. What else out there that we’ve yet to encounter?

“We’ve overshadowed our distant relatives for many years, so of course they’d be dissatisfied and want to move up the hierarchy whenever possible. They must’ve been the ones who spread the rumors too.”

Belinda could never te