Margaret pursed her lips before responding, “I only say these things in front of you. Never to outsiders, and certainly not to your aunt.

“You’re outstanding in your own right. There's no need to compete with anyone over a man.”

Still, she could not help feeling a twinge of regret.

They had missed out on such an exceptional son-in-law like Austin.

“Speaking of which, how did the York family's matriarch even know about Isabella? I heard she’s already in her eighties, yet she’s still flying ar