The Cherished Wife (Noelle and Charles) novel Chapter 788

"I..." Clarisse found herself at a loss for words. Normally, when she argued with Mateo, she always felt she had the upper hand, leaving Mateo with nothing to say.

Yet now, she had to admit that Mateo made sense.

Back then, there were two reasons she supported Janet marrying Charles.

On one hand, she believed it was best to keep things within the family. The marriage would help ease tensions between the Bakers and the Hoffmans, something she genuinely hoped for. On the other hand, it was also a way to spite Mateo.

She knew Mateo had always favored Kelly, and anything he liked, she would try her best to sabotage. It became almost a twisted compulsion—she found herself opposing everything Mateo wanted to do just to contradict him.

The more Mateo disagreed with Janet and Charles' marriage, the more determined she was to make it happen. It had become a path she could not turn back from.

Looking at things now, it seemed that this was the very thing that had caused the growing distance between her and Charles. It created the coldness that now defined their mother-son relationship.

"I..."

"Even if you want to go against me, you shouldn't gamble with Charlie's future. I promise you, I won't interfere with whatever match you try to arrange for Charlie as long as it's not Janet."

This was Mateo's bottom line. Janet was like a ticking time bomb, capable of exploding at any moment.

Clarisse forced a smile and did not argue back for the first time.