The connection.

But Anna herself knows that her wish is just wishful thinking. No one would even succeed to convince Ethan from backing off. 

Not even his and her grandfather. 

At first, she expected Ethan's mother to refuse the marriage proposal. However, that never happened. 

Maria and Ethan's mother, who should be the main one to hate the daughter of her love Riva, doesn't have anything against her. 

She even thanked Anna once. 

And, she really has a twisted thinking process which Ethan seems to have inherited. 

According to that woman, if Anna's mother didn't elope, it wouldn't have been possible for her to get an opportunity to marry her husband (Ethan's father). 

And she even said that it was her honor to get Anna aa her daughter in law. 

She even added that she is looking forward to that. 

Just from those words, Anna realized that Ethan's mother has never been after her husband's love but his wealth and power.