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Maria looked at Liam in surprise for a while, then smiled in embarrassment.
"Of course I know that my father loves me. I know that he loves me a lot. He's strict with me because when I was young, I lived alone with him for over a year. In fact, my relationship with my father is sometimes deeper than me and my mother's."
Liam nodded and added, "Your parents are all very great, even your grandmother. They're so much nicer than how I imagined them to be."
"It was rather unexpected that they did not make things difficult for you." Maria heaved a sigh of relief. "I was not confident at first. I even thought that my father would make things difficult for you, but that doesn't seem to be the case, does it?"
Liam nodded. "Not only did he not make things difficult for me, he even talked a lot with me. He knows you well, and he is even willing to help me terminate my contract for you."
Liam knew all too well that Zachary was doing all that for Maria.