The day of the family visit arrived.Given advance notice, Jake had skipped the office entirely. The whole family sat dressed and ready in the living room.Tradition called for a full return-visit banquet hosted by the bride’s family, but Nora had kept things simple, just her and Nathaniel, arriving with an armful of gifts.The second Nora’s parents saw her in her qipao, elegant and composed, with Nathaniel beside her looking sharp in a tailored dress shirt, they both shot up from the couch, beaming.Marrying Nathaniel had started as a purely strategic arrangement, but by now, after everything he’d done for the wedding, the way he’d handled Nora, they’d fully adopted him as their son-in-law.Privately, they both agreed: infinitely better than Richard.“Nathaniel, sit, sit! I know you’re a busy man, thank you for making the trip with Nora.”Pleased as they were, they still kept a note of formality in their voices.Nathaniel gave a modest smile, waited for Nora to sit first, then took t
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