So on Thursday evening, Rona Langdon came downstairs in a rare good mood, cooked dinner, and then began to sound Vera Xavier out. "Vera, you take after me. You look beautiful with just a little effort. That cousin of yours really cares about you."
Vera Xavier glanced up. Rona Langdon always used her full name when speaking to her, deliberately emphasizing the "Xavier" surname. 'For her to call me by my first name so gently now... she's definitely up to something.'
The fact that she still had the Xavier surname was, ironically, all thanks to Cara Preston. Because Vera hadn't wanted to return to the Xavier Family, Mrs. Xavier had only one condition: that Vera's surname would not be changed.
Rona Langdon couldn't bear to part with her own daughter, Cara Preston, whom she'd raised herself, and she didn't genuinely care for Vera Xavier anyway. So it made no difference to her whether Vera's surname was Preston or Xavier, and she agreed to the condition immediately.
