With Adaline's recent advances toward Gerard, and knowing Iker's rather proud personality, it seemed unlikely for the duo to reunite.

Catching Lilah's gaze, Adaline smirked, saying, "Oh, Lilah! Shopping for shoes? Alone? Didn't Mr. Harris just announce you as his fiancee?"

Coolly, Lilah replied, “Unlike some, I am perfectly capable of shopping by myself."

Adaline feigned a yawn, and then pouted at Iker. “Darling, I'm exhausted. Could you perhaps ask the staff to bring the shoes over for me?"

Iker's eyes, carrying an unreadable glint, darted to Lilah for a moment. Then, dutifully, he beckoned a sales assistant, asking her to present Adaline with an array of shoes.

Settling regally onto a nearby couch, Adaline began her commentary.

"This? Too pink. That one? Too old-fashioned. And this? Just-no."

After generously tipping the sales assistant, Iker gestured for another selection. Their little spectacle drew a growing crowd.

"Isn't that Adaline? Wow, Iker's really spoiling her!"

“My boyfriend just sits and plays on his phone when we shop.”

"Who would've thought? Even wealthy families can have such romantic moments!"

Lilah, although slightly annoyed, was more perplexed. Sure, Iker had a reputation as a ladies' man, but this level of devotion? It was entirely out of character for him.

“Lilah, you needn't seek out wealth and influence in a partner. What truly matters is a man who treats you with kindness," Adaline remarked, her lips adorned with a smile that danced like morning sunlight. "I will marry Iker next week. Will you honor us with your presence?"

“Congratulations! The dream you've held in your heart for countless years is finally unfurling its wings, you stealer of men!" Lilah replied with a smile, yet the mirth within her eyes remained absent.

The phrase "stealer of men" was a curious choice of wording by Lilah.

Adaline's countenance underwent a fleeting transformation before she resumed her haughty scrutiny of footwear, each selection a testament to her unyielding pride. But an inadvertent touch of her belly, a momentary gesture, ensnared Lilah's watchful gaze.

This...

A revelation unfurled within Lilah-Adaline was pregnant.

Iker, the only son of the distinguished Lewis lineage, had yet to embrace fatherhood, which undoubtedly cast a shadow of concern upon his family. With Adaline now bearing Iker's progeny, the Lewis family would undoubtedly bestow upon her their most benevolent regard.

No wonder Iker lavished his affections upon Adaline.

Nevertheless, Lilah wished that these two ne'er-do-wells would remain united, never to part ways.

“Oh, by the way, Lilah, perhaps you are unaware but Dad intends to endow me with the Phillips Group as part of my wedding gifts,"

Adaline lamented, her voice laced with a modicum of wistfulness. Yet, her eyes gleamed with a self-assured flamboyance.

An icy chill swept across Lilah's visage. “The Phillips Group does not belong to your father."