Once Aria Sterling understood Alexander Hawthorne's intentions, she said, "Father, sincerity is what matters."
Hearing this, Alexander Hawthorne, who had been stubbornly insisting on going to the mountain, suddenly had an epiphany.
He immediately fell into deep thought.
Even Clay Hawthorne couldn't help but discreetly give Aria Sterling a thumbs-up.
'A professional really is something else.'
He and Landon Hawthorne had argued until they were blue in the face, but with just the four words "sincerity is what matters," Aria Sterling had managed to lead the old man out of his deadlock.
Silence fell. After careful consideration, the old man decided that Aria Sterling had made a very good point.
He had been determined to go to Aethel Mount, hoping to atone for his past and bless his descendants. But at his age, going up there would only make his family worry about him every day.
'How is that blessing my descendants? It's just causing them trouble.'
