Angel manipulated Theodore into thinking that he needed a wife who was as capable and smart as their mother, who was fighting cancer right now.
But their mother was an absolutely gorgeous woman, even in her twilight years. She was still genuinely the most beautiful woman Lance had ever seen in real life until he saw Madeline Rose.
Meanwhile, that bitch Angel was aging like expired milk, and she wasn't as capable and smart as their mother.
So there was absolutely no reason for Theodore to get head over heels for her unless he had been brainwashed and groomed since his adolescent years.
"Besides, you should be happy that Dad is paying more attention to you nowadays, right?" George reasoned. "I mean, he has been crippled by heartbreak for so long. To see him begin doing something other than being sad is an improvement."
