“Go sleep in your room! Because of you, Ysabelle has gotten the wrong idea…” Sophie grumbled. Argh! Ysabelle must’ve thought there was some hanky-panky going on between us!

“What’s there to be afraid of?” Tristan replied. “You’re now my fiancée, so why should anyone care what we get up to around here? It’s none of their business.”

Oh, come on. Do I need everyone else’s permission to be in a relationship?

“A while more. Let’s cuddle a while more, and I’ll leave,” he added, a far cry from his usual authoritative self.

Upon seeing how beguiling the man was, Sophie gave in and took the initiative to hug him.

Fine… I can never reject him when he plays dirty, anyway. In fact, I don’t think I can ever bring myself to turn him down.

Meanwhile, Ysabelle had rushed out with her phone in hand, only to be stopped by Sarah before she could enter her room.

“Why are you running? What on earth could be chasing you at home?”

“Aunt Sarah, I…” Ysabelle mumbled, her face red with embarrassment.

Then again, how could she not be when she had walked in on another couple doing the deed? Even though she and Felix were also dating, the latter never went beyond hugging and kissing her.

Naturally, she’d be mortified to witness such an intimate scene!

“What’s the matter with you? Are you not feeling well? Do you want to see the doctor?” Sarah asked worriedly when she saw the flush in Ysabelle’s cheeks.

For a moment, the young woman touched her face and bit her lower lip as she lapsed into silence. “I’m all right, Aunt Sarah.”

Sarah, however, remained doubtful.

“What’s wrong with you, then?”

Tristan threatens to kill me tomorrow,

“Why? What happened?”

barged into Sophie’s room without knocking on the door. Then…” Ysabelle muttered before her

goodness! Shouldn’t you be old enough to know basic etiquette? You must always remember to knock

be intimate. Besides, hasn’t Dad been longing for grandchildren? I can’t

nodded. “Yes.

being blamed? I was already feeling down in the dumps today and only returned to Sophie’s room to grab my phone. How did I know I’d catch them in such a compromising situation? I didn’t

late. Go to bed soon. You have an upcoming album release, don’t you? You ought to be

looks were important in the music industry, so a singer like

darting into her

rang. Alas, she

with him before, but he always treated me indifferently. However, now that I’ve given up

Juan soon called

Juan, what do you want? Haven’t I already said that things aren’t going to work out

in the past, but now I know.

madly in love with you, but now that I’ve chosen to walk away, you refuse to

was what troubled

Juan romantically for a long time, but he never

that he sang a different tune only when she had given

it true love, or was he merely bitter at the

Sarah, we’re still friends, aren’t we? Isn’t it normal for friends to call each

down, Juan knew he had gone overboard in the past, so he didn’t want to push Sarah

I can do now is take things one step at a time. Even though we’re both in our thirties, there really isn’t much time to waste. Then again,

I’ve already said my piece, and I don’t think there’s a need to waste

to be single

as a single woman and loved that she didn’t have to care about

was

the love of their lives, yet their marriages

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