“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?”

threatens to kill me tomorrow,

“Why? What happened?”

into Sophie’s room without knocking on the door. Then…” Ysabelle

old enough to know basic etiquette? You must always remember to knock before

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

“Yes.

already feeling down in the dumps today and only returned to Sophie’s room to

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

were important in the music industry, so a singer like

before darting into her room

suddenly rang. Alas, she couldn’t help but frown as soon as

me indifferently. However, now that I’ve given up on him, he

but Juan soon called again, clearly refusing

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

of my feelings for you in the past, but now I know. Don’t be afraid, Sarah.

was so madly in love with you, but now that I’ve chosen

that was

had pursued Juan romantically for a long time, but he never reciprocated

that he sang a different tune only when

or was he merely

aren’t we? Isn’t it normal for

gone overboard in the

a time. Even though we’re both in our thirties, there really isn’t much time to waste. Then again, I suppose that doesn’t matter. We have the rest of our lives ahead of us, and I’m sure I can convince her

already said my piece, and I don’t think there’s a

already decided to be single for the rest of her

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

that mattered was

love of

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