His Precious Love

Chapter 159 Sexual Orientation

“Stop,” James interrupted. “You’re overthinking, Rayna.”

“Who’s the girl who answered the phone?”

Rayna refused to let the matter go. James massaged his temples and came up with a lie. “It wasn’t a girl. It was one of my buddies. His voice’s a little delicate, that’s all.”

Shocked by the revelation, Rayna stepped on the brake, causing the car to come to an abrupt halt. A hint of surprise surfaced in her eyes as she looked at her brother. “You’re… gay?”

James’ expression darkened at once. “No!”

Rayna, however, thought he was trying to conceal his sexual orientation. As naturally as she could, she said, “It’s fine. Our society has developed and become much more accepting, but let’s not tell Mom for now, all right? We’ll find another time.”

James was bereft of words, and for the rest of the journey, the atmosphere was awkward.

Rayna knew that homosexuals tend to feel less confident about themselves. They were afraid that they would be shunned by society.

“It’s fine. I don’t mind as long as you’re happy. Plenty of countries are legalizing gay marriage now. Society is very accepting of you, and I’m the same. Besides, you guys wouldn’t have to worry about children. That’s great, isn’t it?” Rayna attempted to console her brother, stammering through her words as she did so.

James said nothing in response and stared out the window, his face devoid of expression.

The siblings arrived at Linda’s house just in time for lunch. She had prepared numerous dishes for them and didn’t forget to nag about their sister, Roxanne, who only thought of work and didn’t bother coming home before heading overseas for her movie shoot.

Linda placed some food on James’ plate. Her tone was much gentler when she asked him, “James, how’s school?”

Rayna arched her brow and chimed in, “Mom, don’t you know how he is? He’s always been an obedient child. When did he ever let you down in terms of studies?”

“That’s good, then.” Linda nodded. After a moment of hesitation, she added, “I’ve been working at the library these days and noticed that many youngsters have a significant other. If you’ve met a girl you like, you can get to know her better. I’m fine with that as long as you don’t neglect your studies.”

Rayna choked on a mouthful of soup and started coughing.

“Are you okay?” Linda asked while pouring her a cup of water.

“I’m fine, I’m fine.” Rayna gulped down the water and cast a guilty glance at her mother. Your son has a significant other, but it’s not a girlfriend.

worry about that. James is all grown up. He knows what he’s doing,” she added before switching the topic. “Also, I bought a house. You should move there

fine here. Why did

humid. Besides, you’re not well. I don’t think

Kristie to her movie shoot. He had been

Rayna asked, “Which

one we went

the house was sold by the time I came back from the restroom. So it was you who bought it! Where did you get

of money saved up, so I placed a down payment. As for

under Faymon Group, Rayna figured she’d be able to cancel the purchase after

his sister. “I can afford monthly

that I’m

a burden, but he thought the house was best and insisted on keeping it. Meanwhile, Linda cared about the money, but the

meal, Rayna pulled James aside and whispered, “Tell me,

cheapskate and constantly trying to make money from their students. There was no way

to continue correcting her about his sexual orientation. After all, he knew his sister would ignore him no matter how many times he insisted he was straight.

Rayna patted him on

creeped out that goosebumps

couldn’t help but feel that her words were

them some side dishes and

James off. On the way back, she

adorable brother turn out to

a complicated mix of emotions when one of her family members turned out to be homosexual. Linda was a traditionalist. If she found out about James’ sexual orientation,

evening sun as she made her way into the mansion with the bottles of wine in her hands. From

and brought

Curtis, and handed him

spare her a

day had passed, but the air around him was still so cold and solemn. Rayna was entirely stumped, for she couldn’t

Is it because… of the

uttered through gritted

gave her a glance

the call was the cause of

Ms. Gardner asked me to pick you up. You didn’t want to go home, so I took you out to celebrate, and we