I stopped in my tracks briefly upon hearing that and stormed off without looking back.

I’m nothing but an outsider to this family… No one gives a damn what I say or do. Sometimes, I even wonder if I’m actually adopted…

 

I couldn’t fall asleep after returning to my room as my mom’s words from earlier kept echoing in my head.

After a bit of tossing and turning in bed, I decided to give Natalie a call and ask her if she was feeling any better. To my surprise, I saw a text message from Michael when I unlocked my phone.

Curious as to what he sent me, I quickly tapped on it with my trembling fingers.

 

Michael: Give me a call when you get back tomorrow. I’ll go pick you up at the station.

He wants to come pick me up…

I was shaking all over from shock and confusion as to why he was suddenly being so nice to me.

 

However, there was no denying the fact that I felt happy when I read his text.

no time and quickly replied: I will,

 

Mom had left me in a very bad mood, but Michael’s text removed all

nightstand. Had Michael been an ordinary guy instead of a CEO, I probably would’ve fallen in love with him ages ago! Sure, he’s quite domineering and unreasonable, but he did help me out a lot in life! I know he’s not a bad guy at heart. He’s just gotten used to being cold on the

but that was just wishful thinking on

waiting for his reply which never came,

by the time I finished showering and

night’s sleep, but he

had spent more than half of the hundred thousand on paying off his gambling

would definitely cut ties with me

After taking a sip from his glass of milk, Steven shifted his gaze towards me and asked, “I heard you found yourself a rich boyfriend, Anna. Is that true? When are you going to introduce him

was obviously referring to Michael, but I knew it wasn’t Michael’s character that he was

a glare and said coldly, “No, I don’t have a rich boyfriend. Also, drop the act, will you?

Anna? What, I can’t even care about my own sister’s well-being

hot-tempered guy that he was, Steven got angry and raised

for goodness’ sake! It’s

about me! We may be siblings, but he has gotten himself into so much

see that, Mom? She’s lecturing me every day when you

him earlier as all I wanted was for him to

he’ll turn out just fine! You should stop being

course, Mom defended Steven as usual… She would never speak up for me, not even once. Whenever Steven and I got into arguments, I was the one she pinned the blame on. Seriously, does she

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