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.

wasted no time and quickly replied: I will,

 

in a very bad mood, but

 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

Michael would reply to my text, but that was just wishful thinking on my

I fell asleep waiting for his reply which never came, and it was already

by the time I

a good night’s sleep,

sight of him reminded me of how Mom had spent more than half of the hundred thousand on paying off his gambling debt, and that made me feel like

would definitely

not hitting him didn’t stop him from getting on my nerves. 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 to us? We can help you

knew it wasn’t Michael’s character that he was interested

and said coldly, “No, I don’t have a rich boyfriend. Also, drop

I can’t even care about

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

should worry about yourself! You’re not a kid anymore, for goodness’

no way he’s actually concerned about me! We may be siblings, but he has gotten himself into so much trouble over the years that

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

had been very polite with him earlier as all I wanted was

years, and I’m sure he’ll turn out just fine! You should stop being such a nitpicker, Anna! Who hasn’t

and I got into arguments, I was the one she pinned the blame on. Seriously, does she not realize that

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