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

 

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

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 outside,

text, but that was

waiting for his reply which never came,

breakfast by the time

after a good night’s sleep,

than half of the hundred thousand on paying off his gambling debt, and that made me feel like hitting him

or Mom would definitely cut ties with me for harming their precious

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 Michael, but I knew it wasn’t

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

Anna? What, I can’t even care about

got angry and raised his voice at me in

your concern, Steven. If anything, you should worry about yourself! You’re not a kid anymore, for goodness’ sake! It’s

himself into so much trouble over the years that whatever patience I had left has

Mom an indignant look as he protested, “Do you see that, Mom? She’s lecturing me every day when you and Dad

had been very polite with him earlier as all I wanted was for him to be a

he’ll turn out just fine! You should stop being such a nitpicker, Anna! Who hasn’t made a couple of mistakes in

I got into arguments, I was the one she pinned the blame on. Seriously, does she not realize that Steven turned out like this precisely because

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