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.

and quickly replied:

 

a very bad mood, but Michael’s text removed all of that negativity and made me

guy instead of a CEO, I probably would’ve fallen in love with him ages ago! Sure, he’s quite domineering

to my text, but that was

his reply which never came, and it was already morning when

had made us all breakfast by the time I

Steven had sobered up after a good night’s sleep, but he still looked

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

Mom would definitely

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

don’t have a rich boyfriend. Also, drop the act, will you? I

so mean to me, Anna? What, I can’t

was, Steven got angry and raised his

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

be siblings, but he has gotten himself into so much trouble over the years that whatever patience I had left has been completely

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

as all I wanted was for him to be a little

I’m sure he’ll turn out just fine! You should stop being such

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 not realize that Steven turned out like this

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