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:

 

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

would’ve fallen in love with him ages ago! Sure, he’s quite domineering and unreasonable, but he did help me out a lot

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

for his reply which never came, and it

had made us all breakfast by the time I finished showering and brushing my

night’s sleep, but

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

that or Mom would definitely cut

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

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

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

What, I

he was, Steven got angry and raised

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

has gotten himself

look as he protested, “Do you see that, Mom?

with him earlier as all I wanted was for him

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

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 precisely because

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