Love from My Dominant Boss

I thought I had kept my feelings well-hidden, but Natalie was always the first to notice whenever I was in a bad mood.

“This is about your family, isn’t it? I bet you gave in again, didn’t you?”

Natalie was so smart that she figured it out without me saying anything. After all, my family matters were the only things capable of stressing me out.

Seeing as she had already guessed it, I decided to not keep it from her and said helplessly, “Nat, I know it’s best if I just ignore it, but… they’re my family, and I can’t bring myself to be so heartless toward them. My parents would be so upset if anything happened to Steven.”

I sometimes hated myself for being so soft-hearted as Steven probably wouldn’t have turned out like this if I stood firm back then.

Natalie gave me a pitiful look and grumbled, “Your parents are taking advantage of your filial piety. That’s why they always count on you to solve every little problem. Honestly, I don’t understand them at all! You’re both their children, yet they treat you and your brother so differently. Is it really just because of your genders?”

“You know how it is, Nat. Patriarchy is a very serious problem in the village, and every family there practices it. If my brother would just get himself a proper job and work hard like he’s supposed to, I wouldn’t have to work my butt off like this!” I said with a helpless sigh.

Although I had gotten used to the patriarchal ways of my parents, Steven gambling away all the money I sent them took a huge toll on me over the past few years.

have me pay off his gambling debts. It wasn’t that bad when he first started out, so I was still able to afford them. However, his gambling addiction worsened over time, and I found myself no longer able to pay

feel really bad for you, Anna. I really want to help you out, but… Well, you know how much a regular office worker makes, right?”

Steven owed way too much money for

okay, Nat. You’ve helped me out a lot over the years we’ve known

first to come to my aid whenever I found myself in trouble, so I was grateful to

As for the remaining amount… Well, I’m

your savings. I can’t take this

of money left for herself, and I couldn’t possibly

then. Just let me know

respect my decision and not force the money on

Yuval’s car parked outside my

assumed it was over between us as it had been a few days since he last contacted me, so I was quite surprised to see him there. Feeling

got out of the car and opened the door for me when he saw

into his car, I couldn’t help but wonder if he had come to break

the driver’s seat, and the atmosphere felt a little tense as

minutes of silence, I looked at him and asked, “Um… So, why did you

two days, so I was in court most of the time. I’m sorry I haven’t had the time to