Staring at Ronan’s silhouette, Mom frowned before turning her gaze to me. Her eyes were filled with anger and displeasure.
“This is the kind of friends you make? How ridiculously rude!”
“Mom, don’t speak of him that way. He has been taking care of me the entire afternoon.”
Hearing Mom berating Ronan, my anger flared up that I defended him. Despite everything, Ronan did take care of me the whole afternoon. I would be lying if I was not blaming Mom for not even checking in with me.
After all, I was not a saint. It would be impossible for me to feel indifferent if my own mother did not love me.
“Taking care of you the entire afternoon? What’s going on between you two? Is he your boyfriend?”
At the news of Ronan taking care of me, Mom’s eyebrows knitted even tighter. Her voice became solemn as well.
“No, Mom. We’re just friends. You’re reading too much into it. He’s younger than me. How could he have been my boyfriend?”
Although taken aback by Mom’s sudden accusation, I still answered her truthfully.
“You’re not young anymore. It’s time for you to find someone and settle down. It’s because of the whole fiasco between you and Justin that your father and I still feel humiliated. We can barely look at anyone back home.”
At the mention of my boyfriend, Mom started bringing up the incident with Justin again. She had repeated it so many times that I pretty much had it stored in my memory.
Even so, I still felt hurt every time Mom brought that up. My past with Justin was a deep emotional trauma. Mom’s repeated recollection of the past was a huge disregard of my feelings.
sincerely wanted to marry Justin back then. It was he who cheated which caused the wedding to be canceled. Must
again? I have yet to find a suitable match for
in frustration, irked
is a fine young man, wealthy and handsome. If you
a sudden, Mom somehow included Michael in the topic. Upon hearing
to happen between
I felt, I
our relationship was nothing but a fling. He would never take me as his wife. Besides, I knew my place. Someone like Michael would only marry someone of
impossible? I think Michael seems interested in you. If not, he wouldn’t have paid for
generosity in paying for Steven’s bills. My heart sank. I had assumed that
what you had assumed. Besides, it’s
and announced in a firm
If you marry him, you will never
She did not even try to hide the panic she
of saying I will never have to worry again, I think you mean Steven will never worry again. Am
was on my mind. Even though she made it sound like she wanted
his days carefree with no occupation and throwing away money without a care. My ability to carry the financial burden alone was limited. If I dated Michael, his deep pockets would save Mom and Dad a lot of
hearing my honest thoughts, Mom’s expression went stiff as a subtle blush crept up her cheeks in guilt. However, it was not long
wrong with giving Steven a little portion
dismissing all
will never be together! Mom, if you really want to fix this issue at the source, what you should do is ask Steven
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