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.
was he who cheated which caused the wedding to be canceled. Must I be blamed for that as well? Was
to find a suitable match for
Mom in frustration,
wealthy and
sudden, Mom somehow included Michael in the topic. Upon hearing that name, my eyes
impossible for anything to happen between Michael
the disappointment I felt,
I knew my place. Someone
Michael seems interested in you. If not, he wouldn’t have paid for all of Steven’s medical bills and
Michael’s generosity in paying for Steven’s bills. My heart sank. I had assumed that Mom wanted me to marry Michael for my happiness. Turned out she
had assumed. Besides, it’s absolutely impossible for us to
looked up at Mom and announced in
you marry him, you will never have to worry again! Do you not think of
Mom looked disappointed. She did not even
of saying I will never have to worry again, I think you mean Steven will never worry again.
Even though she made it sound like she wanted the
a care. My ability to carry the financial burden alone was limited. If I dated Michael,
went stiff as a subtle blush crept up her cheeks in guilt. However, it
you truly end up marrying Michael, what’s wrong with giving Steven a little portion of what Michael has if
all
if you really want to fix this issue at the source, what you should do is ask Steven to get a
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