Love from My Dominant Boss

My mom’s displeased voice carried a hint of anger when it boomed from the phone.

“That’s not what I meant, mom. It’s just that it really is that expensive to rent a place like that in Avenport. I don’t have that much money on me, and it’ll take some time before I receive my salary.”

I was quick to explain myself when I heard that my mom had misunderstood the situation. I was troubled as well. Naturally, I’d want to get Steven a nicer environment for him to recuperate in, but I simply didn’t have the capability to do so.

“How about this, mom? I will get a slightly smaller place for the time being and will find everyone a better place after I receive my salary next month.”

I honestly didn’t have the funds to rent a better place, so I had no choice but to negotiate with my mom. I knew that my mom could never bear to see Steven being hurt even a little, but I simply had no choice.

“I bet you’re just being stingy. You’ve been working for a while now, so how is it possible that you have no money for renting a place? Seriously, I have wasted my life raising you. I can’t believe that you’re not willing to even spend a few thousand on us.”

I was working hard to please my mom, but she refused to believe me. What makes her think that I am rich?

“Mom, it’s really not what you think. I don’t have the money. Why won’t you trust me?”

My relationship with my mom was already strained. I had tried to fix it. Unfortunately, my mom didn’t believe me at all, and that got me angry.

“Fine, even if you don’t have the money, that Shaw guy must have it, right? He is a manager, so a few thousand probably means nothing to him.”

My mom saw that she couldn’t convince me, so she shifted her target to Michael. Hearing her words got me even angrier.

let him spend another penny on us. He has already paid for Steven’s medical fees and has given us over a hundred thousand! We can’t possibly ask more

agreement, I might consider asking him for the money, but it’s different now. The way I see him has changed, and I don’t

deliberately trying to make things difficult for us? You’re just going to ignore us now that you have a rich

her temper right away when she heard how direct I was in rejecting her request. She thought that I was purposely being

there is nothing between Michael and me. He is just my boss, and he has helped us a lot. We are not supposed to

like a bottomless pit. Michael had helped them out a few times, and they’ve

be grateful for what they already have? Why must they depend on

about, Anna Garcia? Do you want to watch your family die? Have you forgotten that the person lying on the hospital bed is your own brother? His legs wouldn’t

never realized what the family’s problem was. All she ever did was shift the blame

to find a more spacious

want to continue arguing, so I hung up

wouldn’t matter what I say. My mom would just pin all the blame on me, anyway. As

frustration after hanging up. After that, I left the

work. All I could think about was the family

turned and stared at Michael’s office. For a moment there, I was truly worried about my mom contacting Michael and asking for money. The last thing I wanted was for our relationship to be further complicated by

didn’t return to Birchwood after clocking off. Instead, I started looking for places to rent near the hospital

time on it. The hospital was located in a rich neighborhood, so the rent

dilemma because I simply

could find an affordable house to rent. Even the less spacious places would cost over two

first thing I did when I got back was to sit