“Of course! You can stare at it as long as you want once we get home.” Michael’s grin grew wider as he razzed me.

Gazing into his eyes, I instantly knew that he was teasing me. It was embarrassing, but the moment I recalled the fact that we had gotten ourselves the marriage certificate, I found myself not minding the teasing at all.

“Enough. Let’s go in.”

When he saw me rolling my eyes, he decided to shut his mouth and said no more. Yet, the sly grin on his face never left.

 

As soon as we entered the living room, we were greeted by the sight of Josephine sitting on the couch with a grim expression

For some reason, the moment her eyes fell on the certificate in my hands, I panicked, knowing that she wouldn’t be fond of finding out what we did a few moments ago. After all, for her, I was with Michael for his fortune all this time.

Josephine then shifted her gaze to my face and asked coldly, “What are you holding?”

My heart raced at her question. Out of reflex, I hid the marriage certificate behind my back, not wanting her to see it. Unfortunately, my attempt was to no avail, and instead, it had successfully angered her.

“What is it? Take it out, now!”

Her eyes were boiling with rage at that moment.

“I…”

she would be more

her temper rose. She rose to her feet abruptly

and decided to interrupt with a tinge of fury in his tone,

was taken aback, never expecting Michael to stand up for me at such a moment. When she regained her senses, she

every day. Do you still see me as your mother?

despise me further. I had discussed this topic with Michael multiple times before, yet

be nice to you, you should rectify your way of

coldly. Being as assertive as

headstrong by the day! Are you sure that you want to keep defying me

got even more worked up as she went on. By the time she finished her remarks, she instantly turned toward me and stared daggers at me.

stop by pulling his hand. I knew that he was trying to protect me, but the more he spoke up for me, the more

from you. It’s just that I haven’t thought of a

two steps forward, I stopped in front of her. I decided to call her “Mom” after hesitating for a while, as Michael and I were legally

her. Her gaze radiated disgust as she looked at

that I’ll never acknowledge you as my daughter-in-law, so don’t call

contemptuous remarks. However, I chose to suppress my anger, not wanting

we’re a legally married couple, there’s nothing wrong with me calling you that. In fact, it’s

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