“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…”

would

rose. She rose to her feet abruptly and

fury in

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

you are now arguing with me almost every day. Do

with Michael multiple times before, yet he would always brush it off and ignore me, even telling me that no one could bully me

be nice to you, you should rectify your

Josephine coldly. Being as assertive as Michael, no

you sure that you want to keep defying me for this

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

could say something, I signaled for him to stop by pulling his hand. I knew that he was trying to protect me, but the more he spoke up for me, the more hatred Josephine

didn’t mean to hide it from you. It’s just that I haven’t thought of a proper way to tell you about

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

frowned upon hearing how I addressed her. Her

acknowledge

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

you don’t like me, but we had gotten our marriage certificate. Now that we’re a legally married couple, there’s nothing wrong with me calling you that. In fact, it’s the way it

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