Mr. Kane Got Blacklisted

Leighton hesitated to share these thoughts with Nicole.

It was mainly because during their previous "relationship" publicity stunt, Nicole unintentionally bumped into his family while they were together.

Except for his cousins, no one else in his family knew that their relationship was a charade.

They were ecstatic to see Nicole and insisted on treating her to meals.

Despite Nicole's tough demeanor around him, she knew exactly how to act around elders.

She addressed them as grandpa, grandma, uncle, and aunt, melting everyone's hearts.

Even his father, who typically disapproved of entertainment industry stars, seemed to approve of her, silently expressing, "You've done well, kid, finding such a beautiful and remarkable partner." Nicole's behavior made Leighton question if his previous perceptions of her were biased or exaggerated.

But after they finished eating, she surprised him in the car, saying, "Didn't realize you're such a mommy's boy, needing your mom to clean your fish for you." "Mommy's boy" were the two words Leighton despised the most.

It all began when he was in middle school.

One morning, his mother showed up at school with milk for him.

He had overslept and rushed to school without eating breakfast.

His mother was worried he'd be hungry, so she brought him food.

mother wasn't tall, only

wasn't short, she believed a

grow tall enough, so she always included milk in his

and she was afraid he'd waste it, so

was no

he finished his meal, she hugged him as

gossiping classmates

escalated from "Leighton still needs his mommy to hug him" to "Leighton still sleeps with his

ended up hitting the

way home, she lectured him, insisting violence wasn't becoming of a

didn't listen; he blamed her

she hadn't hugged him at

a child,

numerous rejections,

his anger at his mother,

remained

the incident, pursued him

scolded Leighton for his poor academics and inability to discern right

mother's intervention,