Burning Passion: Love Never Die

With her back turned to Hans, Laurel indulged in an eye roll. Naturally, the Thomas family held greater wealth than ours,

The Ruiz family’s assets amounted to nothing in their presence.

“Why the silence?” Hans inquired with an anxious edge.

“They can’t measure up to us. The man she married is financially challenged,” Laurel fibbed, leaving guilt in her wake as she disappeared into her room. She would never admit that Millie had chosen a well-off partner.

However, her untruth bore unexpected gravity in Hans’ perception.

“Millie, I presumed you’d wed someone influential, thus cast disdain on my son, Yet, it seems you’ve simply married a penniless fellow. A lesson is due.”

on the cusp of heading home when she found herself waylaid by a malevolent Hans. Millie halted, her gaze

as he strolled the streets. Their

addressed him in a measured

schooling. You reckon the schoolding guarantees

University, the neighbors had taken a liking to

educated individuals; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so disappointed in Laurel, who

rejected his son, his

lifted his head, his voice projecting with volume, a spectacle that drew an audience in the

your intent?”

you this straight. No matter how many years you spend in school, women end up marrying well-off men, raising kids,

scoff escaped

might be less narrow- minded, Women aren’t born solely to wed men, and such

to fathom that Millie had openly branded him as pedantic before their