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.”

she found herself waylaid

the town. He staunchly refused to endure any setbacks, his gait exuding an air of arrogance as he strolled the

Millie addressed him in a

thinking they’re superior after a few more years of schooling. You reckon the schoolding guarantees marrying a wealthy man and leading

University, the neighbors had taken a liking

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

had rejected his son, his attitude

his head, his voice projecting with volume,

intent?”

end up marrying well-off men, raising kids, and managing households, That’s a woman’s role, What’s the point of a few extra school years like yours? It’s squandering

escaped Millie’s

might be less narrow- minded, Women aren’t born

himself caught off guard, struggling to fathom that Millie had openly branded him as pedantic before