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.”

the supermarket, Millie was on the cusp of heading home when she found herself

notorious troublemaker within the town. He staunchly refused to endure any setbacks, his gait exuding an air of arrogance as he strolled the streets. Their family’s involvement in the medicine trade, yielding more earnings than any other household in town, had inflated his sense

him in

thinking they’re superior after a few more years of schooling. You reckon

had entered Preagend University, the neighbors

problem with highly educated individuals; otherwise, he wouldn’t have

his son, his attitude underwent an

head, his voice projecting with volume, a spectacle that drew

intent?” Millie retorted

women end up marrying well-off men, raising kids, and managing households, That’s a woman’s role, What’s the point of a

scoff escaped

you pursued higher education, your perspective might be less narrow- minded, Women aren’t born solely to wed men, and such antiquated beliefs have been discarded long

himself caught off guard, struggling to fathom that Millie

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