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.”

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

air of arrogance as he strolled the

Millie addressed him in a measured

formalities. Some people start thinking they’re superior after a few more years of schooling. You reckon the schoolding guarantees marrying

Millie had entered Preagend University, the neighbors had taken a liking

had no problem with highly educated individuals; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so disappointed in Laurel,

his son, his attitude underwent an

head, his voice projecting with volume, a spectacle

intent?”

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

scoff escaped

perspective might be less narrow- minded, Women aren’t born solely to wed men, and such antiquated beliefs have been

off guard, struggling to fathom that Millie had openly branded him