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.”

found herself waylaid by a malevolent

out a reputation as a 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

addressed him

more years of schooling. You reckon the schoolding guarantees marrying a

the neighbors had taken a liking

otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so disappointed in Laurel,

his son, his attitude underwent

volume, a

intent?”

marrying well-off men, raising kids, and managing households, That’s a woman’s role, What’s the

escaped Millie’s

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

caught off guard, struggling to fathom that Millie had