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.”

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

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

Ruiz.” Millie addressed him in a measured

schooling. You reckon the schoolding guarantees

Preagend University, the neighbors had taken a liking to

no problem with highly educated individuals; otherwise, he wouldn’t

his son, his

volume, a

your intent?” Millie

marrying well-off men, raising kids, and managing households, That’s

escaped Millie’s

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

found himself caught off guard, struggling to fathom that Millie had openly

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