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.”

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

his gait exuding an air of arrogance as he strolled the streets. Their family’s involvement in the medicine

addressed him in

schooling. You reckon the schoolding guarantees marrying a wealthy man and

Millie had entered Preagend University, the neighbors had

individuals; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so disappointed

now that Millie had rejected his son, his attitude underwent

his voice projecting with volume, a spectacle that drew

intent?” Millie retorted

spend in school, women end up marrying well-off men, raising kids, and managing households, That’s a woman’s role,

scoff escaped Millie’s

aren’t born solely to wed men, and such antiquated beliefs have been discarded long

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

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