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.”

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

town. He staunchly refused to endure any setbacks, his gait exuding an air of arrogance as he strolled the streets.

Ruiz.” Millie addressed him in a measured

thinking they’re superior after a few more years of schooling. You reckon the schoolding guarantees marrying a wealthy man and leading a

entered Preagend University, the neighbors had taken a

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

now that Millie had rejected his son, his attitude underwent

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

intent?” Millie

men, raising kids, and managing households, That’s a woman’s role, What’s the point of a few extra school years like

scoff escaped Millie’s

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

found himself caught off guard, struggling to fathom that

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