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.”

heading home when she found herself waylaid by a

of arrogance as he strolled the streets. Their family’s involvement in the medicine trade, yielding

addressed him in a

thinking they’re superior after a few more years of schooling. You

University, the neighbors had taken a liking to

problem with highly educated individuals; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so disappointed

rejected his son, his attitude underwent an

his voice projecting with volume, a

intent?”

men, raising kids, and managing households, That’s a woman’s role, What’s the point

scoff escaped

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

fathom that Millie had openly branded him as pedantic