On the other end of the phone, Mrs. Perez continued her tirade.

Lydia, who had been leaning into his embrace, suddenly went limp, sliding toward the floor in defeat.

Quincy could no longer listen. "That's enough, Mom. I'm hanging up now."

Without waiting for her reply, he quickly ended the call and pulled Lydia back to her feet.

"Lydia, don't listen to her. She doesn't know the full story, and she certainly doesn't know you."

"But she's your mother, Quincy," Lydia whispered, her eyes filled with uncertainty. "Can you really go against her?"

Quincy was silent for a moment, his eyes steady as they met hers. Then, his voice came, low but firm. "I can." Lydia froze. It was an answer she hadn't expected.

let anyone get in the way of us. Right now, the most important thing to me is

as it drifted to her still-flat belly, his deep eyes filled with tenderness, warm enough to melt away the anxiety that had

just rely on Quincy to handle everything, not when she knew how strong and capable she was herself. So, while Quincy

made up an excuse about wanting to stay home for the day, and once she got

face immediately turned cold upon seeing Lydia. Without a word, she moved to close the door

please don't shut the door!"

The sharp metal frame of the old

Perez barely reacted. She looked at Lydia's pained expression with only the slightest flicker of sympathy "See? This is

I bet your family's never seen one of these in their fancy life, huh? Maybe you should think twice

cruel words, but she held her ground. She thought of Quincy's kind eyes and how much he cared for her. That gave her the strength to endure. With her hand still on the

momentarily stunned, clearly

her tone, hoping to appeal to her. "Please, just let

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