I stopped in my tracks briefly upon hearing that and stormed off without looking back.

I’m nothing but an outsider to this family… No one gives a damn what I say or do. Sometimes, I even wonder if I’m actually adopted…

 

I couldn’t fall asleep after returning to my room as my mom’s words from earlier kept echoing in my head.

After a bit of tossing and turning in bed, I decided to give Natalie a call and ask her if she was feeling any better. To my surprise, I saw a text message from Michael when I unlocked my phone.

Curious as to what he sent me, I quickly tapped on it with my trembling fingers.

 

Michael: Give me a call when you get back tomorrow. I’ll go pick you up at the station.

He wants to come pick me up…

I was shaking all over from shock and confusion as to why he was suddenly being so nice to me.

 

However, there was no denying the fact that I felt happy when I read his text.

no time and quickly replied: I

 

mood, but Michael’s text removed all

Sure, he’s quite domineering and unreasonable, but he did help me out a lot in life! I know he’s not a bad guy at heart.

but that was just

fell asleep waiting for his reply which never came, and it was

breakfast by the

sobered up after a good night’s sleep,

than half of the hundred thousand on paying off his gambling debt, and

would definitely cut ties with me for

After taking a sip from his glass of milk, Steven shifted his gaze towards me and asked, “I heard you found yourself a rich

but I knew it wasn’t

“No, I don’t have a rich boyfriend. Also, drop the act, will you? I know you’re only interested in

me, Anna? What, I can’t even care

Steven got angry and raised his

worry about yourself! You’re not a kid anymore, for goodness’ sake! It’s time you found yourself a proper job!” I snapped

siblings, but he has gotten himself into so much trouble over the years that whatever

“Do you see that, Mom? She’s lecturing me every day when you

polite with him earlier as all I wanted was for him to be a little

turn out just fine! You should stop being

Steven as usual… She would never speak up for me, not even once. Whenever Steven and I got into arguments, I was the one she pinned the blame on. Seriously, does she not realize that Steven turned out like this precisely because she

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