Staring at Ronan’s silhouette, Mom frowned before turning her gaze to me. Her eyes were filled with anger and displeasure.

“This is the kind of friends you make? How ridiculously rude!”

“Mom, don’t speak of him that way. He has been taking care of me the entire afternoon.”

Hearing Mom berating Ronan, my anger flared up that I defended him. Despite everything, Ronan did take care of me the whole afternoon. I would be lying if I was not blaming Mom for not even checking in with me.

After all, I was not a saint. It would be impossible for me to feel indifferent if my own mother did not love me.

“Taking care of you the entire afternoon? What’s going on between you two? Is he your boyfriend?”

At the news of Ronan taking care of me, Mom’s eyebrows knitted even tighter. Her voice became solemn as well.

“No, Mom. We’re just friends. You’re reading too much into it. He’s younger than me. How could he have been my boyfriend?”

Although taken aback by Mom’s sudden accusation, I still answered her truthfully.

“You’re not young anymore. It’s time for you to find someone and settle down. It’s because of the whole fiasco between you and Justin that your father and I still feel humiliated. We can barely look at anyone back home.”

At the mention of my boyfriend, Mom started bringing up the incident with Justin again. She had repeated it so many times that I pretty much had it stored in my memory.

Even so, I still felt hurt every time Mom brought that up. My past with Justin was a deep emotional trauma. Mom’s repeated recollection of the past was a huge disregard of my feelings.

wanted to marry Justin back then. It was he who cheated which caused the wedding to be canceled.

to find a suitable match for me, and I

at Mom in frustration, irked by her

is a fine young man, wealthy and handsome. If you were to marry him, you would never have

a sudden, Mom somehow included Michael in the topic. Upon

for anything to happen between Michael and me, much

the disappointment I felt, I

once but many times that our relationship was nothing but a fling. He would never take me as his wife. Besides, I knew my place. Someone like Michael

you. If not, he wouldn’t have paid for all

Steven’s bills. My heart sank. I had assumed that Mom wanted me to

and I are not dating, unlike what you had assumed. Besides,

and announced

Michael is well off. If you marry

looked disappointed. She did not even try

worry again, I think you mean Steven will never worry again. Am I

as I finally stated what was on my mind. Even though she made it sound like she wanted the best for

living his days carefree with no occupation and throwing away money without a care. My

subtle blush crept up her cheeks in guilt.

wrong with giving Steven a little portion of what Michael

me, dismissing all of

never be together! Mom, if you really want to fix this issue at the source, what you should do is

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