Chapter 306 Adamant

Thanks to my parents, the terrible feeling I felt earlier remained even after returning home. It was saddening that the first thing they had to say when they saw me was asking for two million.

Despite already acknowledging that I was insignificant to them a long time ago, seeing them prioritizing money over my happiness was still disheartening.

As if that was not enough, Michael received a call from Josephine as soon as we arrived. Even though she did not say anything other than wanting Michael to head home, I perceived that it must be about the incident at the hotel earlier.

After hanging up the phone, Michael stared at me with an unnatural expression. I knew he was pondering about how to tell me about that call.

“Don’t worry about me. Go ahead.” I smiled at him in response while feigning a look of nonchalance desperately.

Still, needing to hide my true feelings was not only unbearable but also depressing. I believed no woman could face such an incident forthrightly if it happened before their wedding.

“I’ll be back very soon.” Michael curled his lips into a half-smile after my words and planted a kiss on my forehead before leaving.

Following his departure, the smile on my face vanished as I looked toward the door in anguish.

to dwell on such a feeling unceasingly. Thus, I took a deep breath to compose myself before making up my mind to meet my mother

my mother lived. After knocking on the door for quite some time, someone finally opened it for me. It was Steven. Unlike his previous hospitable demeanor, he looked

the betrothal gift. Since the situation had escalated to this extent, it was no surprise that a 180-degree

he opened the door, Steven walked back into the house

my parents were on the couch watching TV. Like Steven, they did not bother to cast

apparent that they were ignoring me since I was standing not too far away

talk to me after dissipating their anger. However, I had overestimated my importance. For the next thirty minutes, I was a nobody that no one gave

to talk, Mom,” I uttered in a chilling tone, staring at my mother as I could

utterance, my mother shifted her gaze toward me at long

full of displeasure. Undoubtedly, she saw me as the culprit that prevented her from getting two million from the Shaw family earlier at the hotel. She must have thought I

her initially, but her attitude indicated that it would be fruitless. Her decision would never

daughter, for heaven’s sake!” I spoke everything from the bottom of my heart while staring at my mother in sorrow. Even if she preferred males over females, she should have had paternal love toward me at the very least since I was

I didn’t care about you? Isn’t it reasonable for me to ask for a small betrothal gift since you’re about to marry into the Shaw family? We’re the ones who raised

equivalent to my paramount happiness. As my

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