Not A Small-Town Girl

Chapter 131-1

Chapter 131

Robert glanced at Ruby and spoke coldly, "Since you’re back, sit down and eat."

"I’ll pass. Just tell me why you called me here," Ruby replied curtly. She had no interest in maintaining a façade of familial affection; it was exhausting and fake.

"Ruby, your father often mentions you. Don’t you miss this family even a little? Your mother cries over you all the time but doesn’t dare call, afraid she’ll upset you. They’re getting old, and they deserve our care," Sienna chimed in, her words laced with exaggerated concern.

sneer. ’Still the same phony act after all these years. "Oh, spare me. That’s your mother, not mine. She doesn’t miss me; she’s probably sticking pins in a doll wishing for my

said, "I know you’ve never liked me. I never expected you to call me ’Mom, but how can you think so ill of me? I’ve prayed for your happiness and safety at the

the table, his voice rising in anger. "Look at yourself, Ruby! Is this how a proper lady behaves? Why can’t you

mother-someone who had never pandered to him. "Back then, his former father-in-law never respected him, constantly

in her eyes, made him feel seen and valued. And Sienna, with her sweet, flattering words, was everything Ruby and her mother were

act like a manipulative woman, dripping with

say such hurtful things? Can’t we just have a nice family