One year, one love by Aurora Miller

Chapter 120

Claudia shut the door without offering them a greeting and headed straight to the bedroom.

She immediately called Rupert, her voice filled with irritation. “Rupert, where the hell are you?”

“I’m almost home,” he replied, instantly picking up on her bad mood. “What’s wrong?”

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“What’s wrong? Are you trying to piss me off?” She paced the room. “What’s with your parents? They just showed up out of nowhere. Did you keep this from me on purpose?”

“Wait… my parents are at our place? I had no idea!” Rupert was completely caught off guard. He sped up. “Babe, don’t be mad. I’ll be home soon. Let me handle it.”

“If you don’t handle this properly, I’m done.” She hung up and angrily threw her phone onto the bed.

Sure enough, Rupert arrived home shortly after.

The moment he walked in, he saw Jimmy and Peyton sitting on the living room couch.

He quickly changed his shoes and went over to them. “Dad, Mom… what are you doing here?”

Jimmy’s face was as dark as a storm cloud. “You said you’d bring us over the next day. But what happened? You kept putting it off. A whole week passed, and you didn’t do a thing.

“We saw how busy you were, so we had no choice but to come ourselves. I wanted to see for myself if we really weren’t welcome in this house.”

Rupert knew he was in the wrong and didn’t even dare meet his father’s gaze. “Dad, you could’ve at least called me first.”

“If I had called, you would’ve just found a way to stop us from coming.” Jimmy had already figured out his son’s thoughts.

“Rupert, we borrowed a million dollars to buy you this house. And to pay it back, we even sold our own home.

“We have nowhere else to go. Is it so wrong for us to want to live with our own son? We’ve spoiled you since you were little, far more than your two sisters. All we ask is that you take care of us in return.

“If you can’t even do that, then you don’t deserve to be our son. Ever since you got together with her, we’ve treated her so well–does she not see that?

cent on this house, so what right does she have to keep

blocked at the door, the angrier he

place to go, we wouldn’t have come to bother you. As parents, we’ve done so much for you two. As our children, don’t

whole week without even checking in on us. Do

spoke up, finally scolded Rupert. “Rupert, can you really bear to see us out on

older. But this has nothing to do

you’re just going to forget about us? Let me tell you, your mother and I are staying here,” Jimmy declared

kick us out, I’ll call your second

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job in the

This job had been hard to get, and he wasn’t about to lose it now.

worked up. Here, have some water.” Rupert poured a glass for both Jimmy and

away at such a crucial moment, Jimmy felt bitter inside. “Peyton, what was the point of raising

out a

the master

and walked over. “Come on, don’t be mad. You’ll

expression serious. “Hurry up

looked troubled. “Claudia, put yourself in my shoes. They’re my parents. They’ve already come all this way. How could I, as

you won’t kick them out, then I’ll leave instead,” Claudia huffed and got

closet and pulled out a suitcase.

stop her. “Claudia, just give me some time. I’ll find them a nice place to rent as

for a second, especially your dad,” Claudia said with clear resentment toward Jimmy. “I’m not your mother–I won’t let him walk

protect you. They won’t bully you as long as I’m here. And before all this, weren’t they always nice to you?

married someone else, you wouldn’t have had to do

tried to soothe her. “Claudia, can’t you just try to

letting it go. “We agreed they

and your parents broke that promise. And now I’m the one at

but

what do you want me to

they leave, or I do.”