Reclaiming Her Heart

Chapter 833 If You Can't Be Faithful to Marriage

He didn't wanna get mixed up in this family's drama. Whatever Maria's deal was, it had zilch to do with him.

But now that Sophia was grilling him, he felt this weird itch, like he wished he could rewind time and give Maria a heads-up.

If she knew it was gonna mess up the kid, why do it again?

Cheating screwed up the kid, whether it was the dad or the mom.

If you couldn't keep it in your pants, don't get hitched.

Ronald thought he had this all figured out, which was why he saw marriage as a big ol' joke.

"Ronald, do you really buy what those people are saying?" Sophia's voice was all urgent, like she was begging him to say it wasn't true. She grabbed his shirt, eyes wide open.

Ronald peeled her hand off and said, "Your mom's a good mom, so who cares what people think? What matters is she treats you right." Selena, listening in, figured Ronald knew some of the dirt, and it was probably pretty nasty.

still gotta keep filming. I'll talk to Ronald about what to do." Sophia stood up, gave Ronald a

staring in shock. When he snapped

"Sophia!" Ronald called out.

was already

with anger, scrubbing his face

was dark

Ronald was the cool, calm type, never expected him

I don't know what's gotten

was just a spoiled kid who'd cry if she scraped her knee, always yapping, easy to make cry, but she had killer grades.

seeing her now, that spoiled vibe was gone. Maybe 'cause she had to hustle after getting kicked out of school, dealing with

felt a pang of guilt, totally clueless about what to

was a pet, you'd get attached after that long. How much

this whole mess, there was zero

saw him still scrubbing his cheek, like he wanted to peel

knew Sophia was