She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 704:

Thinking it was a regular call, he pulled it out—only for an obnoxiously smug voice to screech from the speaker.

“Mom, come and give me a good punch. Too bad. You can’t catch me. Hahaha…”

The second the voice echoed through the room, the middle-aged couple across from him snapped their heads toward him, eyes glinting with ice.

Ethan’s blood ran cold. He knew he was in deep trouble. “Mom, I can explain…”

But before he could finish, the phone piped up again.

“Mom, come and give me a good punch. Too bad. You can’t catch me. Hahaha…”

“I’ll show you whether I can catch you or not.” Ethan’s mother seized a stick and came charging toward him.

Ethan fumbled to shut off the phone, but it wouldn’t respond.

“Mom! Let me explain!”

Hahaha!” the phone kept heckling

You’re not getting any younger, still no girlfriend, and all you do is loaf around the house!” His mother chased him in circles, clearly fed up. “And now you’ve got the nerve to

to rile you up, Mom!” Ethan dodged around the furniture like a

imitation of his voice,

things from getting worse, he hurled

exhaled in relief, grateful he hadn’t stored anything important

“Mom, I—”

the latest

came down

shot up like a puppet on strings, looking utterly

eyes as his face scrunched in

“Take it easy, please!”

dare smash things in front of me? Who do you think taught

than to talk back. His mother’s temper was nothing

catch you

“You can!”