Sir Ares, Goodnight

Since Angeline was quick-witted, she immediately understood her brother's implied meaning.

"Mom just thinks that Jaybie shouldn't be waiting on me because she's stubbornly set in her old ways." Angeline was seething.

Zayne continued, "You can trample all over him when there are no outsiders around. But you should at least play pretend around his family."

Angeline rolled her eyes at him. She was contemptuous of Zayne's proposal.

She wanted to continue being herself in front of everyone.

However, Zayne's little reminder had also evoked her feelings of sadness and made her recall her wounds.

Chloe disliked her, and she felt uncomfortable around Chloe. It was as if there were a couple of dark clouds above her head, making her feel very depressed and gloomy.

If Chloe were someone else, Angeline could avoid her entirely out of fear. However, Chloe was her mother-in-law. She would not be able to shake off this cloud her entire life. She felt awful just thinking about it.

Angeline's legs were tightly closed together and her hands were wrapped around them. She had placed her chin on her knees and her black-glazed pupils stared

inexplicably heavy as

did not expect Zayne's little prompt to draw out Angeline's depression on such a large

even if he racked his head, he could not find a way to resolve the conflict between the

and then back at the aloof Zayne and Jay. Then, she decided to

the fact that since Angeline's the daughter-in-law, she should

her mother-in-law had tried to harm her again and again. Sis Angeline was willing to force herself to forget about the past just for Jay's sake. Frankly speaking, it's impossible to reconcile with

enemy who

issues Angeline had with her mother-in-law, she

herself as a snail, shrinking herself into her shell, than try

take things one step at a

must be a road to take once she reached

gaze fell on Angeline's blank expression. He walked over and sat down gently