Chapter 1667

Mars leaned forward. “Let's put it this way. You treat my aunt and a stranger exactly the same, right? So, what if my aunt treated you just like she'd treat any other man? Imagine this-say my aunt's a housekeeper, spending her days cooking meals, doing laundry, picking out clothes, cleaning up-only she's doing all that for some other guy. Tell me, would you be okay with that?"

Jupiter slapped the table, bristling. "She's waiting on some other man like that? What's she playing at?"

"Dad! My mom—” Mars reached over, covering Milka's mouth before she could speak. "Uncle, don't get worked up. I'm just making a point."

Jupiter scowled. "That's a lousy example, and you know it."

Mars grinned a little. "Maybe. But it's still the heart of the problem. What's the real issue here? It's marriage. What do you see each other as? Business partners? Or your one and only?"

"Two people, total strangers, get married and spend decades together. By then, you're family. But if you keep acting all high and mighty at home, you're just turning your family into a day job."

groceries, and sometimes just tripping over each other's shoes. You argue, you compromise, you have rough patches, but you stick it out together. You, though-you got used to being the boss, even at home. Only my aunt could put up with that for so long before finally calling it quits. If

glanced at Mars, wondering if he'd

walk, then turning in. This is all on me. I've never done anything right." He let his aide

kept going, Jupiter would

shot the aide a look. "Take care

grumbled as he

was upstairs, Mars turned to

looked at him, trying not to laugh, but

he looked, his confidence, the way he saw things-it all

things he'd said earlier really hit home. Maybe she did have

Milka said, grabbing his car keys. "I'll drive guess that makes

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