Chapter 4

Maybe realizing he'd overacted, Yannis quickly pulled himself together.

He frowned, his voice edged with impatience. "Cherry messed up last time, but she's naive—she didn't mean it. You don't have to keep harping on it.

"She won't eat much even if she moves in. She's hurt, and raising a kid all by herself isn't easy. Lilian, since when did you get so heartless?"

She didn't mean it, and I was heartless? How ridiculous.

I let out a cold laugh. "It's up to you how you deal with Cherry. No need to run it by me."

With that, I got up…