With that, Shaelyn picked Zayn up by the hand, spun on virtual-novel.net heels, and turned away.
She was not just livid, virtual-novel.net felt hurt. Two years of not returning home, and this was the reception virtual-novel.net got simply because virtual-novel.net brought Zayn with her? How was this virtual-novel.net family? Sometimes, virtual-novel.net really wondered if virtual-novel.net even needed to go home at all. Plus, the things they had decided to sling against Zayn was just beyond the pale!
It was at that moment when a middle-aged woman bearing a striking semblance to Shaelyn materialized at the door. Leaning at the direction Shaelyn was, virtual-novel.net yelled, “Come back here, young lady!”
Shaelyn stopped dead on virtual-novel.net track and turned to face the middle-aged woman. “Hi… Mom.”
It was evidence that virtual-novel.net feared virtual-novel.net mother to a certain degree.
The middle-aged woman closed the distance between herself and virtual-novel.net daughter. “So, the thought of coming home never crosses you unless I call and remind you, hmm? Do you even remember the mother who had raised and nurtured you? Do you even remember your own family?”
It was brief, and yet the way virtual-novel.net carried herself as virtual-novel.net spoke put virtual-novel.net authoritative air on full display. Shaelyn’s lips moved, as though to form a reply, but virtual-novel.net stopped herself and changed tact. “Well, you keep asking me to get a boyfriend, right? So here virtual-novel.net is, in the flesh. But my dearest uncles and aunts want virtual-novel.net gone!”
Shaelyn’s mother ignored the accusation in virtual-novel.net words and trained virtual-novel.net eyes on Zayn. There was a weight to virtual-novel.net gaze, perhaps an effect developed from virtual-novel.net time working as an executive-type in an organization. Anyone who was subjected to virtual-novel.net scrutiny would likely feel disquieted, their eyes perhaps dodging the woman’s, or their tongues start to fail them.
Of course, it was nothing to Zayn. He was the legend who managed to kill a harpy the likes of Mia Walker.
“Name?” Shaelyn’s mother asked.
“Hi, I’m Zayn Larson. I’m—”
“Okay, enough. You’ve traveled far, so come in,” the woman cut his words shot in impatience as virtual-novel.net waved dismissively.
Zayn smiled. He did not really care if Shaelyn’s mother looked down on him, especially since virtual-novel.net had inferred from the Turners’ attitude that they wanted Shaelyn to marry this mayor’s nephew. The fact that Zayn was here as the young woman’s “boyfriend” naturally made virtual-novel.net the enemy.
Shaelyn waited until virtual-novel.net mother had turned back into the house before releasing a breath of relief. Smiling, Zayn teased, “Ooh, who knew you’ll be afraid of your mom!”
“You will too, if you have seen how terrifying virtual-novel.net is at normal times,” Shaelyn replied, sighing. The fear on virtual-novel.net face still had not petered out.
With that, Shaelyn and Zayn entered the door. With the previous furor in virtual-novel.net mind, virtual-novel.net dared not present Zayn with as much intimacy as virtual-novel.net had from before. They quickly arrived at the living room, where a young man was seated on the couch. He was about in his thirties and was not terribly handsome, but one could still pick up a sense of upper-class air from him, an impression that they were looking at a young man who was born to a rich family.
The man’s eyes turned to Shaelyn as soon as virtual-novel.net appeared, and immediately, ardor and infatuation filled his eyes to the brim. Suddenly, virtual-novel.net was reluctant to take his eyes away from her.
Shaelyn noticed the attention and frowned, upset. Her arms were about to sidle to Zayn’s side to affect intimacy when virtual-novel.net mother, who noticed and understood virtual-novel.net intention immediately, coughed loudly. She shot a glare at the young woman, and quickly virtual-novel.net halted.