e protection?" Lisbeth's eyebrows rose as high as her parents

all day yesterday for realizing her stupidity the night

bury myself. Now you better go to the pharmacy and

s not your fertile period, and you've also had sex with Thomas,

d. Somehow, she felt a litt

house, not taking a single call or re

y said she was calming down, feeling depressed due to the lack of moral suppo

and all her clothes and work files at home, Noreen's

from what had happened earlier, while he

two blocks from the family home, so they inevitably crossed paths frequently. It s

't that close, Veronica and Thomas always found an excuse to come

re," Veronika once said. She held out her jam-staine

k I'm going to eat this apple pie. I'm afraid my stom

aria reprim

y they act so disgustingly in front o

aid, her eyes welling up. Thomas hug

at humans, not at wild skunks who s

e couple and even to Merly, Veronica's mother, who, like her daughte

om her extended family, especially her mother's side, which is filled with toxic individuals who claim

d kitchen set and furniture designs she submitted this morning. "These will definitely be approved by the client.

s proud o

e largest real estate firm in the country, The Golden Moonlight Real Estate. It was every engi

as houses, apartments, hotels, villas, and resorts, but also mana

year. Now, as Noreen sits on the staff as a junior interior designer, the compa

o supervise the work on-site?" Noreen asked sweetly, knowing how d

out of the office and play outside," Daniel c

een said c

*

morning to supervise the finishing touches on the kitche

dy ached as if someone had been beating her all

to vomit, but her stomach was empty and

ised, as Noreen came into the kitchen and sat at

en said quietly. "I

driving three hours to and from the factor

an apple from the fru

ria said, when there was no response

Lisbeth and have her take me to Dr. Mitha, h

exited the kitchen with an apple in

t, as her only female cousin, Noreen should have be

Noreen's boyfriend, she hadn't done it on purpose, Merly had

stead of protecting her own daughter's feelings, Maria f

Hospital. "You're used to sitting in an air-conditioned room, with coffee and snacks readily available, thinkin

ing. She had heard the same grumbling from Daniel when she stopped by the offi

aged woman of Indian descent. She welcomed Noreen and Lisbeth into her comfortable office and

een returned to the chair in

from now on, you need to take better care of your condition and health. No alcohol.

g so strange all day, Doctor?" Noreen complain

wrote something on a piece of

tment to my colleague, Doctor Lucia Vermint, an obstetrician and gynecologist. She

en's arm, who was no

said hoarsely. "Yo

tulations, Noreen, you're two weeks pre