We were having dinner when someone rang the bell.
"Jenna, answer it," I ordered. Jenna nodded and walked to open the door. A woman came in, walking to us. I smiled at her, as giving respect even though I don't know her at all.
"Sorry to interrupt both of you," she said, sitting on the chair without waiting for our invitation. I looked at dad but he just smiled.
"How are you lately?" mom asked, signalling Chu to give plate and food for the uninvited guest.
"May I go to my room?" I asked dad after I done eating. Dad nodded. Politely I walked to the stairs, leaving the adults talking.
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I was reading a book when mom and dad stepped into my room. I looked at them, smiling.
"Are you busy right now?" mom asked. I closed the book, turning around to look at them.
"Ryn, there is a reason why we don't like James to be your boyfriend," dad started. I frowned.
"What do you mean, dad, mom?" I asked in puzzle. Mom looked at dad, maybe didn't know how to break the news. Somehow I could guess that the news they want to tell me will break my heart.
"From tomorrow on, you will study in Ying De, get close to your fiancé," dad said.
"Excuse me?"
"You have a fiancé, I think you also know him. His name is Hua Zhe Lei, son of the aunty who came just now," mom explained. I could tell them seeing how pale my face right now.
"Honey, we're so sorry not to tell you before but."
"But what? You think I'm still young? Now, how am I going to tell James? I'm in love with James and I can't accept this, not at all." I cried.
"Hua Zhe Lei is a good man, good choice for you. Both of you are going to get along very well." mom tried to pursue me but I just shook my head, crying.
"How am I going to spend my whole life with the man I don't love?" I asked. They sighed.
"Tomorrow I want you to go there. No more question. Now, go to sleep," dad ordered. His tone was serious, signalling that he won't accept anything, any word from me. I slammed myself on the bed, crying the entire night. How could they do this to me? They're so cruel.
"Jenna, answer it," I ordered. Jenna nodded and walked to open the door. A woman came in, walking to us. I smiled at her, as giving respect even though I don't know her at all.
"Sorry to interrupt both of you," she said, sitting on the chair without waiting for our invitation. I looked at dad but he just smiled.
"How are you lately?" mom asked, signalling Chu to give plate and food for the uninvited guest.
"May I go to my room?" I asked dad after I done eating. Dad nodded. Politely I walked to the stairs, leaving the adults talking.
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I was reading a book when mom and dad stepped into my room. I looked at them, smiling.
"Are you busy right now?" mom asked. I closed the book, turning around to look at them.
"Ryn, there is a reason why we don't like James to be your boyfriend," dad started. I frowned.
"What do you mean, dad, mom?" I asked in puzzle. Mom looked at dad, maybe didn't know how to break the news. Somehow I could guess that the news they want to tell me will break my heart.
"From tomorrow on, you will study in Ying De, get close to your fiancé," dad said.
"Excuse me?"
"You have a fiancé, I think you also know him. His name is Hua Zhe Lei, son of the aunty who came just now," mom explained. I could tell them seeing how pale my face right now.
"Honey, we're so sorry not to tell you before but."
"But what? You think I'm still young? Now, how am I going to tell James? I'm in love with James and I can't accept this, not at all." I cried.
"Hua Zhe Lei is a good man, good choice for you. Both of you are going to get along very well." mom tried to pursue me but I just shook my head, crying.
"How am I going to spend my whole life with the man I don't love?" I asked. They sighed.
"Tomorrow I want you to go there. No more question. Now, go to sleep," dad ordered. His tone was serious, signalling that he won't accept anything, any word from me. I slammed myself on the bed, crying the entire night. How could they do this to me? They're so cruel.
