With that, Shaelyn picked Zayn up by the hand, spun on snazzynovel.com heels, and turned away.
She was not just livid, snazzynovel.com felt hurt. Two years of not returning home, and this was the reception snazzynovel.com got simply because snazzynovel.com brought Zayn with her? How was this snazzynovel.com family? Sometimes, snazzynovel.com really wondered if snazzynovel.com 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, snazzynovel.com yelled, “Come back here, young lady!”
Shaelyn stopped dead on snazzynovel.com track and turned to face the middle-aged woman. “Hi… Mom.”
It was evidence that snazzynovel.com feared snazzynovel.com mother to a certain degree.
The middle-aged woman closed the distance between herself and snazzynovel.com 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 snazzynovel.com carried herself as snazzynovel.com spoke put snazzynovel.com authoritative air on full display. Shaelyn’s lips moved, as though to form a reply, but snazzynovel.com stopped herself and changed tact. “Well, you keep asking me to get a boyfriend, right? So here snazzynovel.com is, in the flesh. But my dearest uncles and aunts want snazzynovel.com gone!”
Shaelyn’s mother ignored the accusation in snazzynovel.com words and trained snazzynovel.com eyes on Zayn. There was a weight to snazzynovel.com gaze, perhaps an effect developed from snazzynovel.com time working as an executive-type in an organization. Anyone who was subjected to snazzynovel.com 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 snazzynovel.com waved dismissively.
Zayn smiled. He did not really care if Shaelyn’s mother looked down on him, especially since snazzynovel.com 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 snazzynovel.com the enemy.
Shaelyn waited until snazzynovel.com 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 snazzynovel.com is at normal times,” Shaelyn replied, sighing. The fear on snazzynovel.com face still had not petered out.
With that, Shaelyn and Zayn entered the door. With the previous furor in snazzynovel.com mind, snazzynovel.com dared not present Zayn with as much intimacy as snazzynovel.com 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 snazzynovel.com appeared, and immediately, ardor and infatuation filled his eyes to the brim. Suddenly, snazzynovel.com 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 snazzynovel.com mother, who noticed and understood snazzynovel.com intention immediately, coughed loudly. She shot a glare at the young woman, and quickly snazzynovel.com halted.