The call was immediately answered.


    "I''m back," La said. "I''ve just talked to Dad."


    She did not mention what they had talked about, but Eric instinctively knew what she was referring to.


    "Dad is not allowing me to meet with you," she said, listening to his breathing. "Maybe we aren''t meant to be after all."


    Eric was not surprised by the result, since he had anticipated it.Material ? of N?velDrama.Org.


    "Move on with your life, and don''t think about when the right person will appear. He might show up when you least expect it," said Eric, consoling her.


    "Yeah, but what about you? Has your perfect one been hiding because you are waiting for her?" she said. "Ms. Raven seems nice."


    "She is. I owe her dinner," he said calmly.


    He did not have to get married, and he had gotten used to being alone.


    "She has done you a great favor and that''s all you are doing?" La teased. "You are so stingy!"


    "I have owed her dinner for a while now. I do owe her a favor for her help this time. I will repay her when she needs help in the future."


    "Oh." Suddenly feeling like she had run out of words, La said, "What are you doing right now?"


    "Reading."


    "What are you reading?"


    "I''ve recently read ''Being Alone'', and I''m now reading ''The History of Mankind''."


    "Oh... go outside! Aren''t you bored staying home reading all the time?"


    She didn''t have the habit of going out either, especially after she started working. Though she did not have much to do at work, she felt depleted after spending nearly the entire day in the office. After she got off work, all she wanted to do was go home. Even when she had time on the weekend, she just felt likezing around.


    "My work used to require that I run around, so now, I just feel like staying at home," Eric said. "Don''t be mad at your parents. Adjust yourself, and your life will be normal again soon."


    "I''m not mad at them. I know that


    atthe


    they love me. Sometimes, I''m not


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    sure if my life has been too smooth, so I''m trying to look for trouble. I don''t know if I was insisting on the right thing, so I can''t just give up everything to defy Dad."


    As wilful as she might be, she did not want her family to be upset.


    "Don''t break your dad''s heart. I used to think that he had a bad temper and wasn''t caring enough about your mom, but ever since those two made up, he has been a responsible husband and father," said Erig


    calmly.


    "I know. I''ll shower now. I haven''t cleaned up in days and I stink."


    "Sure."


    After hanging up, La walked over to the closet to take out her pajamas. She had thought that taking a shower would help her feel better, but it did not.


    She walked over to the window and stared at the vista. The flowers were in full bloom in the garden.


    She had never been so depressed before, but her senses reminded her that she was no longer a child and could no longer let everything that upset her show on her face.


    At Southern University, Ivy ended her afternoon ss and immediately took out her phone to find out what happened at home.


    She had wanted to call in sick as well.