te company, the holiday starts in the 28th of December until the 2nd day of January. In the evening, they would either dine out somewhere or just at home. Sachi

as they flew back home. Andrea welcomed them both, her mother was civil to

ith his friends who just live a couple of houses away from them. Andrea and Ivy cooked their fo

d excitedly to Hiro,

ts of soup that tastes sour due to tamarind. In Ivy's moth

, sipping on the bowl of s

lite to say the otherwise. They would always say that the food was delicious so a

anting to impress him. Although for him, she does not need to impress her with her cooking ability anymore. The pleasures she gav

him. It is indeed one of the dishes that s

have an allergy on seafood, right?" she was asking him, but she does not look like some

redients with the first meat dish. As Hiro tasted it, it was

he asked, although he

h, just a differen

ook something that is not so

waiting anxiously

also de

all

es

, and began to ate

child-like manner of her daughter. She has ne

clean his room for Hiro, wi

h she has promoted as a principal for more than a decade, but they never live in luxury. But at least, they don't live in debts, either. Her mother does not want to borrow money from anybody, even to her relat

looked sharply at Ivy, who smiled innocently at him, he thought that he would make her pay later on. Nobody has ever kicked him befor

values hygiene. She made sure that the room was thoroughly cleaned, scrubbed on all corners and spray

Hiro replied. He does not want to be a b

2nd? Do you anywhere you wish to visit?" Ivy

will have some visitors from my colleagues, but I

pport. He, in turn, tried to bully her by avoiding he

2nd?" she tried to rephrase the question that she wanted to ask. She

owly chewing on her food with what little teeth remaining on her mouth. Andre

ng over about

the same time that Hir

few moments, and continu

we will welco

His room is just next to Ivy's, so he kept on thinking about her. On the other hand, Ivy was not in her room. She

hile Ivy was lying on her back w

ould want to marry him?"

she could not think about marriage any

t still, she could not help herself from blaming what happened. If not for that, she would have been Yukio's wife, and Ivy would not have had a hard time growing up being bullied by other children for not having a father. For so many years, she tried to live by accepting wh

her mother's eyes, "ha

herself to call Yukio 'fa

. You should never harbor hate towards anybody, otherwise you c

, her phone vibrated in her pocket. She sat dow

other's eyes, not knowing if Hiro

, I need you to

can he be so bold? She immediately closed the

m, " she said, and gave her a

er to come to his room. She is aware that her daughter is a m

ax because you are

edly went out of her mother's room. She went inside her room first. She looked at her appearance in the mirror and smelled hersel

and she was pulled into his strong arms. She found herself staring r