Chapter 4

After dinner, we all walked out of the private room. Dad went to pay the bill.

The moment I turned my head, I realized Jason and my mom had disappeared.

Dad came directly up to me after paying.

“Let’s go first. Your mom said your roommate looked pitiful and wanted to take him to buy some clothes.”

I looked at Dad in disbelief.

“And you agreed to that?”

Dad looked bewildered.

“What’s wrong with buying a few clothes? You don’t think your mom and that young classmate of yours would have anything going on, do you? No way. Your mom and I have such a strong bond. She would never betray me.”

Seeing Dad’s confident expression, I found it even harder to reveal the cruel truth.

I even hoped Mom and Jason would just end things then and there.

My parents could go back to living their lives happily at home, and this whole thing could be forgotten.

But I was disappointed.

Not long after, Mom’s secret dating account updated.

“How could life be the same with anyone? It was only when I met you that I felt my heart truly stir. Only when I met you did I know what love was.”

The attached picture showed her and Jason sweetly embracing and kissing, each holding a bubble tea.

Even though she had blurred herself out, how could I not recognize my own mother?

Back home, I paced restlessly in my bedroom.

Mom was completely fixated on Jason now. How could I make her choose to return to her own family?

A commotion erupted outside my door.

I went out to see.

Mom was back.

And Jason was following right behind her!

Seeing my astonished gaze, Jason actually gave me a challenging smirk.

“Sorry, Caleb, I told Auntie Vicky the school dorms aren’t allowing residents right now, so she just let me stay at your place.”

Seeing my shocked expression, Mom seemed a little nervous.

“After all, you’re classmates; you should look out for each other. Maybe you’ll even go abroad together someday.”