17| A FAMILY DINNER

PERSY

"So, Kassie, I received your apology video and I think that it sounded genuine enough… I mean, I can take it, provided that you promise not to show off that uncultured behavior anymore in any gathering." I recognized the man who was speaking when he reached the last sentence. It was the man I had raised my voice at in the last zoom meeting.

Everyone was watching me, waiting for a response. I discretely turned to quickly steal a glance at Aiden, who sat directly beside me. He was not looking at me, though; his face was just rigid, completely focused on the meal in his plate. He was still so mad at me, I could tell from the singular reaction.

So, I decided to be nice. It was not like I could try to be a brat with the amount of eyes watching me, waiting for a mistake.

"Oh, I promise you, Sir. I am deeply sorry about what happened between us, I never meant for it to happen that way. I was an insolent brat, it will never repeat itself again, I promise." I told him, wearing my fak