Chapter 35

　　Sean lowered his voice, because Luna’s words had made him feel ashamed. But anger bubbled up from within, and this anger arose from hearing the children speak their minds and tell him how much they like her.

“I...I really don’t know what to say to that. Since you’re so sure I’m a liar, since you’ve pretty much made up your mind, what more could I say? The meal is over, so go home lest I tarnish your noble character with my deceptive ways.”

Vera thought, it was simply useless to make his see it from her perspective. To him, anything she said would always come across as a lie. She could only take sarcastic jabs at his hypocrisy, but even that didn’t make her feel any better.

Vera got up and went back to her room, sullenly leaning on the door. Her heart aching, her eyes were flush as tears threatened to fall.

When Morris Chu was called a liar four years ago, she had never felt so resentful and wronged. Now that she was being subjected to the same, she