All Chapters of In love with the Cougar: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Vangie hurriedly walked away. She couldn't handle what Shane had said. It made her feel like she wasn’t good enough for Bert. What was wrong with her? Her feelings for him were real. Just because she was older didn’t mean her love wasn’t true. And besides, he was the one who showed interest in her first!Tears streamed down Vangie’s face.“You’re so stupid! Why did you even get involved?” she scolded herself. She kept walking until she reached the wooded part of the beach. She suddenly stopped. “Why did I even listen to that woman?” she sighed in frustration.Tears welled up again. She knew she wasn’t Bert’s first love. He wasn’t her first either. In fact, she already had kids from a previous relationship. But she couldn’t understand why S

As the days passed, Bert and Vangie’s relationship grew deeper. Bert visited Vangie almost every day — in fact, he often stayed over and hardly went home anymore. Vangie’s friend, Sheila, kept teasing her, saying she looked like a lovestruck teenager again because her cheeks would blush whenever she talked about Bert. Vangie didn’t deny it — she felt the same way. Ever since she and Bert got together, she felt younger and happier.“What? What did you just say?” Vangie asked in shock while they were having lunch at her store.“I said… maybe I should just live here,” Bert replied casually.Vangie put down her spoon and stared at him. “Y-You’re serious? You want to live… here? In my house?” She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and

“Vangie!”Vangie stopped scrubbing Bert’s clothes when she heard someone calling her from outside the house. She was in the middle of doing laundry. She frowned because she wasn’t expecting any visitors today. Besides Sheila, the only people who usually came by were delivery drivers — and she hadn’t ordered anything today.“Just a second!”She set the brush down and slowly stood up, holding her waist. Her back had been aching a lot these past few days. She stretched a little and wiped her hands before heading toward the gate. She froze when she saw who was waiting outside.“Aren’t you going to let me in?” the woman asked directly.Vangie swallowed hard and quickly walked to the gate

"Love, I’m going out later. Is that okay?" Bert called out from the bathroom while taking a shower.Vangie paused from folding their clothes. “Where are you going?” she asked, then continued folding.“The guys invited me to the fiesta,” he answered. “But it’s okay if you don’t want me to go. I haven’t said yes yet.”Vangie sighed. She didn’t want to stop him from doing what he wanted. “It’s fine. Go ahead.”The bathroom door opened, and the smell of their cheap soap filled the room. Vangie swallowed hard when Bert stepped out, completely naked, drying himself off. She quickly looked away.“Are you sure?” Bert asked

After everything that happened, Vangie couldn’t help but feel uneasy. She always had the feeling that Bert wouldn’t come back to her. So she made him start using a cellphone so she could easily contact him. Bert didn’t want to at first, especially since Vangie gave him an Android phone. Instead, he chose to use a small phone with buttons.Vangie texted him often while he was at work, asking where he was and what he was doing. That setup helped calm her worries. She also noticed that Bert wasn’t going out much anymore. One time while they were shopping, someone approached them claiming to be Bert’s friend from his hometown. He invited Bert to drink for a birthday celebration, but Bert refused. Vangie even encouraged him to go, but Bert firmly said no, saying he didn’t want to make her feel suspicious.Vangie felt a little guilty. It seemed like Bert was always thinking about how she might react—enough to turn down his usual habits. She never meant for him to stop doing what he used to