Crush on My Alpha Adoptive Uncle
Those stares and whispers were like countless fine needles, pricking me densely all over.
I opened my mouth, but my throat felt strangled, unable to make any sound.
Overwhelming grievance seized me, tears surging uncontrollably to my eyes.
I fought desperately to hold them back, but he still became blurred in my vision.
Once, just because someone had made a crude joke about me behind my back, he could bankrupt their pack business overnight, protecting me completely.
Now, he personally placed the hat of fraud on my head in front of everyone - a label that could destroy all my professional prospects - letting others trample my dignity with the most malicious speculation.