Women are hard to please, especially women like Vanessa.
The relationship that had finally eased up a bit was stiffened again by those few words.
Julian blamed Cliff for this, and when he went back to the Frost family for dinner, he gave Cliff a hard time at the table. After the meal, Maria was so angry that her face turned pale. She went into her room and slammed the door shut, unable to help but burst into a torrent of a***e.
"Even if he doesn't acknowledge me as his stepmother, I'm still his aunt after all. How dare he speak to me like that? Does he even know the rules?" Maria patted her chest, gently calming her breath.
Cliff smiled, his face expressionless, "Is this trivial matter worth your anger?"
"How is it not worth it?" Maria paced back and forth, "It's because you have such
