âThe second son of the Reed family is staying with the Barlow family and being used by them. Are you really so easily fooled, Mason, or is the Reed family just easy to manipulate?â Veronica mocked, âDad, the Barlow family has had their good days, and now you should be thinking about how to use the resources you have to become self-sufficient, instead of trying to keep Mason at the Barlow family forever! Did you really think the people of the Reed family were so easily controlled?â
Veronicaâs every word at this moment is a great irony to Archer. âAs long as you treat Mason well, how could Mason leave the Barlow family? He is so attached to you, as long as you are in the Barlow family, he wonât leave!â
Veronica said, âThat was when we were kids, Dad. Mason and I are growing up, we canât stay the same as we were back then forever.â
In short, you are not allowed to have any conflicts with Mason. If you do something that upsets him, you must apologize to him immediately. If Mason decides to leave the Barlow family, donât blame me for disowning you as my daughter! Archer threatened firmly.
During dinner time, Archer took the initiative to say to Mason, âMason, Veronica wants to apologize to you. If she did something wrona, please donât blame her!â Then he turned to Mason? Hurry up and apologize!â
Veronica looked at her father and understood his intention. He planned to force her to apologize by driving the ducks onto the shelf.
Butâ¦
Veronica kept her lips tightly sealed and didnât utter a word.
At this moment, stepmother Rosalind also said, âHey, Veronica must be feeling embarrassed. We are all family, whatâs wrong with apologizing?â
Meanwhile, the youngest son of the Barlow family, Lionel, was looking at his sister Veronica and then at Mason, his eyes darting around as if he was thinking about something.
Veronica looked at her father and stepmother who kept urging her and said, âWhether or not I should apologize is my own decision, not my fatherâs decision to make. Besides, I donât think I have anything to apologize for!â
âYouâ¦,â the three words âdead girlâ got stuck in Archerâs throat.
âIâm full, so Iâll go back to my room first,â said Veronica, getting up and walking towards her room.
Archer and Rosalind looked at each other in confusion, and quickly started saying all sorts of nice things to Mason, afraid he might get angry.
Masonâs gaze was fixed on Veronicaâs back as she walked into the room. He only looked away when she disappeared inside.
He then lowered his eyes and ate his dinner mechanically, one bite at a time.
Lionelâs eyes sparkled as he witnessed this scene.
In the middle of the night, Veronica couldnât sleep, so she got up and decided to come to the living room to pour herself a glass of water. However, when she opened the door, she found Mason sitting by her roomâs doorway.
She was taken aback and asked, âWhat are you doing here?â
This sentence is the first one she said to him in the past few days.
âI canât fall asleep,â he said.
âI canât sleep, so youâre waiting outside my room? Itâs already. late, you should go back to your room,â
she said, walking out of the room and heading to the water dispenser in the living room.
He followed behind her.
âAre you still angry with me?â His voice suddenly sounded cold.
cback angry â or rather, scared. It was fear of Because they grew up, even though she always treated him.
like a younger brother, he was not one. He was the second son of the Reed family, and should have been a prominent figure.
If he wanted to, he could easily destroy the things she cares about, and she is powerless to stop him.