Chapter 453
Emma: [What’s up? Are you trying to set Owen up with someone?]
Emma: [Don’t bother. My boys already got their eyes on someone.]
Zoe gasped in shock. [What? Does Owen have feelings for my daughter?]
Emma shot back. [Who said my son likes your daughter? He doesn’t even know her!]
Zoe: [I just saw them walking together with my own eyes.]
Emma replied. [Nonsense! That’s impossible!]
Zoe said nothing.
Instead, she snapped a photo and sent it over. [See for yourself.]
Emma: [Oh my God, you almost gave me a heart attack! I thought you meant my son was with your daughter Silvia–thank goodness it’s just Aria.]
Zoe thought to herself, ‘What’s that supposed to mean?‘
Even slow–witted Zoe finally caught Emma’s drift–she was implying that Aria wasn’t her real daughter.
Zoe was resentfully annoyed but couldn’t counter it.
Seeing the two about to walk away, Zoe instinctively started to move forward, but Caleb grabbed her arm. “Mom, what are you doing?” he asked.
Zoe said, “I’m going over to say hi to Aria.”
Caleb shook his head and said, “There’s no need to bother her in this situation.”
Zoe was about to say something more when she saw Caleb turn to the driver. “I’m heading to the office,” he said. “Please take my mother home.”
The driver replied, “Yes, sir.”
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The crowd of parents waiting outside the SAT testing center was huge. Aria and Owen, who had started an arm’s length apart, were gradually pushed closer together by the jostling crowd.
Once they were out of the crowded section, Owen kept the same close distance, his fingers twitching slightly as he subtly inched closer to Aria.
His phone buzzed in his pocket, making him quickly withdraw his hand and take it out.
It was a text from Emma.
Emma: [Did you go with Aria to take Lily to her SAT? You two seem pretty close these days, huh?]
Owen replied, [Yeah, Mom. How’d you know?]
Emma: [Zoe mentioned it, but that’s not the point..]
Emma: [Son, be honest with me–do you have feelings for Aria?]
[Yep,] Owen replied.
Emma sent over a “OMG” merne, leaving Owen utterly baffled.
[Son, I know Aria is wonderful, but falling for her is one thing–we can’t be the other man!]
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Owen was speechless at that.
He sighed to himself, ‘It’s entirely the mess I’ve made for myself.‘
Owen let out a sigh. Aria turned to him and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Owen said, “Aria, my mom told me not to be the other man.”
Aria asked confusingly, “What?”
He handed her his phone, and Aria took it naturally, scrolling through the text exchange.
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She didn’t know exactly what Owen had said to Emma on the phone at the cinema, but she could guess the general idea. ‘Emma must have thought i was with someone else,‘ she thought, ‘that’s why she told Owen not to be the other man.‘
Aria couldn’t help but burst into laughter, handing the phone back to Owen with a teasing smile. “How are you gonna reply?” she asked.
Owen smiled and said playfully, “Take a guess.”
Owen took the phone, suppressing a smile, and typed, [Mom, once I make her mine, I won’t be the other man anymore.]
Emma’s eyes widened in shock. She always thought only her older son would do this kind of thing–but she never expected her younger one would try to steal someone’s girl too.
After bracing herself for a long while, Emma finally muttered, ‘It’s all over.‘
After a while, a new message popped up. [Mom, it was actually me with Aria at the movies last time. I faked being sick just to cling to her–still working on winning her over, so don’t get the wrong idea!]
Emma heaved a sigh of relief. “Goodness, he nearly scared the heck out of me!”
Emma: [Go for it, son! Your dad and I will give you two some space.]
Owen smiled and slipped his phone into his pocket. Suddenly, Aria grabbed his hand, her fingers gently intertwining with his.
Aria gave his hand a gentle squeeze and said, “You can just tell your mom. I don’t mind.”
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Chapter 454
