Chapter 122

Michael's breath caught, his eyebrows furrowing, "How do you know that Nora and I had dinner?" Ruby didn’t want to say anything. As she thought about Michael’s potential display of masculinity to satisfy her needs with Nora tonight, she felt the air around her suffocating. She hated Nora and, in detail, despised her. She wanted to distance herself from anyone associated with Nora. Ruby picked up her son and closed the room door, not wanting anyone outside to see her. She sat the little boy on the couch and calmly talked to him. It took Aaron a moment, his little mouth pouting as he weakly said, "But I like Uncle Michael." "You’re not allowed to like him, and you certainly won’t be calling him 'Uncle' in the future. He’s the boss of a big company—very, very busy. Do you understand, son?" Ruby could only use Michael’s busyness as an excuse to keep her son away from him. The little boy nodded, signaling that he understood. But deep down, he liked Michael very much. He saw the shadow of hi