Chapter Nineteen

Ruel was back the next day.

He was with a different companion.

It took a moment of argument before their mother invited him in because Tommy had reverted back to his three-year-old self, and he was told to stay in his room until the visitors had left.

Ruel basically repeated what he said last night when she told him again that she wasn't ready to accept suitors. He would visit her every time he was on his provincial vacation. And that he was not ready to give up.

“Your mother doesn't even know you're coming here,” she said.

“I told her last night.”

“What did she say?” she asked, a bit surprised.

“She said she respects who I chose to like and pursue.”

“She isn't happy.” That wasn't even a guess. Yna knew.

“Mom doesn't interfere in my personal life.”

She didn't reply. There was something else.

She was in an elimination contest with him and a bunch of other students almost twelve years ago for a provincial meet type of contest. Each public school was given a chance to send a candidate p