Chapter 37

Alex's pov

"Ah, my hand." I pulled on my arm, which felt numb from being Emily's back to sleep. I gently lifted her head from my arm and laid it on the pillow.

At the same time, I heard the sound of approaching steps and then the door of my room opened firmly, startling Emily who woke up immediately at the sound, she looked at me in confusion, then looked towards the door where mom appeared there with her dark face holding angry and unfriendly.

The middle-aged woman looked at me with a sharp gaze. "Alex, Emily, what are you doing in this place?" she asked in a voice that she was forced not to shout. I knew that my mother was holding in her frustration.

She must have felt furious but couldn't vent it because Emily was there. But Emily, who was beside me, didn't seem bothered at all by that sight. "What's wrong, Mom? We're a couple. It's normal for us to spend time together."

I rolled my eyeballs in another direction and then closed them. I didn't know whether Emily was insensitive or i