Kapitel 75: their confusion

"I won't be angry, I won't avoid you... You're beautiful, it's natural if he's interested in you, and he's handsome, it's normal if you're interested in him too," Emma said again as if giving Angelica an implied blessing, to be honest. "I was young once too... Lied... I fell in love too..."

Angelica bit her lower lip, feeling like crying, frustrated, wanting to say she did have a special relationship with Charlie, but she was also worried it would raise her mother's hopes while Charlie still held firm to not wanting to marry.

But the tension eased when Charlie held her hand, gently squeezing it while nodding as if signaling that everything would be okay.

"Angelica, your silence makes me more convinced that you do have feelings for him or you've been dating..."