Mateo who was sitting beside her, squeezed her hand. His face was full with a smile. "I’m the lucky one, really. Sometimes I feel like I don’t deserve my little princess.”
They were sitting on the sofa. Usually, he would sit slouching on the sofa, but at that moment, he sat up straighter than I’d ever seen him before, back straight, full of pride.
Tia, who sat across the room, let out a giggle while her eyes glued to her phone. I turned to look at her.
I had been a top student all my life. I had been accepted to Albertine University and planned to build my future in Albertine City. However, in the end, I married Tia, the daughter of a local landlord who made a living collecting rent.
That year, I should never have married her.
After my dreams of studying abroad were crushed, I did not give up because I shifted my focus to the civil service exams. However, when the background checks came out, someone deliberately reported me.