"Thank you."
Valentine Teller couldn't shake the sour feeling in her heart and tried to smile, "I'll pay you back when I get back."
Mark Reed frowned, "Are you insulting me? I said I'd support you for a lifetime. I'll support your adoptive mother too. I have that ability."
He held her hand, speaking in a tone that left no room for doubt.
"What if I don't want you to support me?" Valentine tentatively asked, "I want to support myself, and support her too."
"No way!"
How could he allow his woman to struggle for a living in a world so harsh, something this pure girl couldn't endure.
She could go to work, but only under his protection, to while away the time without exerting herself mentally or physically.
Valentine didn't say anything more in opposition, staring at the night outside the window.
By the time they arrived in Rivile City, it was already nine at night. Under Valentine's insistent demand, Mark Reed sent her back to school.
