Forbidden Love: My Crush Becomes My Stepmother - Chapter 26

Chapter 26: It’s Not Dislike

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Toya was actually very familiar with Reyes’s face.

The first time she saw him was at the school gate.

That year, she was a sophmore and had been in the Student Union for a long time. In order to welcome the new students into the school, the Student Union arranged for many people to go to the school gate.

She would not participate in such an activity, of course, but her aged father, Hernandez, was weakening by the day. Her brothers were becoming more and more arrogant at home, and her married sister had brought her brother-in-law to live in the Madison family’s villa.

Her nominal relatives would always talk to her alone when her father was bedridden. Furthermore, they would always talk about her father’s assets.

Fortunately, her father, Hernandez, had indeed not taught her anything, and she could not answer their ambiguous questions.

Perhaps it was because they had confirmed after asking that she was a girl who knew nothing, they ignored her later on. Each and every one of them surrounded their weak father and tried to get the maximum benefits from him.

They worked together, but they also hated each other.

They were like a group of insatiable hyenas.

Although her father had attracted their attention for her, her life had not been good.

The chef stopped making her favorite dishes, and the servants were not as attentive as before.

She had argued and thrown a tantrum. Other than her aged father, who endured his sickness to stand up for her, no one paid attention to her.

She felt like a princess of a fallen country. Her father had fallen, and so had her kingdom.

Apart from a bunch of hyenas, there were also their children living in Madison’s villa.

The group of teenagers, who were one generation younger than Toya but around her age, did not respect her.

They isolated her, taunted her, and whispered behind her back.

Even if she was a fallen princess, she was still a proud princess. Therefore, she did not take it lying down and used her father’s connections to find someone to beat up this group of youths who did not know their place.

Her brothers didn’t dare to do anything to her after they found out, because Hernandez wasn’t dead yet.

Other than her father, there was no one else she liked in this villa.

Her father tried to send her away, but her four shrewd brothers refused. Even though they didn’t like her, they still sent her lunch every day like before and sent a car to pick her up in the afternoon to bring her home. They were determined to keep her by their side so that they could increase their bargaining power at the last minute.

So to her father, every reason that could make her leave the family was an opportunity that could not be missed.

Including the time when the Student Union requested to enter the school early to prepare for the welcoming.

However, since she was well-connected, even if Toya came to school, they wouldn’t dare to arrange any jobs for her, much less ask her to wear the Student Union badge on her chest.

As usual, she was wearing a beautiful and luxurious white dress as she went to the school gate to take a look.

Then she saw a very handsome man.

People were always willing to pay more attention to beautiful things, and so was Toya.

She thought the man was very handsome.

However, this man was holding a half-smoked cigarette in his hand. He lazily carried his bag and looked at the Student Union member who was persuading him with a faint smile.

He looked arrogant and rebellious.

She did not like defiant people.

So she did not take this man, who suited her taste, to heart.

Later, she would occasionally see him at school and even make eye contact with him.

But every time, his expression was very cold, even when he looked at her.

It was just that his expression after that was not as arrogant as when she first met him.

Due to her father’s instructions, the principal took good care of her and often arranged jobs for her in the student union. She had been to the principal’s office many times and had also noticed him, who often stayed there.

His name was Reyes Wilson.

He was a rebellious junior who was “reflecting” in the principal’s office because he was often reported for fighting.

She knew Butler had a son when she was engaged to Butler, but Butler was too upright, so she didn’t think that his son would be the rebellious Reyes.

And Reyes didn’t seem to like her very much.

Those people who she thought didn’t like her revealed malice to her, so she hated them too.

It was just that on the first night she stayed at his house, she came down to drink water. When she saw his sad look, she suddenly felt that he was just a child who did not want his father to remarry. He did not seem to be that detestable.

He even helped her apply medicine and dry her hair last night.

He was clearly a gentle person.

It was just that this man, who was sometimes gentle and sometimes arrogant, seemed to be a little clingy to her now.

This clinginess did not seem to be because he hated her.

Toya’s cold eyes showed slight emotional fluctuation.

She didn’t look at Reyes.

“Sure. But on the first day of school, you seemed to have been blacklisted by the student union..”