20

"Good evening, Aunt..." Arinda greeted a middle-aged woman who was sitting and reading a gossip magazine in her hand.

"Evening," the middle-aged woman replied briefly. It was quite apparent that she didn't like Arinda's presence.

The middle-aged woman also knew exactly who Arinda was. She was the woman who had shattered her youngest son's heart and feelings, making him unwilling to get involved with women ever since he was betrayed and left with deep emotional scars. As a result, she had to bury her hopes of having grandchildren from Frans, her son.

"How are you, Aunt?" Arinda took a seat on a chair opposite the middle-aged woman, who happened to be Frans's biological mother.

Bianca, who had been following Arinda, stood by, silently observing their conversation.

"I'm fine," Reni, the woman commonly called Aunt, replied, still holding onto her magazine and ignoring Arinda and Bianca's presence.

"Aunt, I'm not here to ask Frans to come back to me or to disturb him. Please don't worry li