Chapter 31

Daniel couldn’t help but get nervous, eyes glued on me, but I stayed calm as ever. "You just graduated, no job, no income, yet you’re treating friends to a restaurant where it’s three grand per person. Four people, that’s easily ten grand. Where’d you get that kind of cash?" "If I had to guess, since you’re staying at my place, you probably stole it from my dad, huh?" The mood instantly shifted. Especially those three girls with her, their expressions changed completely as they looked at Sophia differently. "That’s nonsense!" Sophia snapped, her voice full of arrogance. "It’s allowance from my mom! I get it, your mom died early and you never had any pocket money, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t!" The moment she brought up my mom, it felt like a fire ignited in my chest. My eyes turned cold and sharp, enough to tear Sophia to shreds. Anyone else mentioning my mom—I could take it. But when it’s my dad, my aunt, or Sophia… it just makes my skin crawl. "Of course your mom had cash. She’s be