"Michael!"
Michael, who was writing an email reply on his computer, immediately turned his head when he heard someone loudly calling his name followed by the door opening hastily.
His mother's face that looked annoyed was immediately caught by his eyesight, followed by the face of James who entered his room with a guilty look on his face.
"Mr. Michael, I…"
Michael raised his hand, telling James to stop talking, then nodded his head.
"It's okay, James. You can go back to work."
James' face still looked guilty, but he finally nodded then grabbed the doorknob and closed the door of his room.
Mrs. Collins snorted when she saw the man finally come out, then her eyes turned back to her son who was continuing his activity earlier, ignoring her.
"I can't believe you told your secretary to tell me you weren't in your room when I came to visit you!" said Mrs Collins irritably, then folded her arms.
"Why are you here, mom? I'm busy, so just tell me what you want," Michael replied nonchalantly as he continued to run his fingers over the keyboard.
Mrs. Collins snorted again at her son's attitude of not only ignoring her, but also not inviting her to sit down. Totally disrespectful. She never taught her son to act like that. In the end, Mrs. Collins decided to immediately sit down on the sofa that was there.
"Why didn't you come?" asked Mrs Collins in a tone of voice still irritated.
"Come to where?" Michael asked back, still sounding nonchalant.
"You asking me that? I told you long ago! Yesterday at eight pm, you had to go to The Shard for dinner!"
"I'm bu…"
"Don't bullshit me with you're busy! I checked your schedule and you didn't have anything to do yesterday at eight pm!" interrupted Mrs Collins in annoyance.
Michael's fingers finally stopped, he then looked at his mother.
"You already know the reason I didn't come!" said Michael sharply.
Mrs Collins fell silent when she heard that, before she finally sighed.
"What's with the woman this time? She is beautiful and educated! Her family is also from a respectable family! Why don't you try to meet her first? To get to know each other?" asked Mrs. Collins, starting to sound desperate.
Yesterday she had arranged a blind date for her son with the daughter of someone she knows. She thought they would hit it off, started dating, and got married. However, Mrs Collins's hopes were immediately gone when she received word this morning from her friend that Michael had not come at all.
The woman had been waiting for two hours, thinking Michael was busy, but her son had not come at all!
"There's nothing wrong with this woman or the other women you want to introduce me to! I already told you that I have no interest in dating!" said Michael in a rising voice.
He had discussed this with his mother many times, but his mother would not listen to him at all.
"But why!" said Mrs Collins in a demanding tone.
"Are you still unable to move on from Anna? Or from that woman?! It's been six years, Michael! You're not young anymore! You have to get married!" continued Mrs. Collins in a desperate tone.
"I'm married! It's just that my marriage didn't work out. I have no interest in remarrying!" said Michael sharply.
He could see the look on her mother's face that looked displeased with what he had just said, but Michael didn't care at all about that.
After being rejected by Sarah, Michael has absolutely no interest in dating another woman. He was not a man suited to have such a romantic relationship.
His love was only for Sarah, and he couldn't love any other woman besides her.
"What? Are you crazy? Did you even hear what you said? You won't remarry?!" Mrs Collins rose from her seat.
"Then what about my grandchild? What about Collins' successor?" asked Mrs. Collins walking over to Michael. Her face was bright red.
"I can adopt a child if I need to," Michael replied casually and lifted his chin to look her right in the eye.
"You are crazy!" said Mrs Collins in disbelief.
"Yeah, I might have gone crazy. But didn't I become like this because of you?!" Michael asked back in a cold tone, his lips trembling slightly.
"What?!" asked Mrs Collins in bewilderment.
"You know what I mean, mom! If you hadn't lied to me about Sarah… We might still be together, and you've got the grandchild you've always wanted!" said Michael in a slightly trembling voice.
The memory of how Sarah had rejected him at that time was still vivid in his mind, and several times became his nightmares.
If he hadn't thought badly of Sarah, if he hadn't cursed her that night, he and Sarah might still have a chance.
"You want to blame me for that?! That woman did say not to say anything to you! I also didn't know that your dad didn't give her money! You can't blame this on me, Michael!" said Mrs. Collins, totally disapproving.
She thought they would never discuss this again after what happened that time. Michael was furious at her, but she wasn't wrong at all!
Michael snorted at that.
"Not only about Sarah, but also about Anna! If you don't interfere with my life too much, everything will be fine!" said Michael with a hollow laugh.
"Anna? Hah! I'm just thankful you weren't with her! That bitch doesn't have a great personality!" snorted Mrs. Collins.
Michael sighed when he heard his mother's words.
"Just go, I have to work," Michael replied with a tired expression then immediately turned to the monitor again.
Mrs. Collins was still where she was, biting her lower lip. He looked as if he wanted to say something, but he looked very doubtful.
"Fine!" said Mrs Collins at last after a while.
"You can date that woman, or marry her, it's up to you! At least you can give me a grandchild!" continued Mrs. Collins in a resigned tone.
Michael's fingers stopped again, he then turned to his mother with a furrowed brow.
"Who do you mean? Sarah? She's been gone a long time, mom! Maybe now she is married to someone else!" Michael replied irritably.
"Not that woman! You know what I mean! What's her name again… Elisa, Elli, something like that. The blonde one!"
Michael's facial expression looked surprised when he heard his mother's words. Elizabeth?
"Looks like you know what I mean! I don't know why you're always attracted to women who don't have such origins, but whatever! You can marry her and have a child!"
After saying that, Mrs. Collins immediately took her bag that was placed on the table and immediately left Michael's room, leaving the man with a surprised expression on his face.
Michael then immediately took out his cellphone and looked for someone's contact and then sent that person a message. His facial expression was angry.
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