Chapter 2. Painful Rejection

Seeing the gaze filled with emotion, Frank quickly pulled his hand in the air.

"Sorry, but could you please listen to us first?"

Diana's mouth was pressed tightly. Her jaw was throbbing. "There's nothing I need to listen to. I don't know you guys. Period," she said without separating her jaws.

"Well," Frank sighed faintly, "we don't really know each other. We've never met, let alone talked."

Diana turned away, as if she couldn't bear to look at Frank any longer. Frank's heart became increasingly burdened.

"But judging from the look in your eyes just now, you clearly know that I am Rowan Harper's grandson—your grandson."

Diana turned her head further. Her tears thickened. "I don't know that name. Please stop claiming to be my grandson. I never had a grandchild."

Frank swallowed bitterly. He was mistreated by his father and grandfather, then he was abandoned by his mother. Now he was disowned by his grandmother?

Before he realized