Chapter 236

Penny chuckled. "Yes, you have a living example of it in front of you, son. I love and hate your father at the same time."

Penny glanced at Ralph, "you like her right?"

"Who?" He played dumb and earned a light slap on his chest from his mother. "The girl who is getting on your brother's nerves. Aurora's friend, Susan. I know you feel for her."

Ralph tried to hide his emotions but couldn't. "There is nothing wrong in expressing yourself, Ralph. If you want her, go and tell her."

He sighed. "It's not as easy as you think mom. She…it's complicated. We had something, a kind of fling but then I destroyed it. She wanted something else, I wanted something else and then we parted. She won't come back to me, I hurted her."

"Your father hurted me in the worst way possible, I am still with him because my love for him is deeper than my hate I have for him. If she truly loves you, she will give you another chance, Ralph."

Ralph frowned. A thought crossed his