Chapter 21. Forbidden Romance

I stopped as I looked at him in shock. He may be my stepfather, but he wasn’t my father, and that didn’t give him the right to tell me what to do.

“I am sorry, Mr. Brian, but I will not be answering you,” I said to him angrily.

“You insolent child, I have warned you several times to behave yourself, but it seems you have refused to,” my mother finally said, stepping out from behind her husband.

“I am an adult, Mum, not a child,” I responded angrily as I walked back to my room. I was tired of this, and I would be leaving.

I angrily walked off as I rushed to my room. I had nothing to pack here that belonged to me; everything was provided for me by the Blacks, and I would have to leave it behind except for a few things.

I took a few necessities. It was funny how I had been so comfortable here, but now I