Chapter 3The Spice of Karma

I cut my mom off:

"Leo is your son, not mine. Why should I buy him a car?"

As soon as I said that.

Leo wasn't having it.

He jumped out from behind my mom, shouting at the top of his lungs:

"Because I'm the only male heir of the Lee family! All the money in this family belongs to me! You're just a money-losing asset who will be married off eventually. You spent the family's money on your education, so the money you earn should naturally be spent on me!"

He tugged on my mom's hand, shaking it back and forth.

"Mom, I told you shouldn't have let her go to college! Her heart has gone wild! She's so full of herself she doesn't even know which way is up, and she even dares to talk back to you! And..."

His words got stuck in his throat.

Because I picked up the teapot and threw it right in his face.

"Ah!"

Leo clutched his face, howling like a slaughtered pig.

My mom's face went pale with terror, and she lunged forward screaming.

"Chloe Lee! Are you crazy?! That's hot water!"

She squatted down, trying to pry Leo's hands away.

"Son! Let Mom see! How is it! Where are you burned?"

"Mom! Kill this bitch! Boo hoo hoo hoo, it hurts so much! My face is ruined!"

Leo wailed, clutching his face, crying and cursing at the same time, spitting out obscenities non-stop.

I glanced down.

His face was indeed red in a patch.

But it was a hundred thousand miles away from being "ruined." At most, it would sting for a while.

Looking at the mother and son hugging and howling in front of me.

I suddenly felt utterly exhausted.

I turned around and walked out.