"WHAT?!"
Crescent's voice echoed around the room, something his parents expected. His mother gave a gentle tap on his shoulder, and his father, Richard Hart, maintained a calm demeanor.
"We haven't yet agreed to their proposal. Of course, we won't make decisions about your future without your consent, but we'd be lying if we said we didn't want someone like Ace to be your partner." Richard Hart shrugged his shoulders anxiously.
"But, of course, your opinion matters the most to us," he continued.
Crescent sat and listened to his parents' explanations, and after a while, he became outraged.
"He must have done it on purpose to humiliate me!" Crescent said angrily to himself, and his parents were confused by their son's statement.
Crescent's mother grabbed his shoulders, making him face
