The Strongest Curse Master

Chapter 216: Embarrassing Evening

Chapter 216: Embarrassing Evening

"Ace William Lander, are you rebelling? Is this about you wanting a car? Is that it? How many times do I have to tell you—you are too young to be driving that deathtrap!" Mary's voice blasted through the phone.

Ace's face turned beet red. The call wasn't even on speaker, but that didn't matter. He was surrounded by high-tier curse masters—people with supernatural senses who could hear every word of his unreasonable mother loud and clear. Embarrassment washed over him. Even Delores, who had been sitting beside him on the couch, quietly slipped away. She didn't want to invade his privacy, but he could tell from the pink tinge on her cheeks that she felt second-hand embarrassment for him.

"Mom, listen to me—yes, it's about the car. I'm not coming home until you get me one."

Midway through his sentence, Ace decided to lean into it. His mother had just unwittingly given him the perfect excuse to extend his absence while he sorted things out with C.I.B. He was banking on Janice to handle Mrs. Martins so he could return to his normal life sooner.

"I knew it!" Mary exclaimed, triumph in her voice. "Tell me exactly where you are so I can send your father to come get you or else your uncle will have to tag along."

"Does that mean you are getting me a car?" Ace asked, hopeful that his mother had finally come around.

But to his dismay, she snapped, "Over my dead body! You're at the Martins' ranch, aren't you? I'm sending your father and uncle over right now. And here I thought you didn't like Ava—was that all an act to trick me? You don't have to do that, you know. I actually like that girl. I think she will fit right in our family—"