Kade had already done everything he could to help Maria’s family. It was his parents who were worried that Maria’s family business being in trouble would drag him down, so they no longer supported him being with Maria.
His mother nagged him about it every day, and after hearing it so often, he became frustrated and did not know what to do.
On top of that, he did not fully understand his own feelings. He was not sure whether what he felt for Maria was friendship or love.
While he was struggl