Chapter 265: Stigma
I gulped nervously while Miss Evergreen’s eyes widened with shock at Edward’s harsh and direct comment. I guess in her years of being a teacher, she had never experienced a situation like this with her student’s parents before. One glance at Edward confirmed that he was truly upset and offended by what the teacher had just said. If I don’t try to halt this now, this whole parent-teacher conference will blow up.
“Umm...sorry about that. I’m sure that Edward is happy to learn that his children are...very smart...” I replied vaguely as I plastered a diplomatic smile on my face. Very smart...not geniuses. They are just very smart.
I grabbed Edward’s hand under the table and squeezed it tightly. I hope he understands how weird and rude his comment was just now. However, Edward didn’t seem to get my message at all or if he did, he didn’t care too much for it. He didn’t look at me or acknowledge my attempt to stop him. His eyes were glued on Miss Evergreen and those were not friendly eyes.
“I meant every word as I had just said them. My children may be smart, but they are not geniuses, and I don’t need anyone saying that they are,” Edward repeated bluntly, his tone cold.
“Edward...” I whispered his name desperately as I yanked on his hand. What is he saying?!
While Miss Evergreen was stunned and didn’t know how to react to Edward’s words, he just continued to stare at her with unamused eyes. It didn’t seem that Edward was willing to back down on this issue and I could sort of understand why...
Miss Evergreen was clearly uncomfortable with what she was hearing and didn’t know how to respond as Edward clearly thought her words were offensive. Edward was usually so good at handling conversation with people and so I never saw this coming. He was usually very diplomatic and knew how to handle all sorts of people in all sorts of situations; however, it seems like he has decided on a very harsh approach to our current situation.
“My children are normal,” Edward repeated stubbornly.
Ok. I know where this is all coming from, but Miss Evergreen doesn’t so...let’s just give her a break ok?