Julie flicked a nervous glance at Boden and said, "Boden, in that case you need to know you have another cousin named Maria

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It was only natural that Boden wasn't aware of Maria's existence.

Over the years, the Smith family hadn't heard much from Julie. Boden only knew Julie had a daughter named Vivian. He had never heard that his aunt had another daughter, who turned out to be Maria.

"So, Maria should be younger, right? How old is she?" Boden asked out of curiosity.

Hearing this, Julie's face blushed a Little from embarrassment.

It suddenly occurred to her that her family would know that Vivian was the biological daughter, and Maria was just adopted.

"No, Boden. Maria is actually about the same age as me, only a few days older. Dad adopted her from his hometown just recently," Vivian explained as if it wasn't a big deal.

Hearing this, Boden was stunned.

His aunt and uncle already had a daughter of their own. It was rather weird that they would adopt another one, especially since Maria was already an adult.

For him, this seemed unwise, since bonds would be harder to fully develop.

Seeing Boden's reaction, Julie fell silent. She felt ashamed and frustrated at the same time.

She wanted to reprimand Vivian for talking about Maria in such a reckless manner. But on second thought, no matter how they introduced Maria, there wouldn't seem to be a perfect way.

After all, the idea of adopting Maria was not really out of good intentions.

Learning the situation, Boden somehow got curious about Maria. However, he didn't have that much expectation from her upon Learning where she came from.

Vivian added casually, "Why? Do you want to meet my sister? I'm afraid that it won't be possible right now since she had moved out recently to live with her boyfriend."

Boden couldn't help but raise an eyebrow after hearing this detail. Based on what Vivian said earlier, Maria was yet to reach 20 years of age.

But she already started to cohabit with someone? Wasn't she still too young for that?

Growing up, Boden was surrounded with strict upbringing. So, in his opinion, what Maria did was immoral and irresponsible.

“Well, it's fortunate that she isn't aunt's biological daughter. Otherwise, she's going to be a real disgrace to our family."