MasukAfter thanking the officers, Louis checked the time—it was already half past nine.“Let’s head home. The temperature’s dropping; I don’t want anyone catching a cold.”Marcus stood still, muttering under his breath, “But Loraine’s favorite singer hasn’t even gone on yet…”Louis turned sharply toward
“He said he was thirsty, so I went to buy him a drink. I clearly told him not to move and when I got back, he was gone!”Loraine’s face went pale with worry. “Let’s look for him right now! I saw security guards and some police officers earlier. We can ask them for help!”The three of them forgot all
Mason, the quieter and more composed one, simply listened to the music, occasionally nodding along to the rhythm.The youngest, Manuel, was too short to see the stage at all, swallowed up by the crowd and left with nothing but the thundering music pounding in his ears.Before long, he got restless.
“Marcus, every time you sneak out, you use the same excuse,” Manuel said, crossing his arms. “Can’t you at least come up with something new?”Marcus froze. Loraine quickly jumped in with a smile. “Manuel, we really do have something serious to take care of this time. It’s boring stuff. You’d have w
“Raine, look, your fingers need to lift here, then drop cleanly. Watch my hand when I play.”In the Walker family’s grand music room, young Mason was patiently teaching Loraine how to play the piano.Sunlight streamed through the tall windows, half spilling over the glossy surface of the hundred-tho
Grace tried to lift her head, but she was too weak to manage even that small movement.A nurse quickly stepped forward and raised the head of the bed so that Grace only needed to lower her gaze to see the tiny baby in Laura’s arms.“A daughter… girls are so sweet,” Grace murmured, the words faint bu
"Nathan! Put me down! You lunatic! You thug!" Laura shouted, slung over his shoulder like a sack of grain, rough to the extreme.Hanging upside down, her head dangled behind his back while her stomach pressed hard against his shoulder. With each step he took, the jolt made her feel as if her insides
Nathan looked at Grace with a measure of respect. "Ma’am, do you truly believe this man can give your daughter happiness?"Vivian rose sharply at his words. "What do you mean by that? Do you realize what occasion this is? Leave at once or don’t blame us for being unkind!"Before she finished, severa
Grace could see her daughter’s absent look, and she already knew Nathan had shown up earlier, so it wasn’t hard to guess what had happened.Clearly, Laura still couldn’t let go of that playboy.But with her old friend and her son present, this wasn’t something she could say out loud, so she shifted
So that was what he feared?Laura replied decisively, “Don’t worry, she won’t. Even if she did, I wouldn’t agree.”Nathan relaxed. “Good.”Laura glanced at his hand still gripping her wrist, hinting for him to let go.Instead, Nathan lifted her hand to his lips, pressed a kiss on it, and sighed. “Th







