LOGINAfter 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
Louis tilted his head back to look at her, a wicked curve tugging at his lips. “That’s all the gratitude I get?”“And what exactly do you want?”He didn’t answer, but his gaze drifted slowly down from her face until it rested, quite obviously, on her chest.The meaning couldn’t have been clearer.Ad
When she saw the caller ID, the easy smile on Adora’s face tightened instantly.Louis was about to hang another ornament when he caught sight of his wife staring at her phone with a change in expression. “Who is it?” he asked, concerned.“Peter,” Adora replied, already knowing what this meant. “Lo
Adora gave him a soft smile and, without bothering to be polite, sent him downstairs.With the house to herself for the moment, she looked around, unsure what to do.Blackie and White circled her, meowing. She crouched down, stroked Blackie’s round head, and murmured, “Your owner is going to have s
The equipment had malfunctioned without warning.She’d run out of air and cramped up in one leg. Luckily, the instructor had spotted her in time and pulled her up from the depths.After that, she avoided not just diving but even swimming for quite some time.“Why not try again today? I’ll go with y







