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
Eugene had been sulking in silence for quite a while. When he saw no one in the family could talk his uncle out of it, he suddenly snapped. "Well, I don’t agree! Uncle’s completely out of line. He knows I like Adora, and he still wants to steal her from me!""Shut your mouth!" Kenneth finally los
"The Matthews family is even more selfish than you," Adora said quietly.Louis gave a short, almost amused nod. "Yeah, no argument there," he replied, half-serious, half-teasing. "They’re not just selfish—they’re ignorant, shortsighted, completely missing the point."After all, the Matthews were ob
Adora gently held Laura back, and Holden quickly stepped in to explain the situation to the staff, restoring calm to the gallery floor.“Miss Matthews, would you prefer to handle this somewhere more private?” Holden asked, his tone both respectful and protective. He’d only recently learned her true
Ever since she realized how Louis felt, Adora had been avoiding him. They lived in different worlds, and she wasn’t interested in falling in love again.There was simply no need for entanglements.But just because she didn’t answer her phone didn’t mean Louis had no other ways to contact her.Her b







