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
On the other end, Louis gave a deliberate little cough.These days, with Adora’s postpartum cycle returning, they hadn’t been intimate for over a week.The screen revealed nothing, yet his mind couldn’t help but fill in the blanks, and the more he tried to suppress it, the more vivid it became.Ador
The girl went on and on with her complaints, while Nathan stayed silent, but in his ears her words kept repeating, “Miss Shaw, Miss Shaw.”That damned woman!When they were together, she had been all sweet words and clingy affection, acting as if she couldn’t live without him.Yet after the breakup,
Adora’s eyes widened in shock. “Marry into her family?”“Yes, plenty of men these days don’t mind. They are more open-minded.”Claire was just as startled. “I’ve honestly never thought about that…”“You could consider it. I think it’s workable—if he really loves you and wants to be with you.”After
The newborns’ skin was red and wrinkled, their tiny mouths wide open in loud cries—hardly what anyone would call beautiful.But the moment Adora laid eyes on her baby, it was as if her chest had been struck hard, tears sliding down before she could stop them.This was the child she had carried for t







