Mag-log inAfter 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
She let out a cool, faint laugh. “Heh. But I know better—if you don’t want anyone to find out, don’t do it in the first place. Your husband’s powerful and wealthy. “If something really happened to you, he’d do whatever it takes to uncover the truth. You and I have no real conflict—aside from you b
Louis immediately understood and followed up, “The Sung family must’ve kicked her out.”“Exactly. They probably started questioning the baby’s paternity. To protect their reputation, they got rid of her.”They had both expected as much.The call went through, and it only rang a few times before bein
She didn’t know how Linda was reacting on the other end of the line, but as someone just listening in, Adora could feel the secondhand embarrassment burning hot across her own face.After Louis finished speaking, there was a brief silence.Not because Linda had nothing to say, but because she had ne
The next day, Adora didn’t get back to campus until nearly noon.Fiona wasn’t in the dorm, and she happened to be feeling drowsy, so she decided to nap first.It was all thanks to Louis.Using that “harmonizing energy” excuse, he’d gone at her three times in one night, draining her of every last bit







