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
He’d already phrased it so politely—if she refused now, it would come off as rude.After hanging up, Adora thought it over and decided to let Louis know.But when she called, he didn’t pick up.Clearly, he was busy.Not long after, Shuan and his assistant arrived.Adora was feeling much better and c
That shut down all the mocking voices in an instant.…Adora followed Alex into a high-level executive meeting.Shuan proudly introduced her to the board. At first, many of the executives were clearly unimpressed, their expressions full of disdain and sarcasm.Shuan didn’t bother defending her. He
Adora took a seat and gave a faint smile. “But without Matthews Realty, he’s nothing.”She could more or less understand what Peter was thinking.He clearly wasn’t content living off a woman, so he used that lovestruck sugar mama to secure something for himself.After all, Matthews Realty was the fo
But she had barely been living there two or three days before Louis showed up without even telling her in advance.It was nearly 8 p.m. when Adora, having finished dinner, returned to the library to continue studying.Her phone buzzed. The library was too quiet, so she stepped out to the reading ar







