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
“She wasn’t perfect. Her family had been a disaster—selfish parents, a brother who leeched off her like a parasite. But she’d kept her head clear and never let them pull her under.”“Think about those three years she was trafficked—most people would never crawl out of that despair alive, but she did
Although Louis was already married and a father, he had never held a wedding.With his status, landing the role of best man was practically guaranteed.Adora watched her husband’s boyish side show through and playfully smacked him.He placed the call, but the first attempt was hung up on.Adora said
If she confronted him directly, he’d only bristle.So instead, her lips curved into a mischievous smile. Without a word, she walked over and slid straight into his lap.On the other end of the call, the doctors in their white coats froze. Faces shifted from shock to curiosity, before each politely a
Thinking of all the sleepless chaos that would follow, she almost preferred keeping them safely inside her belly a little longer.Louis tried again, his voice calm and reassuring. “Once they’re born, we’ll have night nurses. You won’t need to handle everything—you’ll be able to rest and recover pro







