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
Louis’ brow furrowed even deeper. “So, you think living apart as a couple is the better solution?”“This isn’t living apart—it’s just a temporary situation we can’t avoid.”“No.” He rejected the idea flatly, without hesitation.She’d expected him to say no. But she wasn’t really asking for his per
“Yes. I don’t want you to go.”All the strength and composure she usually wore melted away.At the end of the day, she was still just a girl in her early twenties.But the pain and hardship she had endured in the past few years could rival what most people went through in a lifetime.She was tired,
Adora picked up her bag and got ready to leave.She hadn’t notified Louis yet.She just planned to step out of the private room first, then contact him and wait somewhere nearby.But just as she stood to go, the two deputy directors followed her.“Mr. Walker’s coming? Great, we’ll head down with you
Since that was the case, there was no need to worry further.They went back to the same courtyard-style private dining house for dinner and this time, they invited Nathan and Laura to join them.“He just got back from a work trip,” Louis explained. “Laura was worried about you but didn’t want to im







