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
There were too many men like this.They were always the one at fault, yet they picked at the other person just to ease their own guilt.Adora worried she had misjudged him.But she also feared that if she spoke too soon and misled her friend, it might spark a bigger fight and end their relationship
But today, he hadn’t…Puzzled, Adora decided to call him herself.At that moment, Louis had just finished having blood drawn and was holding a cotton pad against his arm.When his phone rang, he saw it was Adora, but with one hand occupied, he couldn’t answer.When the call went unanswered, Adora fr
Today, he had spoken with several senior doctor in hepatobiliary surgery, and they’d all agreed—there was no single clear cause for liver cancer.It could be exhaustion, late nights, radiation exposure in the operating room, or even a random fungal or viral infection. Gene mutations were chance eve
Unable to resist, Louis pulled the woman who had just left his arms back against him, and Adora, in perfect sync, parted her legs to straddle his waist.Louis was tall—not just long-legged but with arms longer than most.With a single sweep of his arms, he could easily wrap the slender woman complet







