The next day, she gave Martha a phone call. “Sonnet, why did you call?” Martha said in an extremely concerned tone. Sonnet huffed coldly. The Coles must know about Maxwell’s death. Martha was probably being so nice to her because she assumed that she had plenty of money. “I’m not calling you for any reason. I just wanted to remind you to pay more attention to Jessie, your precious daughter,” Sonnet said coldly.However, Martha said, “What do you mean by that? You’re my precious daughter. Jessie isn’t my biological daughter!” Sonnet was stunned. She did not expect Martha to say something like that. In the past, she doted on Jessie and treated her like a princess. Why was she now…“If you didn’t mention, I would’ve forgotten that I’m your biological daughter!” Sonnet said in a mocking tone. Martha said, “I wronged you in the past. I’ll compensate you well in the future!” “My husband is dead. I need to support two children and my father, who’s living with a disability.
During the day, Sonnet went to work while the children attended kindergarten. Therefore, Sophia went over to Sonnet’s place to help Winnie look after Myles. At night, both families had dinner together after Sonnet returned from work. During dinner, Sophia suddenly said, “It seems like the occupancy rate of our block isn’t that high.” “How is that possible?!” Lindy retorted with her mouth full of food. “It’s hard for one to get a lease on any properties within this residential area because of how conveniently it’s located and the how reasonable the property’s prices are. How can there be a low occupancy rate? One of my colleague’s sisters couldn’t manage to get a property here even after asking around all her connections!” Sophia tilted her head and said, “That’s really odd. We’ve never seen any residents from this block while walking in and out during the daytime!” “There are two units per floor and a total of seven floors in this block. There are only fourteen units in the
“Sir, is someone moving in?” Sophia asked. “Yes.” “Which floor are they moving to?” “Unit 405 on the fourth floor.”Sonnet tried calming Lindy down, “Don’t overthink. Someone’s moving in right now. Everything was probably a coincidence.” Lindy smiled and held the children’s hands. She said, “Come on, let’s digest our food.” There was a foot reflexology path and some health and exercise equipment in the residential area. Sonnet pushed her father around as both families started using the exercise equipment. They then took a brief walk. It was already half past nine at night when they returned home. The truck had left a long time ago. Sonnet raised her head to look up at the building block instinctively. The windows of unit 405 were still dark. It appeared that the men were only here to move the furniture into the unit. The resident had not moved in yet. Lune raised her head to look up as well. She remarked curiously, “I wonder who’ll be moving into the unit below us. It’
They returned home after discussing their neighbors. Upon arriving home, Winnie had already cleaned up the place. There were a few rubbish bags piled up in front of the door.Sonnet picked up the rubbish bags and headed downstairs to discard them. She caught sight of a Bentley driving into the parking spot downstairs as soon as she walked out of the unit.It was the parking spot of unit 405. It was right next to the parking spot of unit 505, which was where she lived. The driver opened the door, and a man’s long leg extended out from the car. The street light was next to the car. Therefore, Sonnet clearly saw the black suit pants that the man was wearing. His leather shoes were brightly polished as well. Sonnet suddenly thought about Jaybie’s predictions. Her gaze moved upwards. She wanted to see if Jaybie’s predictions were correct. A tall figure came out from the car. The man had wide shoulders and a slender waist. He was dressed in a tidy business suit. He had an excell
“Honk honk honk!” The man’s car horn sounded as it drove away into the distance… Lune grabbed Sonnet’s arm as soon as she walked into the unit. “Mom, was Jaybie right?” Lune noticed the look of confusion on Sonnet’s face. She explained, “From the balcony, I saw you chatting with the man downstairs. I saw him. He’s rather tall. Did Jaybie get his other features right?” Sonnet burst out into laughter. She recalled the man that she had just seen downstairs. “He got it pretty much right…” “Is he handsome?” Lune asked again. Sonnet laughed. Women were all the same. Regardless of how old they were, all women liked handsome guys! “He’s handsome,” she said. “Is he more handsome than Uncle Maxwell?” Lune questioned, blinking her eyes. “They’re both handsome in different ways.” This man was handsome, but in a different way from Maxwell. He exuded a sense of maturity and sexiness, whereas Maxwell was clean, neat, and good-looking. Lune clapped her hands excitedly. “I’
Maxwell’s heartbeat thumped loudly. He tried his best to remain calm. “My name is Johnson Yates.” Yates was his mother’s last name, and Johnson was similar to Sonnet’s. His name was a combination of the names of the two most important women in his life. “Johnson…Yates…” Sonnet nodded. “It’s a nice name.” She waved at him and bid him farewell. Before leaving, she even closed the door for him carefully. Maxwell pinched his palm with all his might when the door closed. She was right in front of him, but he could not touch her. What a torment it was! He suddenly realized that he had brought this upon himself by moving over! However, he could not bear to move away! He threw himself down on the sofa and fiddled with the skin on his face for some time. He then slowly removed the pieces of synthetic skin from his nose, the sides of his face, and the corners of his eyes. He toyed with the synthetic skin in his hands while muttering, “When can I throw you away…” Sonnet
Sonnet must not stop renting this unit! If Sonnet moved out, he would no longer be able to approach her in her daily life. “That’s true. We can look for an apartment building where many kids live in. We’ll then be able to have fun with plenty of friends!” Lune still wanted to make more friends. Sonnet, Jaybie, and Lune chatted while walking downstairs. Maxwell frowned as he dialed a number and said, “Arrange for some people to move over as soon as possible. Filter through the residents. They must have a clean record, and they must be nice and approachable as well. Right, it’d be great if they’re families with children around four to five years old. The children must be polite and intelligent…” Sonnet arrived home from work that evening. Lune grabbed her arm as soon as she arrived. “Mom, I’m truly blessed!” Sonnet burst out into laughter. “What happened?” “Did you know that a few families moved into the units upstairs today? There are children in two of the families that mo
“The founder of Paragon Education Group? Who’s he?” Sonnet asked.She had only ever bothered to teach the children in the special education school well. She rarely gossiped about such things. “Mr. Strombold. Don’t you know him?” Juliette rolled her eyes at her in disappointment. She started filling her in on everything, “Zachary Strombold is the founder of the Paragon Education Group. He has an ordinary family background. He started by opening a kindergarten and gradually expanded his education company. He’s now the gold standard in the education sector of Harbor City and the entire world! Most importantly…” Juliette stopped talking. There was a smitten gaze in her eyes. Sonnet had a bad premonition. Juliette then told her, “I love his handsome face!” Sonnet felt that this was Juliette’s true thoughts. She was truly obsessed with handsome men. How could she change herself? The aspirations and experiences that she had mentioned were simply excuses. She was mainly drawn to th