Myles was looking at his phone intently. Sonnet walked over to him and noticed that he was browsing through an online shopping site. “Oh, dad, have you started shopping online now?” Sonnet asked in a tone of feigned surprise. Myles put down his phone in slight embarrassment. “It’s getting cold nowadays. Aunt York has poor blood circulation. Her hands and feet get cold really easily. I’m thinking of buying an electric foot bath for her. That way, she can use it to take a foot bath every day.” “When it comes to things like this, you can just let me know. I can help Aunt York make the purchase.” Sonnet took his phone from him on purpose and looked at the online shopping site. Myles immediately said, “You’re all busy. I’m free anyways, so I wanted to take a look online. I can spend some of my free time doing it.” Of course, Sonnet understood her father’s intention. He wanted to purchase something for Aunt York personally. She glanced at her father and pretended to be nonc
Myles rubbed his hands together anxiously.Sonnet smiled secretly when she saw the expression on her father’s face. After a while, someone sat down at the table next to theirs. Sonnet secretly took a glance at the table and told Myles, “Lindy and Aunt York have arrived. He’s not here yet.” Both of them waited for a while. A loud voice then rang out at the table opposite them. “Hello, nice to meet both of you!” Myles froze slightly. He then told Sonnet, “Can you help me adjust my position? I’d like to take a look at the man.” Sonnet moved his wheelchair to a position where he could see the man from a gap in the screen. She could see that the man was tall and plump through the gap in the screen. He had a large beer belly. Sophia had a stiff expression on her face. She had not expected her daughter to bring her for a blind date. The man started asking Sophia questions after he sat down. “How old are you?” “I’m forty-seven years old,” Sophia told him. “Oh, you’re fiv
Myles and Sophia registered their marriage on a whim. On Monday, Lindy drove Myles and Sophia to the Civil Affairs Bureau. They registered their marriage there. At night, Sonnet and Lindy booked a table at Grand Harbor City Hotel. Both their families, Marcus, Johnson, Vespa, and her daughter, had a meal together. They considered the meal a wedding ceremony. During dinner, Marcus asked Myles and Sophia to show them their marriage certificate. Sophia took out the certificate and showed it to everyone in a slightly bashful manner.Marcus took the certificate and looked at it in detail. He then showed Lindy an obedient smile and said, “What a pretty certificate. When can we get one for ourselves as well…”Lindy smiled and said, “I know someone that prints fake certificates. I’ll introduce him to you soon. He can print as many marriage certificates as you want!” Marcus’s face crumpled at once. Everyone then burst out into laughter.They all returned home after dinner. Lindy in
The next morning, Sonnet and Lindy left the house to fetch Lune to kindergarten. They ran into Johnson downstairs. “Mr. Yates, you seemed busy with work, so I don’t want to give you any trouble. Moving forward, I’ll fetch Sonnet to her classes in the morning instead,” Lindy spoke up first. “I still have time to fetch Sonnet to work. Aren’t you busy with work as well? I don’t want to trouble you,” Johnson said. Lindy glanced at Sonnet. She held Lune’s hand and said, “Come on, let me compete with you. Let’s see who’ll run faster and arrive at the kindergarten first, alright?” Lune was immediately attracted by Lindy’s suggestion. “Sure, I’ll definitely run faster than you.” Both of them ran off quickly. Sonnet and Johnson were left standing there. Johnson said in a slightly worried tone, “Didn’t we agree to maintain our prior relationship? Why won’t you let me drive you to the university?”As Maxwell, he could not be with his wife often. Therefore, he had to accompany her mor
When Sonnet showered Jaybie at night, Jaybie asked her, “Mom, does a man’s mustache grow quickly?” Sonnet laughed and said, “You’re asking me the wrong person. You should ask your grandfather or Uncle Johnson instead.” After a momentary pause, she asked curiously, “Why are you asking me such a question all of a sudden?” “It looks like Uncle Johnson’s mustache grew longer again.” Jaybie and Lune had headed over to Johnson’s place to play for a while at night. “Huh?” Sonnet stopped showering him. “Don’t make things up. How can one’s mustache grow so quickly?”Although she did not have a mustache, she had basic common sense. She knew that it was impossible for one’s mustache to grow that much within a day. “I find it odd as well. However, Uncle Johnson’s mustache has really grown longer.” “You’re really observant,” Sonnet said casually.She did not think much about it. She guessed that Jaybie had assumed wrongly. However, she could not help but feel shocked after seeing Johnso
Maxwell finally put away his phone and continued working after Sonnet stopped replying to him. However, he realized that Gemma had stopped reporting to everyone. “Why did you stop again?” He asked with a frown across his face. “Mr. Yates, I’ve finished my report,” Gemma replied anxiously. She had finished her report a minute ago. Johnson had disregarded her all along! “Oh, I see. Who’s next?” Maxwell said calmly.Everyone in the room stared at each other.After a while, the employee taking down the meeting minutes reminded him softly, “There’s no one else. Everyone has finished reporting on their work statuses, Mr. Yates.” Maxwell coughed twice. He had been overly immersed in the text from his wife that he had forgotten that Gemma would be the last one to speak in the meeting! “Oh, alright. Let me say something then…” He recomposed himself and started getting to work again. When class was almost over, Sonnet received a text from Maxwell. The text read: [Let’s have lunch
Sonnet quickly walked to the entrance of the university and looked around her. She received a text on her phone. She took out her phone to take a look at once. Maxwell had texted her. The text read: [Look to your left. I’m inside the silver car.] She turned around to look to her left. There was an unassuming silver-colored car parked beneath a tree in the distance. The car did not have any lights turned on. She immediately walked over with large strides. She was about to open the door of the passenger seat when someone inside the car opened the door first. She bent down and saw a radiant smile on Maxwell’s face. “There’s no rush. I’ll wait for you. You’re pregnant now. You must look after yourself,” he told Sonnet. Sonnet smiled radiantly at him and said, “I just wanted to see you as soon as possible!” Maxwell’s heart almost melted after hearing her soft words.While interacting with Sonnet as Johnson over such a long time, Sonnet had never spoken to him in such a tone be
Maxwell pressed down on the accelerator. He drove towards the hotel that Lovey stayed in. He had just sent Lovey to school today morning. He had yet to check out from the hotel so he could borrow the space right now. They soon arrived at the car park of the hotel. After parking the car, Maxwell planned to order some takeout from the restaurant next to them. However, Sonnet called after him and took out a mask from her handbag. “It’s cold outside. Nobody will suspect you if you put on a mask. That way, you can minimize your exposure in public,” she said, putting on the mask for him. “Wait for me in the hotel,” Maxwell smiled at her and walked towards the restaurant in quick strides. Sonnet stood at the entrance of the hotel and waited for Maxwell. A while later, he arrived. “I’ve ordered some dishes and asked them to send them to us later. Let’s go upstairs.” He walked over to Sonnet’s side and wrapped his arm around her waist naturally.The receptionist was the same pe