Sonnet caressed his face gently and said, “I hope you manage to resolve all of your problems quickly. That way, we’ll be able to live together soon.” Maxwell held her hands and pressed his lips against them. “I’ll try my best. I’ll work hard to resolve all of my problems as soon as possible!”“Do you need help? Marcus seemed to be pretty close to you. Why don’t you tell him that you’re still alive and ask him to help you out?” Sonnet was rather worried about him. In the past, he was just a foolish young man that stayed cooped up at home all day. He did not know many people. Although he did not lose his life in such a dangerous situation and even managed to recover from his mental impairments, it would still take him some time to build up his social network. “I don’t need his help for the time being. The fewer the number of people that know I’m alive, the better it’ll be for me.” “But you need help from other people as well…” “I’m getting help from some people. My dad had
Just when Sonnet started getting immersed in kissing Maxwell in the dim room, her phone suddenly rang. She instantly snapped out of the haze that she was in and took out her phone. Her heart lurched when she noticed that Lindy was calling her. She returned to her senses, walked away from Maxwell, and picked up the call. “Mom, why is it taking you so long to send the stinky tofu over the cleaner?” Jaybie’s voice rang out on the other end of the call. Sonnet was about to answer Jaybie’s question when Maxwell started biting on her earlobe from behind. “Mom?” Jaybie raised his voice on the other end of the call. Sonnet pushed Maxwell away frantically and glared at him. He then chuckled lowly and moved away from her. Taking a deep breath, Sonnet said to Jaybie, “Oh, I chatted with the cleaner for a while.” “Hand the phone over to the cleaner. I’d like to chat with her as well!” Lune came over and called out on the other end of the call. Sonnet started panicking. She then
Sonnet was doing some online shopping on her phone. When she heard someone come in, she looked up abruptly and met Maxwell's gaze again!Maxwell wailed inwardly. Was his dear wifey trying to stop him from going home or something?On the surface, though, he smiled at her sweetly. "Why haven't you gone home yet, darling?"He peeked over at Sonnet's phone. She was buying masks and caps for men.Sonnet's expression turned stern, and she asked him like a mother lecturing her child, "Well, why haven't you gone home yet?""I-I…" Maxwell could not come up with an answer. He wanted to say that he was trying to go home right now. Sonnet sighed softly, clearly misunderstanding something. She stood on her tiptoes and kissed his cheek, saying, "There, can you go home now?"Maxwell touched the spot where she kissed, his heart singing. Like a good boy, he nodded and walked back out.When he reached the door, he turned around and asked, "What are you buying, wifey?""A cap and masks for you.
"Alright, then. I just wanted to say that you can talk to me if you need help. There's no need to force yourself," Sonnet said exasperatedly and said good night before hanging up.As she watched Jaybie walking home excitedly, Sonnet felt a little worried.Ever since Jaybie found out that Johnson Yates was his biological father, he was becoming fonder and fonder of Johnson. Johnson was also very patient when he played with the kids, so they were rapidly growing close to him.It was obvious now that Jaybie would feel down whenever Johnson was too busy to play with him. Sonnet was really starting to worry that Jaybie would be distant from Maxwell once he returned. As they headed upstairs, Sonnet thought it over and ended up asking anyway. "Jaybie, you really like Uncle Johnson now, don't you?""Yeah! He's our biological father, after all. Are we not supposed to like him?" Jaybie looked up at Sonnet, replying innocently.Sonnet gulped. "Um… Between Uncle Maxwell and Uncle Johnson, w
At the Elysium, Howard laughed as he shrugged. "Maybe I should get someone to make you a full-head mask that you can take on and off as you please. You can carry it with you and swap disguises whenever!"Logan nearly spat out his wine. "Since when did you become a superhero, Mr. Brooks? Now you can even transform! Oi, Hayden, get him a cape and some underwear he can wear on the outside too!"Hayden collapsed onto the couch, laughing like a goose.Maxwell looked at his three mean friends wistfully, gritting his teeth.Marcus laughed too, though not as openly as the others. "That's quite a predicament you've found yourself in. I'm afraid you'll have to keep switching between your two roles more often from now on. I bet it'll be exhausting!"He thought it over and suggested, "Do you want me to get the landlord to retract the contract he gave Sonnet?"Before Maxwell could say anything, Hayden jumped up from the couch and waved his hands. "Stay out of this, Marcus! Maxwell looks like
Sonnet waved her off. "Why should I tag along? They're asking you out for lunch, not me."Laurel looked awkward. "It's actually a male classmate of mine from high school. I think he's interested in me, so it'd be awkward for me to have lunch with him alone…""You're not interested in him?" Sonnet finally understood. Laurel wanted her to be the third wheel."You know who I like, don't you?" Laurel lowered her head, saying shyly.Sonnet choked on her saliva.After she tried to persuade Laurel last time, Laurel never mentioned Lucas to her again. At first, Sonnet thought she had given up on Lucas, but it turned out Laurel had just kept her passion under wraps."Cough cough, celebrities are in a different world from us. If you ask me, you can continue idolizing him, but it won't be so easy to find a guy like him in real life."Sonnet felt a little guilty as she said that. After all, he was Laurel's unreachable dream, but both her and Lindy had already turned him down."I know that,
Sonnet looked in the direction Laurel was pointing and saw that the field was made of plastic. There were some students milling about, some jogging and working out, while others gathered together to chat.She was about to look away when something caught her eye.In a corner between the field and the lecture building, a few girls were surrounding another girl. The girl in the center suddenly fell to her knees and started polishing one of the other girls' shoes!Laurel followed Sonnet's gaze and gasped, "Could they be bullying her?""Call your classmate and ask him to intervene," Sonnet said solemnly. She hated bullying. She had once taught a student from the village who went to the city for middle school after graduating from elementary. Afterward, the student came back to the village and told her about how she was bullied and ostracized at the middle school. Back then, Sonnet had gone to the city and defended her student, so she was not going to ignore what she just saw this time
Lovey stiffened. "Nothing, nothing happened!""But I saw them do something mean to you.""T-That was a misunderstanding! I dirtied that girl's shoe, so it was only right that I cleaned it for her," Lovey said hurriedly.She did not want Maxwell's wife to know how pathetic she was.Sonnet fell silent, watching Lovey quietly.She could sense Lovey's hostility toward her, and she understood that the girl had unrealistic fantasies for Maxwell.If Sonnet was a young, innocent seventeen- or eighteen-year-old who met a man like Maxwell, she would probably fantasize about him too. Even so, Sonnet did not feel threatened in any way, because she knew that her silly husband would never do anything to this girl. His heart was hers and hers alone!"Alright, then. If you think what they did doesn't hurt your pride, I'll let it be," Sonnet said after a while. Since Lovey did not want her to intervene, then it would be best for her to stay out of it, lest Lovey turned around and bit the hand