Serenity could tell that the Yale family was poor. She was worried that Morris might feel out of place in the environment where Jacqueline was learning piano."Of course, I'll stand by him and not let anyone bully him," Jacqueline said."Then, you must help him mingle around, understand?" Serenity gently stroked her daughter's hair. "You have to realize that you're bringing him into a different world."Serenity sighed inwardly as Jacqueline somewhat understood what she was trying to tell her. She wondered if this arrangement would be a blessing or a curse for Morris.Meanwhile, Morris's parents were nagging him."Now that Jacqueline has taken a liking to you, you must work hard. Since she wants you to learn more pieces, you need to be diligent. You must please her and make her happy. Our family's future depends on Jacqueline! Got it?"Morris hesitated and replied softly, “Mhm.”He would make Jacqueline happy even if his parents hadn’t said so. He wanted to see her smile as it
"Morris is my friend, but Fred, you are very important to me!" Jacqueline answered.Frederick felt warm and fuzzy when he heard that. “So, are you saying that I’m more important than Morris?” He asked. Jacqueline nodded. Although she liked Morris’s piano playing and considered him a friend, Frederick was irreplaceable to her.Frederick's expression softened as he murmured, "Jacqueline, you are the most important person to me.” To Jacqueline, Frederick might only be “very important” because her world was filled with many significant people like her parents and siblings. But to Frederick, Jacqueline was his most important person, and he would do anything to protect her. In the master bedroom, Serenity was having a discussion with Jackson."I think Morris is a good kid, but his parents—" "Are suck-ups," Jackson interjected."I saw through their intentions. It’s understandable, though. Since Jacqueline likes Morris’s piano playing, by using their son, they could get some favo
"No way," Jackson said and leaned in closer to Serenity. "You still look very young in my eyes.""You always know how to make me happy," Serenity murmured. "In a few years, I'll have wrinkles and white hair.” "I'll grow old with you at the same time," Jackson said and pecked her cheek. "Serenity, growing old with you is my greatest joy. Thank you for not giving up on me and bringing our children to find me back then."Serenity wrapped her arms around Jackson's neck. "Should I thank you for falling in love with me again even after you were hypnotized?""Yeah, you can thank me properly tonight." Jackson planted a kiss on her brows, nose, and finally her lips. In a husky voice, he added, "Don't even think about stopping before I’m satisfied."Even though they had been married for years, Serenity still couldn't resist Jackson.He was always so attractive in her eyes. A word or a glance from him could make her heart skip a beat.Soon, she responded passionately to his kiss. Gr
As they wandered around, Coco suddenly stopped in front of a large display booth, her eyes shining brightly. “What’s wrong?” Lucas asked.“The third prize is a set of out-of-print comics,” Coco said. “I used to really like them. I remember reading them in the library back then, and now, you can’t find them anywhere. I can't believe they have them here. It’s a shame that they’re a prize.” If the comics were for sale, Coco would have bought them for her collection. Although these comics weren’t necessarily valuable, they held sentimental value for her.This set of comics was what inspired her to start drawing romance comics. She remembered how amazed she was the first time she read them. It never came across her mind that love stories could be told in such a way. Her craze for comics was partly due to this set of comics.“I’ll talk to the organizers and see if we can exchange something else for the third prize,” Lucas suggested.“No, that wouldn’t be fair. There are probably a l
When the girls in the audience heard Lucas mention his "wife", they sighed in disappointment.“So, do you like comics?” the host asked.“I didn’t initially, but my wife loves it, so I gradually started to like it too,” Lucas replied.The girls in the audience immediately began to chatter again, wondering what Lucas's wife looked like. The contest consisted of two parts—a quiz and a game segment.The quiz segment involved answering various comic-related questions, some of which only seasoned comic fans could answer. Even Coco had to think hard about some of them, and there were a few she couldn’t answer at all.But to Coco’s surprise, Lucas managed to answer almost all the questions correctly. He was always the first to write down his answers, missing only two questions in total.The host, slightly skeptical, asked, “Did you really start liking comics because of your wife? How long have you been interested in it?”“Less than three years,” Lucas answered.“That's impressive,
"He was smiling so tenderly at her!” "But his wife looks pretty ordinary, and it seemed like she had a limp when she walked! Maybe she's some rich woman, and he's her pet," someone speculated maliciously.However, another voice quickly countered, "Wait! That guy looked like Lucas! His wife does have a bit of a limp! It must be him, especially since he said his last name is Gomez!""Lucas?""The prince of the entertainment industry!"Suddenly, people around them started realizing who he was. Some began searching online for pictures of Lucas to confirm if the man they had just seen was indeed him.Moments later, someone in the crowd murmured, "The way he treated his wife made me believe in true love again."After Coco received her prized limited-edition comics, they didn’t continue exploring the comic convention much further. They had already seen most of what they wanted to.“Did you purposely calculate the scores just now? Is that why you purposely missed the last few throws?”
Just then, a van suddenly pulled up and screeched to a halt in front of her. Two young men wearing masks and baseball caps dressed in black, rushed toward Coco, reaching out to grab her.Coco was too stunned to react. Before she could process what was happening, several other people emerged from the side, blocking the attackers.With a few moves, they had subdued the attackers. Seeing this, the driver of the van tried to flee the scene quickly.What happened next left Coco even more bewildered. Several cars surrounded the van, forcing it to crash into the divider.Coco’s eyes widened in shock as she recognized one of the people who had subdued the attackers. He was one of Lucas’s bodyguards."You...""Sorry for the fright, Mrs. Gomez," the bodyguard said respectfully.Coco was feeling bewildered rather than frightened.Lucas rushed over in an instant. “Coco, are you alright?” He asked anxiously. Coco shook her head absentmindedly, thinking he seemed more affected than she w
Coco’s eyes widened. "All the time? So, you had these people following us from the first day we were here?""Not only here. It's been the same in Solaria too," Lucas said. "Coco, I lost you once, and I won't let myself make the same mistake twice."He couldn't afford to lose Coco again.At first, Coco wasn't too fond of being followed everywhere, but after today's incident, she knew that it was crucial. Lucas’s status naturally aroused greed in many people. And once greed took over their rationality, people would take desperate risks.Coco suddenly thought of something. "Wait. Did your bodyguards see us when we were... kissing by the roadside when no one was around?" Lucas awkwardly mumbled, "Maybe."‘It’s a yes, then,” Coco thought to herself while blushing. Then, she began looking around."What are you looking for?" Lucas asked."Looking for your bodyguards. Where are they now?" she replied."If you can spot them, I might as well fire them immediately.”Coco was at a l