Love Coming from the Least Expected

The next morning, I woke up with a big, satisfied smile on my face. It was as if everything would work out as long as I had my mother by my side. A servant of the Goldsteins was already waiting for us when my mother and I walked out of the hotel. “Madam, I was ordered to take you back home.”

Refusing to let my mother go, I immediately grabbed her by the hand. “Can’t you live with me?”

“I’m a Goldstein now. Of course, I have to stay at the Goldstein residence, silly,” answered my mother with a warm smile as she ran her fingers through my messy hair.

made me realize that I had acted selfishly, so I loosened my grip. “Can I go visit you then? Mr. Goldstein

might be upset

in the morning when I reached home, and sitting on the couch in the living room was Christopher with a stony expression on his face. It was only after I saw Christopher in person that I remembered I had not contacted the man since

to the man, but he chose to

mad at me, just like Mark was after my mother’s disappearing act. After setting up the table, I asked Christopher what he would like for breakfast, but still, he would not talk to me. Like an upset overgrown child, Christopher pouted and

know you want some. Come on, don’t be

the table and pretended

by pointing at his book cover. After realizing that I was right, Christopher decided to toss the book aside and turned on the TV, continuing to pretend like he could not be

wasn’t meant for someone special. Heck, I even queued

around. “What? Why didn’t you sleep?

myself from laughing while Christopher’s face hardened even more. Seeing that, I inched closer