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.

loosened my grip. “Can I go visit you then? Mr. Goldstein isn’t against that,

upset

my emotions as I watched Isabelle leave. It was six 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

called out to the man, but he

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

know you want some. Come on,

head sideways, then picked up a random book on the table and

is upside down,” I reminded the pouting man 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

would’ve eaten it myself if it wasn’t meant for someone special. Heck, I even queued all morning so that that special someone could have a nutritious meal. Not to

that, Christopher immediately turned around. “What? Why didn’t you

so you do care?” I quickly covered up my mouth to stop myself from laughing while Christopher’s face hardened even more. Seeing that, I inched closer with