Sebastian looked at the broken pieces on the ground and felt a bit of a headache.

He chided himself internally. He was already 28, yet he felt like a newbie in this area.

It was one thing for her to be nervous, but he was nervous as well.

Clearly, he was just too inexperienced.

Years later, Stephanie would tell their kids, "When your dad and I were dating, even though he was nine years older than me, he was more immature. He even got so nervous over a kiss that he broke a plate." Sebastian grumpily retorted, "That was just a slip of my hand."

But the kids just laughed at their mother's teasing, not even giving him a chance to explain.

But that's all water under the bridge.

Since the party was in the evening, they spent the afternoon lounging on the sofa after lunch, watching TV.

Stephanie even put a blanket on the couch to cover their legs. Leaning against the cushion, it was both comfortable and warm.

This was Sebastian's first time chilling at home, and initially, it felt a bit odd.

But eventually, he got used to her pace, lazily leaning on the couch together, watching those soppy romance dramas that women love. Gradually, Stephanie's head rested on his shoulder.

It was so natural.

was so mundane, yet Sebastian was utterly

due to a lack of sleep the night before, had dozed

her leaning against him. Towards the end, he started to feel sleepy himself and dozed off with her

sene almighty President Ingram, who seemed like a god,

boyfriend at that moment,

spacious,

entire living room

warmth.

get dark, the

Maddie Palmer were

coming, she went to pick up Gillian early. Dashiell came

and Gracie arrived

Morris and Emily

was the last one

cooking, he was thrilled

clue that Sebastian invited him with a prank in

wasted and had

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