Chapter 144

Once upon a time. Natalie recalled being just like Nate, stubbornly waiting for Brian who hadn’t come home on time. No matter how much Sadie tried to convince Natalie, Natalie would insist on waiting just a bit longer for him to join us for dinner, to come to bed and rest together.

Back then, Brian was always busy.

Perhaps it was more accurate to say he was perpetually caught up in a whirlwind of work.

But in those days, even if Brian exchanged just a few words with Natalie at the dinner table, or said “Goodnight” and told her not to stay up too late with her book, she’d secretly be thrilled for hours.

Looking back, it was like searching for sugar in a pile of shattered glass.

A cool breeze wafted in, carrying the faint scent of wilting roses and the robust aroma of the gardenias, a surprisingly pleasant yet piercing fragrance.

“Nate, are you cold?” Natalie asked, breaking the silence.

Nate

e sprang up from the ground, dashed over to where Natalle was, and snuggled into her embrace, his little hands chilly to the touch.

coaxed, a blend of fibs and enticement that finally got Nate to head

and Reid still hadn’t

check in, but now it seemed they

Natalie said to Sadie after a

much food…” Sadle

could finish. “He must be busy. Let’s not wait up or disturb

both Mom and Dad, it just didn’t feel complete But thankfully, this was the first

they finished dinner, it was late. Natalie took Nate

before sleep, Nate was still asking, “Is Daddy back

wake up in the morning, he’ll

on the balcony, staring at his laptop screen with a furrowed

always had that irritable demeanor and grumpy face. Strangely enough,

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when Robert was nothing but sweetness and attentiveness.

strange. No one could really say what was right or wrong. When

or six, she had liked Brian, dreaming that one day she could marry him and become his wife. Now

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