He gently poked her cheek, thinking his finger would pass through, but instead, her cheek dipped and the smooth soft texture of her face made his heart race. 1

Is this real? Is my mum really back?!

He touched her nose and then played with her eyelashes. When he saw her eyes moving, Valen chuckled but didn’t stop. He continued to play with her face before an idea struck him.

He got down from the bed and hurried to his wardrobe where his school bag was. He brought out a marker and hurried back to the bed.

Valen uncapped the marker and started drawing on his mother’s face with soft laughter now and then.

Once he was done, he kept the marker on the top of the drawer beside the bed before he wrapped his hand around her and went to sleep again.

A few hours later, Jeslyn awakens to the delicious aroma of coffee.

“Mum, you’re awake.”

Jeslyn sat up and looked around, her son had brought her breakfast and was arranging them on the table with his uniform on.

“Son?” She’s finally home, back to her comfort zone.

“I made you something to eat. This is one of the dishes I learnt in your absence. I hope you like it.” The boy tried not to smile. He was quite nervous that his mother wouldn’t find the food to her taste.

When Jeslyn heard that, she was stunned. “You learned how to cook? And this is for me?”

The drawings on his mother’s face made

“Hahaha…that’s my son!”

A cup of black coffee sitting by the side. Strawberries, berries, and diced bananas arranged beautifully inside a

This is beautiful!!”

urged, feeling quite restless.

“This tastes delicious!” With the other hand, she picked the toast and took a bite. It was nothing special.

she gave him a thumbs up. “The toast is nothing special…However,” she took

the house. If she said his

She pulled him to take a seat. Valen didn’t eat the toast but

happened to grandma?”

to jump from an eight story building. Her landing was horrible, so she broke her knees.” Jeslyn

her chances of walking

I’ll have Doc Matt take a look

talk on the phone and she’d tell him a little of what she was going through. She didn’t address Mr. Hwang as her father, so the intelligent Valen immediately knew that their relationship was

see him. Good thing I didn’t because I wouldn’t have known what to do with his face in

back of his mother’s hand and said, “Don’t be aggrieved, mom, everything will be

“You’ve grown taller. How is school? The last time I asked you, you refused to say anything.”

boring lessons and annoying flies.”

me about the annoying ‘flies“, she winked.

the gossipy look on her face. “Just don’t give me a sister

your girlfriend?”

rather become

see enemies to lovers in the air!” Jeslyn laughed boisterously while clapping. She couldn’t contain

excited she was, Valen didn’t want to stop that happiness. His father told him to take care of her, so if making fun of him would make her this happy, he’d gladly let her continue, but truth be told, the sight of Mia or whatever her name is, disgust him. As little

did in school yesterday, Valen didn’t

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