After some thought, she retrieved her phone.

Throughout the day, other than feeling sluggish, Selena was constantly checking her phone. Although she tried to force herself to not check it, she realized she couldn't do it. After spending a day in absentmindedness, it was finally time to go home.

Arriving at home, even Juniper noticed that something was wrong with her. "Mom, are you in a relationship?"

Selena nearly stumbled over when she heard that. Is it that obvious? Why's everyone asking me the same question? she thought. "Juniper, you're overthinking this."

"But I have a feeling that you are." Juniper scrunched up her nose.

to bed now!" To be honest, she lacked the courage to tell Juniper the truth. Perhaps she

said, "Mommy, if you ever get into a relationship, you

After Juniper fell asleep, she returned to her room, only to notice that her curtains

but was disappointed to

cursed, her phone let out a beep. While she wasn't holding out much hope, she checked her phone to see a message from Pierre. 'Open the curtains. Look outside the

the situation, she muttered to herself, "You're the one who told me to open the curtains, so I'm not doing this out of my own volition! Hmph!" With that, she opened the curtains. As soon as she did so, fireworks lit up the night sky. One by one, they crawled higher and higher before finally bursting under the stars, livening

fireworks were only allowed on certain occasions,

had to admit that they were marvelous, so much so that her breathing hitched. While the fireworks bloomed and vanished one after the other, Selena looked across from her to see Pierre observing her from his spot. Apparently, the fireworks were intended to cheer her up. He was wearing a sinister smile while looking

message from him. Seeing that she had no reason to decline him, she left after putting

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