In Love, Never Say Never

“Do you want a Dad?” I asked her.

Surprisingly, Summer was more sensible than I expected. She shot back, “What about you?”

I smiled lightly. The darkness slowly descended over the city. On the way home, I gave her a bag of freshly baked chocolate buns.

The buns tasted delicious as we savored them, sitting on a stone bench in the yard.

Sometimes, I would dream of a young Macy running towards me with her arms full of mangoes.

We would slice the mangoes up and mix them with sugar. Our entire afternoon would be dedicated to doing only that.

I started sleeping better after Summer had gotten used to living in R Province. In fact, the sun was usually already high in the sky whenever I woke up.

There was a resort next to the R Province lake that was constructed about half a year ago. After finishing work at the restaurant, I headed over to the hotel to start my janitorial job.

The job was relatively easy. I only took up the job because it was near Summer’s school, so it was convenient for me to drop her off and pick her up.

It was late evening when I finished cleaning the hotel and changed into a set of new clothes, preparing to pick Summer up from school.

“Going to pick your daughter up?” Colin asked, leaning against a door frame.

broad man in his late thirties with a handsome face. I turned to look at him,

“I intend to go together

Looking confused as he read over my resume, he had asked, “You graduated from a reputable university, so why

is equal.” I shrugged. “Besides, the salary of a janitor isn’t that

eyebrow, smiling in amusement. It was true that the rest of the job positions in the hotel had trial periods and promotion

and it had a fixed, above-average

us together. We eventually became

job as a manager, there were times when he couldn’t pick his son up from school and would occasionally ask me

his car. The drive to

outside the kindergarten entrance. There were also several senior citizens in the crowd, sitting in the rest area outside the

still have five minutes. The sunshine is really bright today, so why don’t you sit down over there

that long.” Perhaps it was the postpartum side effects, but my body was easily prone to becoming sore

for a position with an attractive salary package. The only downside is

trips. Summer gets scared when she’s home

trips to attend to. Besides, you will receive two paychecks—another one as a receptionist. After all, R Province is a small city. There wouldn’t be many business trips or reception. So, the company believes that they could get one person to take up

sound tempting. “How much

briefly, then said, “You’re a graduate of a well-known university. Being a janitor is a waste of your talents. Plus, living costs are going to increase as Summer

expenses and cost of buying a house after leaving J

old, and most kids started developing hobbies and interests at her age. I was considering signing her