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.

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

“I intend

one who interviewed me when I first applied for a job here. Looking confused as he read over my resume, he had asked,

all work is equal.” I shrugged. “Besides, the salary of a

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

different, and it had a

might have been fate that brought the two of us together. We eventually became closer after learning that we were both single

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

hotel premises in his car. The drive to school took less than ten

There were also several senior

you sit down over there for a bit?” Colin pointed to an empty seat under the shadow of

minutes isn’t that long.” Perhaps it was the postpartum side

any further, glancing at his watch. “There’ll be an opening for a position with an attractive salary package. The only downside is that you will have to make business trips. I can talk with the higher-ups and make some arrangements for you if you’re

scared when she’s home alone.” I refused, shaking my

a receptionist. After all, R Province is a small city. There wouldn’t be many business trips or reception. So, the company

owlishly. The offer did sound tempting. “How

is a waste of your

wrong. The expenses and cost of buying a house after leaving J

hobbies and interests at her age.