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.

in his late thirties with a handsome face. I turned to look at him, nodding. “Do you need

and shook his head. “I

one who interviewed me when I first applied for a job here. Looking confused as he read over my resume, he had asked, “You graduated from a reputable university, so why

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

eyebrow, smiling in amusement. It was true that the rest of the job positions in the

different, and it had

together. We eventually became closer after learning that

times when he couldn’t pick his son up from school and would occasionally ask me to

his car. The drive to school

senior citizens in the crowd, sitting in the rest area outside the

sit down over there

minutes isn’t that long.” Perhaps it was the postpartum side effects, but my body was easily prone

the topic 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

go on business trips. Summer gets scared when she’s home alone.” I refused, shaking

receptionist. After all, R Province is a small city. There

owlishly. The offer did sound tempting. “How

waste of your talents. Plus,

wasn’t wrong. The expenses and cost of buying a house after leaving J City

interests at her age. I was considering signing her up for