Let Me Stay The Night

After Christina returned home from work, Lucas and Camila ran to her. “Mommy, Daddy fetched us today! You should kiss Daddy as a reward!”

Whenever the two children did something praiseworthy, Christina would reward them with a kiss.

Christina glanced at Nathaniel awkwardly. “Daddy is an adult. He doesn’t like this kind of reward.”

The two kids turned to look at Nathaniel in confusion, hoping to get a definite answer.

“I want the reward, but if your mommy is unwilling, we can’t force her, okay?”

Christina harrumphed inwardly upon hearing his words. This pitiful approach will only fool children.

Lucas and Camila looked at Christina expectantly and uttered in unison, “Mommy, please give Daddy a reward. Don’t be so stingy.”

Christina’s ears flushed. Nathaniel is threatening me now that he has the kids’ support.

She quickly kissed Nathaniel on the check before she fled from the scene, rushing to the second floor.

Nathaniel patted the kids’ heads. “I’ll fetch you guys from school every day from now on. In return, you guys have to get Mommy to reward me, okay?”

Lucas narrowed his eyes, exuding a maturity that surpassed those of his peers. “Daddy, will you bring lollipops for me and Camila?”

“Of course!”

Camila and Lucas cheered joyfully and gave Nathaniel a high-five. “It’s a deal!”

In the study upstairs, Karen’s gown was finished. Karen was satisfied with the piece and wanted to order an even grander one next time.

Christina’s work progress exceeded her expectations, so she had an extra day to set up her preparations.

The theme of Coco’s photoshoot this time was vintage style.

Christina opened her tablet to look at relevant information and carefully analyzed the fashion styles and characteristics of the eighties.

that the vintage style had both an elegant and

hours passed by

put the children to bed and walked into

in her hands had dropped to the side. Her long eyelashes

carried her

light and soft as before. If only she would let

Christina followed Coco

charge of looking after Camila

to do, from setting up equipment to preparing the outfits. The

next day. In such circumstances, the team would have to stay overnight at this

first thing she did was to shower when

shower washed off her fatigue. When she walked out of the bathroom, her phone

the two kids to speak. “Quick. Ask Mommy

words and uttered them to Christina

might only

to her work, so

bidding farewell to them, she hung

the small bed, but the two children were

followed by a loud boom. The two kids instinctively

aren’t beside Mommy to keep her company. What should we do?” Camila looked outside

mommy very scared of thunder?” Christina’s scared expression flashed

heard it from Mr. Gunther. When Mommy gave birth to us, there was lightning and thunder. She even fell down and almost lost

Camila said firmly. Nathaniel’s heart sank. He found it hard to breathe, as though

he headed downstairs, started the car, and left

of the bed as she listened to the rumbling thunder. She hugged her knees

thunder and lightning were too similar to the night four years ago. The image of her

from the base of her thigh, and the waves of

her palms tightly, leaving five red