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.

the vintage style had

hours passed by in

Nathaniel put the children to bed and walked into the study, he found her

to the side. Her long eyelashes rested delicately on

carried her in

soft as before. If only she would let me

Coco to a photoshoot

was in charge of looking

do, from setting up equipment to preparing the outfits. The team only managed to finish half of

at night, the photographer suggested continuing the next day.

was busy the whole day. The first thing she did was to

When she walked out of the bathroom,

two kids to speak. “Quick. Ask Mommy when she’s coming back. It’s

them to Christina in an adorable

Christina finally relaxed. She explained that she might only be able to return home the next day due to

due to her

them, she hung up

body took up much space in the small bed, but the two children were willing to

lightning flashed across the sky, followed by a loud boom. The

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

scared of thunder?” Christina’s scared expression

gave birth to us, there was lightning and thunder. She even fell down and almost

more than us!” Camila said firmly. Nathaniel’s heart sank. He found it hard to breathe, as though someone was

children to sleep, he headed downstairs, started the car,

the edge of the bed as she listened to the

ago. The image of her driving to the hospital with a big belly

her thigh, and the waves of pain kept getting

her palms tightly, leaving five red marks