Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

Serenity followed Sonny and Titus to their room, watched them climb into bed, and tucked them in with a quilt. She turned on a small light, switched off the main one, and said, “Sleep well. Don’t get up to play, and don’t stay up talking all night. If I hear you talking, we’ll cancel tomorrow’s trip to the children’s park.”

Though the boys were only three or four years old, they chatted like adults when together, able to talk about anything for hours.

Serenity thought that when these two grew up, their sharp tongues would fool many.

Sonny and Titus exchanged glances and replied in unison, “We’ll go to sleep and won’t talk.”

They liked chatting, but going out to play tomorrow sounded better.

Serenity leaned in and kissed them goodnight, whispering, “Good night, have sweet dreams.”

She gently touched her nephew’s head.

Instead of leaving right away, Serenity sat outside the room until the boys were fast asleep, then she returned to her own room.

new WhatsApp messages on

was a photo of Zachary at his desk with his computer on,

miss you. I’ll come back to pick you and Sonny up when

I’m going to sleep

replied, telling her to go to bed immediately, followed by a hug

lay on her side in bed, feeling uncomfortable lying on her back because of her

didn’t reply to Zachary again, worried he would keep messaging and

would head to Jensburg. Lilian had said it would be in the next

was in Wiltspoon, assessing Grandpa Jimenez’s health

everyone she cared about

Soon, she fell asleep.

saw her parents with two strangers. Her subconscious told her the strangers