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.

found new WhatsApp messages on her phone, including two

of Zachary at his desk with his computer on, showing that he was indeed on a business trip

read: “Wife, I miss you. I’ll come back to pick you and Sonny up

for a long time before replying: “Go to bed early and don’t overwork yourself. I’m going to sleep too. Your son kept kicking me just now, as if protesting and telling

go to bed immediately, followed by

bed, feeling uncomfortable lying on her back because

he would keep messaging and make it hard for

Audrey and the others would head to Jensburg. Lilian had said

was in Wiltspoon, assessing Grandpa Jimenez’s health

everyone she cared about

Soon, she fell asleep.

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