“It’s two o’clock.”

“Have you spent the entire night working again?”

 
 

“Mhm.”

“Make sure that you get plenty of sleep, okay?”

Although Evan had said something in return, she didn’t hear him because she had fallen asleep again after she had made herself clear.

 

Waking up the next morning, Nicole found herself running her hand across Evan’s position. To her utter surprise, she detected a frigid sensation on the empty space beside her.

 

Thus, she knew that he must have had roused himself from sleep ahead of her.

She brought herself out of the bed immediately. Once she put on her clothes, she dashed out of their bedroom and saw Evan by the children’s side, making their way out of the house.

 

Maya stared at her mother with her glistening pair of eyes and teased, “Mommy, you have overslept again!”

Juan told his mother, “Mommy, Daddy had forbidden us from passing by your room because he was afraid that we would wake you up.”

 

Similarly, Nina stated, “Mommy, I want to get myself a husband like Daddy. Otherwise, I won’t get to spend my time in bed like you.”

Nicole was speechless.

least two decades away from that! Why

don’t you set an achievable target? You do realize that you’re quite some time away from the things that you have

wrong with it? Let’s just think of it as a

F-Fine…

for them to leave. Thus, Nicole bade farewell to her children and her husband, “Alright! All of you should get going and head over to school! Have a

She blamed herself for being such a lazy bum. Ironically, she was the one who had told

don’t you get the driver

make my way to the office after I drop them off. You should get yourself ready and

departed

he dropped them off at school,

greeted him the moment he entered his

“Why are you here?”

 

look. Her current look reminded Evan of the innocent-looking Susan that

have dropped by to express my gratitude because I have gotten everything regarding the production sorted out. Apart from that, I have something for you. It’s about

a delicate glass bottle that had been filled with origami stars and showed it to

still remember your promise? You told me that

her words as she had brought up the things that he

being hopeful because I know that we won’t get to go stargazing anymore.

Evan’s table and made her way out

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