Chapter 216  1/3  The car drove smoothly along the road.  Sebastian turned up the temperature on the air conditioner.  Following the navigation route, the night road was quiet with few…

Chapter 215  Shane had bought a car before the New Year, but paperwork was still queued up for processing after work resumed. Since he couldn’t drive Valeria himself, he had…

Chapter 214  Valeria made a phone call to Margaret.  Margaret was coughing, so Valeria asked if she had taken her medicine.  Margaret said that she had and that she was…

Chapter 213  “Uncle Sebastian, you seem a little taller than that other man,” Leo remarked, noticing the  view was better.  Sebastian was four inches taller than Shane, so it was…

Chapter 212  152  “Hello,” Shane replied.  Selena’s leg injury hadn’t healed yet, so Shane was carrying her. At that moment, he set her down, and she tiptoed to grab Valeria’s…

Chapter 211  “I don’t want to go with Aunt Wendy.” Leo lowered his head. He thought that Alexander was fine, just older. They didn’t have much to talk about due…

Chapter 210  Valeria let Selena watch cartoons in the living room, then went to the kitchen to wash her hands and help Lucy.  Lucy was feeling a little sentimental.  The…

Chapter 209  1/2  Potato had a dopey and silly look as it lay in the living room, searching for the ball.  Pork Chop ran over and crouched by Valeria’s feet…

Chapter 208  1/2  Sebastian couldn’t stand how Valeria spoke such piercing words in such a calm, detached tone.  What did she mean when she said that there was no breaking…

Chapter 207  Sebastian’s silence as he suppressed an outburst was within Valeria’s expectations.  She kept speaking. “You don’t love me. Our relationship shouldn’t even exist. We live different lives, and…