LOGINLately, no matter which car he drove, he would bring that little bear with him. Only today, he had not.She did not know whether he had forgotten or whether there was some reason he did not want to bring it.Katherine opened the car door, planning to go back to her own place and pack.Roundy nudged
Katherine froze.Then a faint ache spread through her chest, tender and bitter all at once.In her heart, she silently answered him.Because I couldn’t see any hope. I really had no other choice.Mark Winter, you jerk. Who told you to keep your heart so cold and hard all the time? I couldn’t get in.
For example, Mary’s surgery had seemed like an impossible mountain to Katherine. But with one phone call, he had arranged the specialist.Katherine lay there for a long time, slowly calming herself.Talking with her father had passed his anxiety on to her. But lying beside Mark, she quickly relaxed.
At that moment, Katherine was like a little puppy wagging its tail, pitifully hoping Mark would take her in and let her into his bedroom.Mark knew what she was worried about, but he was not in the mood to deal with her.He withdrew his gaze and said without emotion, “Suit yourself.”Then he went in
Of course, Grace did not look down on women for spending her son’s money. In fact, she had always despised stingy men who refused to spend money on women.But using Mark’s money to buy her an expensive gift would have seemed hypocritical. Worse, it would have carried the ugly smugness of someone poo
The break room was already quiet.Any sound slightly louder than a whisper felt as if someone outside might hear it, so Katherine instinctively lowered her voice.“Don’t be mad at me anymore.”She carefully tugged at Mark’s sleeve, waiting for his answer. But as for making it up to him, she was too
The good news was that Katherine Landon’s blind date was exactly the kind of man women dreamed about.The bad news was, she didn’t realize he was her blind date. So right in front of him, she scrolled through more than a dozen videos of guys showing off their abs.Whenever she found a good one, she
They did not have time to meet on purpose every day, yet somehow, not a single day passed without them seeing each other.Whenever Calvin saw her, he would naturally ask if she wanted to eat together.These days, Katherine could never seem to match schedules with the coworkers on the trip. She was a
That was the easiest position from which to protect someone.For a long time afterward, whenever Katherine remembered that scene, she could not bring herself to resent Mark. After all, he simply did not love her, but he had always taken very good care of her mother.And now, because of how reliable
Calvin’s expression remained perfectly normal.As if he had merely asked where they should eat later, not made the morally outrageous offer to become her other man.But he could not possibly be the kind of man who wanted someone else’s wife.“Calvin.” Katherine’s heart was racing. She lowered her vo







