Three years went by and Mason was having dinner with a lady at The One Gourmet, one of the most luxurious restaurants in the city. She holds the position of an assistant director in an investing company. At the same time, she was also the only daughter of the director of a group company.Her name was Ramona García.She liked him a lot. So, she asked him out in the name of business and had a dinner date with him. Arriving at the restaurant, he noticed the romantic vibes of the place and the overtly sexy dress Ramona was wearing. It was obvious what she was trying to do here.However, he didn’t call her out on it.He ate his dinner and talked about the details of their collaboration, not interested in her provocative dress in the least. He was like a devoted monk, who was unmoved in the face of temptation.Some time had passed and the lady started to get impatient. Holding a glass of red wine in her hands, she flashed him a tantalizing smile. “Now that we’re done with business, le

It started raining when he drove home. Switching on the wipers, he watched as the raindrops fell on his windshield, blurring the neon lights in the city. The night grew darker. Mason drove for another five minutes when he saw a white Maserati pulled over by the side of the road. A lady was opening the hood of the car with an umbrella in her hand. She took a look at the engine and went back to her car.It was Zoe.Stepping on the brakes lightly, he pulled over by her car. Then, he looked at her across the car window. She was panicking, unsure of what to do. It looked like she was searching for something, probably a business card.After a long time, she raised her head and noticed him. Both of them locked gazes, but no one uttered a single word. It seemed as if they were thrown back to the tragic split a few years ago and couldn’t pull themselves out of it.Raindrops rolled down their windows, reminiscent of the tears shed by heartbroken lovers. Much time had passed when he got

Zoe’s heart sank when she heard what Yanni said.Taking off her coat, she sat next to her daughter and rubbed her head. “Were you a good girl today? Did you take your pills?”She turned on the night light, casting a warm glow in the room. Yanni buried her face into the pillow listlessly. Her cheeks were fair and her hair was as black as coal. She looked beautiful and graceful. Then, she said softly, “Grandma gave me the pills! They tasted bitter.”Zoe's heart could just break. Holding Yanni’s cheeks, she said, “You’ll stop having nosebleeds once you go through the surgery. You won’t have to take any more pills either.”Yanni nodded in response.Leaping into Zoe’s arms, she said, “I miss Dad, Mom! Deborah said I’ll be seeing Dad soon. Is it true? She also told me that you’re going to make another baby with Dad.”That stunned Zoe. Deborah must’ve overheard her exchange with the doctor and told Yanni about Mason. She wasn’t pleased with it. Perhaps it was time she had a talk wit

Yanni recognized him. She knew Mason was his father, but she felt sorry for herself. He hadn’t been a part of her life for as long as she could remember. She knew she should’ve leaped into his arms, but all she could do was hold tight to her mother’s legs now.Holding her arms, Mason pulled her over to his side slowly. In the end, Yanni couldn’t hold herself back anymore and held him tight. A lump formed in Mason’s throat when he caught the whiff of formula off of her. She was just several months old when they left him. She felt a little shy, now that she was in her father’s embrace, but that did nothing to dull her sharp senses. It felt as if her dad was crying. Holding his cheeks, she stared at him with glinting eyes and blew at them, “Your eyes stung. Didn’t they, Dad? Here, I blew on it. You’ll feel better after this!”He ran his hands across her arms and legs. It had been forever since he last saw her and he had missed her badly. So, he wasn’t even half done rubbing his

What he said brought her to tears. Closing the door, she tugged her scarf and murmured, “What’s the point in saying this, Mason? It’s all in the past.”Then, he asked her, “What do I have to do to make you take me seriously?”Putting Yanni’s newly bought toy aside, he pinned Zoe to the door before she knew what happened.The fluorescent light was shining on them brightly, accentuating her delicate features.He stared intensely at her for a good while. After that, he turned her around abruptly, held her slender waist, and started pleasuring her slowly. Her voice was husky when she grumbled, “Mason!”Her body was shaking, but she didn’t so much as try to push him away. He knew why that was. The reason she came back to Brookesville was to have sex with him. However, he wouldn’t let her look at his expression. Pressing against her back, he asked her the way a husband would talk to his wife, “How long are you going to stay this time?”“About two to three months! I’ll go back to