It was one of those rare days when Anna had the entire house to herself. The kids had gone to visit their grandparents at the old house, and Mo Xing had headed to work earlier that morning, leaving the spacious home unusually quiet. She leaned back into the plush sofa, a web novel open on her tablet, her eyes lazily scanning the screen. Though she loved her peaceful moments, she was growing a bit restless with the stillness.
The story she was reading was good enough, but the quiet in the house made her feel more disconnected from the world than she was used to. After everything that had happened recently, with the gala, Mo Xing's return, and the rumors swirling around them, this stillness was something she wasn't sure she liked.
Sighing, Anna pulled her legs up onto the couch and leaned back further, the silence of the house settling around her like a blanket. Just as she was about to dive deeper into the web novel, the sound of the doorbell startled her.
