“That’s true. Dad is kind and gentle, but Big Brother… who does he take after? Mom, I’m curious too. Sometimes, when I talk to Big Brother, I feel like I’m being interrogated. It’s really unpleasant.”
Mariana sighed on the other end of the phone.
-I hope he doesn’t treat Lola that way. Gia, the baby seems to want to be put to sleep, so do it quickly. Let’s talk later.
“Okay, Mom. But don’t worry too much. Big Brother is not a child; he’ll figure it out.”
Mariana hung up first.
After finishing her call with Mariana, Gia looked up to see Kellen and Kelvin asleep in her bed. Kellen was patting Kelvin’s chest even in his sleep. It seemed he had fallen asleep while putting Kelvin to sleep.
Kellen, who started speaking early, is only three years old but has already mastered Alphabet. Sometimes, he can be quite temperamental and mischievous, but when I see him taking care of his younger sibling like this, he seems so mature that it warms my heart.
Watching Kellen and Kelvin asleep, Gia felt as if she were looking at her younger self and Dylan.
A person who is like the sky, the sea, and a tree to her.
That was her brother.
He was the one who had always protected her from all dangers, a reliable and admirable person who made sure she wouldn’t get hurt.
That’s why Gia wished for her brother’s happiness more than anyone else.
Seeing that her brother, who had never introduced a girl to their parents until now, took Lola home today, it seemed like they were truly dating with the intention of marriage.
Yet, for some reason, the feeling of unease that she could almost forget would suddenly resurface, perhaps because of Nia Aliza, who turns everything upside down.
He’s her brother, so he will surely know how to handle things well, but she hopes he won’t be swayed by any temptations in the future, just like he is now.
Trying to think positively, Gia comforted herself and approached the bed, picking up the children one by one and moving them to their bedroom.
As the car entered the East Coast Building parking lot, Lola tilted her head in confusion.
“Dear, where is this?”
“Why? Are you disappointed because it’s not where you wanted to go? I wonder what you were imagining.”
“No, no. It’s not that…”
With a flushed face, Lola shook her head vigorously and waved her hands.
“There’s no need to deny it that much.”
“Dear, I really didn’t think anything strange.”
“I just said I was curious about what you were thinking. Who said anything?”
Lola felt as if he was teasing her for some reason. And she felt like she was helplessly getting caught up in his playful antics.
But what could she do?
She was no match for him at all.
But she was curious.
Why did he bring her to the East Coast Building?
What on earth was it that he said they hadn’t done?
While Lola was lost in thought, Dylan parked the car and took her to the observation deck of the East Coast Building.
“Ah!”
The night view visible from the rooftop outdoor observation deck was so beautiful that it felt like looking at a painting. The lights of the buildings and bridges shimmered on the Orange River, and the long line of car lights on Olympic Boulevard sparkled like jewels, creating a romantic atmosphere that made exclamations of awe escape from Lola’s lips.
She wondered what she had been doing all this time without knowing such a wonderful place existed.
“Dear, this place is so pretty and nice.”
“Didn’t I tell you before? Let’s do everything that others do. People are doing a lot of things like this these days.”
Dylan pointed towards the art museum with his finger.
“They say if you write a wish on the wall of wishes, it will come true. Today, let’s write a wish here and hang it up, and next time, let’s go to the Eiffel Tower and hang a lock.”
So what he meant by things they hadn’t done was writing a wish on the wall of wishes.
Did he have such a romantic side to him?
Seeing another side of Dylan, Lola felt a new fondness for him.
Dylan pulled out a Post-it note from a vending machine and handed one to Lola.
Her heart raced with excitement at doing something for the first time. However, she found it hard to move the pen.
Even though Dylan had brought her to the wall of wishes after searching the internet for how modern couples date, he didn’t know what kind of wish he should write either.
“What are you going to write?”
How could he ask something like that so openly?
Lola blushed slightly and felt shy.
“Um… I don’t know. What should I write?”
