Talk One Night

William followed Valentina upstairs, inevitably lamenting, "The love between your parents is truly enviable – seeing each other only seven times in their life, yet remaining so resolute. "What do you think your mother meant? Why would she choose to let him go time after time?" Valentina briskly replied, "I don't know." William playfully quickened his steps to catch up with her, "Perhaps I could guess. Do you want to hear it?" "No." Undeterred, William continued, "I suspect your mother, like you, was taken in by your father's handsome face, hence she could not bring herself to be hard on him more than once. In this regard, you two indeed resemble each other." Valentina shot him a glance, "Hmph, you sure know how to flatter yourself. I didn’t find your face palatable at the beginning, let alone love at first sight." "No worries, as long as you find my face pleasing now." As he spoke, he suddenly swooped Valentina into his arms and carried her in his arms. Valentina instinctively hooked h