All Chapters of Loving You Is Hard: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

 Three very excited small children were running from the creek in the vast rural land of Cuandixia, a rural village couple of hours away from Beijing.The little girl shouted happily to the older boy, “James, don’t forget about us

 In the morning, Hannah had already gotten up early with the maids to prepare breakfast before being stopped by Martha and ordered to go put her on best clothes and get ready for a family meeting later with Henry and Esther. She assumed that a dull looking girl like Hannah would require much more time and effort to make her look presentable. Although Hannah was quite unable to spoil herself financially, she was given a small allowance from Martha frequently. After realizing she did not have m

I had already been with Uncle Henry and Aunty Esther for two weeks now. Martha’s household has avoided contact with me. The house here has been so busy lately getting ready for Uncle’s ‘welcome back’ party with the shareholders. I heard he’ll also use this time to introduce James and Phillip to them. While the maids and servants are occupied with endless duties from cleaning, rearranging, and decorating, Uncle and Aunty have asked me to just roam around and relax. Phillip and I have had much time to catch up some more. The more know Phillip, the more I’ve come to appreciate him as a brother in my life. Back then when we were young and poor in Cuandixia, Phillip had his own friend group and rarely hung out with James and I. But, distance makes the heart fonder and I think Phillip yearns to have a friend who’d listen genuinely to his thoughts as well. Despite the fact that he was once an alcoholic, it’s hard to imagine

When the guests left and the party ended, Uncle Henry called for a family meeting inside the mansion and purposely allowed Sherry to participate. “There’s more to my condition that I have yet to clarify. But it’s getting late so I’ll get the most important point over with. We can continue the rest tomorrow.” Martha was shocked as there was more. Henry was an impossible man!“Phillip, starting with you, you must get your life together and find a good wife. I understand if you want to marry outside of the Chinese seeing that we spent most of your childhood in France. Your mother and I have no problem with that. We just want you to finally mature and show us you care about others too. That’s the only way you can cater to people in the business.”“James,…You are not allowed to divorce Hannah.”Martha shot up from her seat, &ldquo

James was still lost in his thoughts when he heard a car pull up to the front of the front lobby. He immediately came to observe but hid behind the door frame of the dark room so he wouldn’t be seen. He could see the figure of the same man from before opening the car door and even walking her up the stairs. The man handed Hannah a small bouquet of flowers and quickly left. Hannah didn’t have much of an expression of than grateful and headed upstairs into the bathroom. During that time, James had already snuck into bed and pretended to sleep. Hannah proceeded to bed exhausted and did not give mind to James. During the night, James had accidentally kicked the body pillow to the end of the bed and only noticed when there was a fresh, sweet scent rising into his nose. When he awoke, he was already sleeping so closely to Hannah who was peacefully still asleep. Her brown hair was perfectly laying on the pillow and he couldn’t help but take a closer look