Grace Li started packing early Saturday morning, planning to move most of her stuff into the new place today so she could officially settle in tomorrow.
Housewarming parties weren’t exactly a must, but she wanted to stick to her family’s traditions and celebrate her new home with close friends and family. Given the short notice, she wasn’t inviting too many people—just her family, her team at work, and Isabella Hsueh.
Aiden Thompson showed up at her place at 8:30 AM. Grace was in charge of packing, while Aiden carried everything down to the underground parking lot. Besides clothes and daily essentials, she had a ton of books—three full boxes of them, which made for some serious lifting.
After three trips up and down the stairs, Aiden picked up another box of books when Grace called out,
