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Ivan’s POV

“Hi princess, Hey champ.” Andrei greeted with a smile on his face as he crouched in front of Adeline and Cassian.

“I’m sorry it took so long for us to meet but Uhm,” he continued, lifting his gaze to meet “I’m glad we finally got to meet.” He added as he extended his hand for a shake but they hugged him instead.

“If you’re brothers, how come you don’t look alike?” Adeline asked, I wasn’t expecting anything less than that from her.

Andrei and I laughed before finally explaining to them that we aren’t real brothers but foster brothers. It took a while for it to finally sink in but they soon got it.

“But despite that, he’s still family and I love him so much.” I finished with a smile and they both nodded. I could tell Andrei was holding back tears and I wanted to shorten the meeting but he insisted on getting to know them more.

Moving away so that I was going to give them the privacy that they needed, I walked over to Lexi who was still admiring her ring. I’ve always wanted th