로그인And then it was just us. Our family. I picked up Arianna while Tristan got Adrian, and we carried them upstairs to their nursery. The room had been redecorated twice as they'd grown—first to accommodate their crawling, then again when they started pulling up on furniture. Now it was a mix of cribs
Chapter 214 Athena I looked at Adrian in my arms, then at Arianna in Tristan's. They'd grown so much—both walking now (well, Arianna walked, Adrian preferred to crawl at high speed). Both babbling constantly in their own twin language that we couldn't quite decipher. Both showing more personality
Chapter 213 Athena The backyard was full of chaos—the beautiful, loud, messy kind of chaos that came from having a joint first birthday party for twins. I stood on the back porch, watching the scene unfold before me with a smile that felt permanently fixed on my face. Colorful balloons bobbed
Chapter 212 "Mama's sorry," I soothed, bouncing her gently. "But we need to figure this out before you touch any more plants, okay?" "Can I see?" Lily asked, pushing past the adults to get closer to the plant. "Wow, it's so pretty! And it smells good too." She was right. The plant was giving off
Chapter 211 Athena "The plant," I said, knowing I wasn't making sense but unable to form coherent thoughts. "The dying plant in the living room. She touched it. Tristan, she touched it and it came back to life." Silence. All three men just stared at me. "What?" Orion finally asked. "The plant
Chapter 210 Athena Six months. Six months since Adrian and Arianna had come home from the NICU, and I still sometimes woke up in the middle of the night to check that they were breathing. The monitors helped, their steady beeping had become the soundtrack of our lives, but the fear never comple
Chapter 185 Athena "My toast will be meaningful and concise." "Boring and sterile, you mean." "Professional and well-crafted." "Soulless and overly rehearsed." They glared at each other across the table, and I could see Sarah trying not to laugh into her wine glass. "You two are exhausting,"
Chapter 187 Athena "True," I agreed, watching as Sarah expertly soothed her son. I couldn't wait until that was me, holding my own baby, learning their cues and needs. The rest of the day passed in a happy blur. Tristan and I spent the afternoon at the new house, meeting with the interior design
Chapter 184 Athena "But now people know exactly when and where to be," Derek countered. "That's the point of clear communication." "We all have brains, Derek. We can figure out 'dinner in thirty minutes' without a PowerPoint presentation." "I never made a PowerPoint..." "You would if you could
Chapter 180 Athena "Congratulations," Derek said, his voice warm. "Both of you." Tristan came over then, and Derek held out his hand. They shook, and then Tristan pulled him into a hug too. "Thank you, brother," Tristan said. "For being there, for helping, for being part of our family." "Alway







