LOGINAnd 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
I thought Orion would back me up, insist she come stay with him at least until she was more settled. But he didn't. "That's probably a good idea," he said, kissing her forehead. "Start making it feel like home." Another betrayal, even though I knew it wasn't intentional. Orion was being supporti
"I'm not walking you out," I called after him as he stepped into the hallway. "Good," he called back, loud enough that I was sure other tenants could hear him. "I don't want anyone else eyeing my girlfriend." I shook my head with a smile, listening to his footsteps fade down the hallway. Derek had
Chapter 73 Athena's POV I slowly opened the door, and Tristan practically fell into my apartment. His weight crashed against me, and I had to brace myself against the doorframe to keep us both from tumbling to the floor. The smell hit me immediately - whiskey, strong and sharp, mixed with someth
Chapter 79 Tristan's POV I'd paused, staring into Sarah's eyes. She'd raised an eyebrow, waiting for me to respond to her question. I'd nodded slowly, but apparently that wasn't enough for her. "No, Tristan." She'd shaken her head firmly. "I need you to use your words. Do you love Athena?" I'd







