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
"So we decided to honor that," Orion said. "To bring their dream to life, Tristan started on his house first and mine is a few months behind but by this time next year both houses will be finished." I looked at Sarah who had tears streaming down her face. "I had no idea," Sarah said, her voice bre
"Nothing feels broken," Dr. Chen said after what felt like an eternity. "They're badly bruised but intact, you're going to be very sore for the next week or two but they should heal fine." "What about the baby?" Tristan asked. "Could the hits to her ribs have affected the baby?" "The baby is very
Chapter 146 Athena "We're going to stay at Orion's for a few days," Tristan explained to Derek. "Just until we can get this place properly fixed up." "Good idea," Derek said. "I'll keep working on securing it while you're gone, get that window replaced, clean everything up."" "Thank you," Trista
That left just Derek and Kiara and it was painfully awkward as they both tried to leave at the same time without acknowledging each other. "Thank you for coming," Sarah said to both of them. "It meant a lot to have everyone here." "Thank you for hosting," Kiara said graciously, then surprised ever







