MasukAnd 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,"
The kiss deepened, his tongue sliding against mine in a way that made my knees weak. "Tristan," I breathed when he moved to kiss my neck, his lips finding that sensitive spot just below my ear that always made me melt. "We're in an empty house." "Exactly," he murmured against my skin, his breath h
Chapter 176 Tristan I followed her around like a puppy, pushing the cart and trying not to think too hard about how much money we were spending because none of it mattered, nothing mattered except making sure our babies had everything they could possibly need. "What do you think about this one?"
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







