Time had carved a soft, golden peace into the estate, a peace that once felt like a distant, impossible dream.The high arched windows of the grand master bedroom were thrown wide open, letting in the warm summer breeze that carried the sweet scent of blooming jasmine from the gardens below. Sunbeams danced across the white linen sheets, illuminating the quiet, heartwarming chaos of a family finally whole.Lila leaned back against the headboard, a soft, radiant smile softening her gray eyes. Draped in a silk robe, she held tiny, three-week-old twin girls cradled securely in her arms. One was wrapped in a soft blush-pink blanket, the other in cream. Both possessed tiny tufts of dark hair and slept with their delicate fists curled against their cheeks, making faint, contented snuffling sounds.Sitting right beside her on the bed, five-year-old Aiden held a small silver rattle, his big, curious silver eyes, so strikingly like his father’s, staring at the babies with absolute wonder."Mu
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