"Mommy." Ace cried out while hugging her neck tightly.
Athena let out a sigh as she hugged him back, close to her heart.
"Ace, my baby!"
She whispered out while caressing his back lovingly.
Patricia brought him to the hospital after he started crying for uncountable times, demanding for his mommy and papa.
Athena walked out of the room and entered a small empty room with Ace in her arms.
She didn’t want him to make Dominic’s room more stressful than she already did.
And their friends gave them privacy by not following them.
They understood that Athena and Ace needed a mother and son bonding time.
"Mommy… Mommy, are you okay? Are you hurt? Did you cry?"
Ace pulled back from the hug while looking at her with teary eyes.
He was caressing her face with his small hands, making her smile at the sweet and cute gesture of her son.
"Oh, my baby.Calm down.Mommy is absolutely alright.See, mommy got no hurt.Mommy didn’t cry as well, my love." She said while cupping his face and kissed all over his face.
She expected him to giggle just like he usually does.
But instead of doing that, h e caught a hold of her face and looked at her with a cute frown.
"Your pretty eyes are wet…" He said while wiping a drop of tears which rolled down her cheeks as soon as she heard her baby.
"Aw, they are? Don’t worry, I just…washed my face.They are water.Mommy didn’t cry, I promise." She said while kissing his little hands.
How smart her precious little son was!
"But I was scared.I thought you were hurt."
He whimpered as he remembered something and hugged her again, making her worry.
She hugged him again with a small sigh.She will never be able to understand how her little son always finds out whenever she is hurt.
Just how?! There’s no way for him to know because everyone around him always stays very careful so that he doesn’t know.
Yet, somehow he always does.
"Why would you think so, baby?"
She asked while brushing off the thought and asked in a casual tone while thinking how she was going to convince him that she wasn’t hurt.
"Because I had a dream…"
He whispered out while still hugging her.
His words made her frown a little.
She pulled him back from the hug softly and looked at him with a small frown.
"A dream?" She asked with her eyebrows raised a little.
She didn’t want him to think that it was something bad and get scared from sharing it with her.
"Yes…" He nodded with a cute yet serious look on her face.
"What did you see in the dream?" She asked while trying not to sound very curious.
"I saw that you were in pain and crying.I was scared, mommy." He said in a trembling voice.
His lips quivered as he talked.
She could see that he was relieving the dream and was getting scared.
"Shh..Don’t cry, baby.See, mommy is okay.Absolutely fine.Mommy is not hurt at all." She said in an assuring tone while hugging him again.
She felt guilty for not going to him first.
How scared he was! Gosh, she felt guilty now! But the mate bond, that was as strong as her motherly instinct.She was stuck in between
"But papa is, isn’t he?"
Ace suddenly asked in a trembling tone, catching her off guard once again.
But this time it wasn’t only for him calling Dominic papa.
It was because of how confident he sounded while saying that Dominic was hurt.
What was she going to tell him? She would feel very guilty in lying to him once again.
"Papa.he he is …"
She stammered while thinking of ways to avoid this question.
that he was
a
again "Wh…what did you see about him, Ace?
asked, she couldn’t hide
dream about both of them
a little bit but
papa was hurt.Someone hurt him.He was in a lot of pain.He
couldn’t continue his act of acting strong.He
tears rolled down his eyes, making
be alright soon.Please stop
was hardly three and already seeing such dreams, what was that supposed to mean? Also, she was scared that he was
needed him to calm
her and wiping away the tears slowly she couldn’t lie while
down her pain and slowly nodded at
know how strong your papa
ready to coax him into her
he is my
suddenly exclaimed in a stubborn tone while looking at her with a cute
with raised eyebrows
just keeps
anger and possessiveness was so
made her
little and nodded at
your papa but he is your superhero as well, right?" She
to raise the topic about Dominic being his father until he calms
"Yes."
mumbled with a small nod, looking
strong?" She asked slowly and he frowned a little
"Yes"
He nodded once again
She asked once again, very close to prove
just need to pay for him. Can you do that?" She
to hear her
a lot for him." He
to pray for his
Give me a hug and a kissie!" She said with a grin while forwarding her face toward him for him to fulfil her
hugged her after giving her
pulled back from the hug and looked at her with a small pout "I want to see papa, mommy"He demanded while giving her puppy
see papa? Of course, you will see papa! We both will see papa.But before that, you have to tell mommy something." She said with a small smile
mommy." He
that your superhero
carefully to note down everything
grin "From
"I have known that for
while looking thoughtful but quickly shrugged his shoulders, not willing to work hard in remembering
Why does he talk like an adult? He badly needs friends of his age instead of hanging out with Nathan and
with a raised
"Yes, mommy"
head with a triumphant look on his face, making her look at him in
to hold the shock in
to surprise me Also, I didn’t want to make you sad.You fight a lot
at him with a look of disbelief.
giving you the surprise earlier and fighting with papa I promise not
won’t be able to fight him
are the
got happy hearing her and
"And you are the best baby in the
after a few seconds and looked at him
She called him
replied, he stopped crying
your superhero is your papa?" She asked with
if they were the one to leak this
He replied with a frown while trying to remember
frown because she knew he wasn’t lying. If no one told him then how did
He replied with a small shrug
"Huh?"
pure confusion trying to make sense of
"Oh, I remember!"
her look at him with a
"What, Ace?"
"I had a dream!"
with widened eyes, making her frown
that your
a stupid by asking him these questions After all, he was just a little
"Yes, mommy?"
excited which
you see in the dream " She asked while letting out
gul She is my friend She was very cute and she told me that my superhero is my papa when one day
a grin while sounding very confident about his words. She was totally confused at that moment But she left her hope of getting anything useful from her son because his words now started to
girl? Your friend? That really sounds like
chuckle but he was still
always tells me whenever you
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