With a smug smile, Rose arched her eyebrows and patted her rounded belly,

“We’ll just have to see how our son turns out. I just hope he doesn’t inherit your

emotional intelligence and end up driving his future wife away.”

“If that ever happens, it won’t just be about getting back at him for your sake,

we’ll be lucky if we can even keep our son around.”

As she spoke, Rose suddenly shivered.

“I have no idea if Damon will spoil his daughter. What am I thinking… Of course,

he will. I can’t even begin to imagine how far he’ll go. If our son ever crosses his

little princess, I dread to think what kind of crazed things he might do.”

Enter title…

Morrison frowned, torn between which matter to address first. Should he

comment on her dig about his emotional intelligence, or Damon’s potential for

madness?

But before he could get a word in, Rose had already taken a deep breath and

continued. “Anyway, it’s their own business. If our boy really does end up hurting

Little Moon’s feelings and gets a taste of his own medicine, he’ll have it coming,

right?”d2

She turned her gaze to Morrison with a swift shift in tone.

Morrison’s scalp tingled, “Why do I feel like there’s a hidden message in what

you’re saying?”

Rose chuckled, “Oh no, you’re just overthinking it. So, do you agree with me?”

That smile seemed eerily mischievous.

Morrison chuckled nervously, “Whatever you say is right, dear.”

Rose looked pleased, “Mm-hmm.”

Carrying twins was proving to be quite the challenge for Chloe. At eight months,

Damon had flown in the best doctors from overseas and had Jane on a 24-hour

watch by Chloe’s side.

In truth, Chloe was faring better than many other women expecting twins, but

when had Damon ever paid attention to the pregnancies of others?

He attended all of Chloe’s appointments, which were private, and he had only

seen a few other expectant mothers, all with single pregnancies. Next to Chloe’s

belly, they seemed to have it easy, making Damon even more cautious.

By the eighth month, walking had indeed become a struggle. Chloe graciously

There was no point

face now.

edge, fearing any possible mishap,

own—she let

friends and family,

to

in now and then, sometimes disappearing for lengths

other times appearing almost every

book to keep Stanley at bay,

openly engage in a

with him.

spent his spare

as it became apparent that their antics

and let them have

tell Chloe was worried,

as not

seemed Damon had found an

with Anya to visit Chloe, and as soon as they

to hug

my

on the horizon, Chloe saw Anya with

seeing her as a daughter. “They’re doing

she replied, her voice

Chloe’s belly,

hand gently on it, patting

are my little cousins, so it’s

them. I promise I’ll

very sweet of you, Anya.

though. Will you be okay

confidently, “It’s okay. They’re little, so a

my best to keep

was soft and endearing, trying so hard

thought of

made Chloe’s heart swell with

joined them, she couldn’t help but smile at

Chloe, though her

amusement and resignation.

careful not to bump into Chloe,

Anya replied, then turned back to Chloe’s

playing now?

her head,

“I see.”

probably eager

nearby sofa, swinging her

them to wake up and then we

out a resigned laugh and said to Chloe,

she’s been obsessed with

I get bored at home, and Anya

like having

young. You never know when she might accidentally cause

smiled softly, changing the subject, “Did Nathan bring you

“No, he’s been

her demeanor was

had stopped swinging her

to see

knitted together, noticing Yulia’s

you know

her head, “I don’t. But I

different.”

raised an

unexpected turn, one

even in the innocent setting

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