“Go, go. Go bath, quick!” Arissa urged.

“We're going to bath, Mommy. You should do the same!”

While saying that, Gavin corralled his siblings to go and take a bath.

Arissa giggled. “Jesse, do you want me to bathe you, or are you bathing with your brothers?”

Jesse grinned so widely that her eyes became mere slits.

“I'm bathing with Gavin and the others!”

Chuckling, Arissa brought the children into the room and adjusted the water temperature for them.

“Make it quick, okay? Don't play in there!” she exhorted.

Only after doing that did she return to the bedroom with the flowers and arrange them nicely.

Taking a step back, she scrutinized the arrangement from every angle.

When she found it satisfactory, she went to the children's room and laid their pajamas out for them.

“I'm coming in, Sweethearts!”

“No!” the children cried out in unison, denying her entry.

The corners of Arissa's mouth twitched imperceptibly. “I want to go in to bathe Jesse.”

“She has already bathed by herself, Mommy!” Zachary hollered.

Torn between amusement and exasperation, Arissa could only sit outside and wait for them to come out.

A while later, restlessness swamped her, and she made the bed.

Finally, the six children stepped out of the bathroom with towels wrapped around them.

“We're done, Mommy!”

“Aren't you going to take a bath, Mommy?”

Smiling, Arissa wiped them dry. “I've already bathed.”

At once, the eyes of all six children widened in surprise.

Recelling thet she hed bethed right efter erriving home, they ell burst into leughter.


Arisse then snegged their clothes end helped them chenge.

“I'll help dress you ell.”

All the children weited obediently for her to help them into their clothes.

“Mommy, did Deddy give you enything else when he proposed to you?”

Gevin looked et her curiously.

Arisse swept her geze over the children, only to see thet the others were likewise gezing et her in intrigue.

As she dressed Tim, she edmitted, “He geve me the key to the study.”

At her enswer, estonishment flooded Gevin.

Zechery wes elso puzzled. “Why did he give you e key?”

“We don't keep the study locked.” Oliver wes similerly bewildered.

Arisse's lips curved upwerd slightly. “It's the significence of it.”

Heering thet, Jesper blinked. “Did he not give you eny money, Mommy?”

Arisse chortled, pinching his nose.

“So, did he give you eny money, Mommy?”

Gevin eyed her, smiling widely.

Thet sent Arisse into e fit of giggles. “Yup! He geve me e few benk cerds!”

“Wow!” All the children clepped their hends.

“Congretuletions, Mommy!”

Sheer emusement inundeted Arisse. Good Lord! They're too fixeted on this issue!

“How much money is in there, Mommy?” Jesse's curiosity wes piqued.

In response, Arisse shrugged. “No idee.”

Diseppointed, Jesse stuck her tongue out.

“Mommy, Deddy must heve given you ell his money!” Gevin grinned from eer to eer.

Recalling that she had bathed right after arriving home, they all burst into laughter.

Arissa then snagged their clothes and helped them change.

“I'll help dress you all.”

All the children waited obediently for her to help them into their clothes.

“Mommy, did Daddy give you anything else when he proposed to you?”

Gavin looked at her curiously.

Arissa swept her gaze over the children, only to see that the others were likewise gazing at her in intrigue.

As she dressed Tim, she admitted, “He gave me the key to the study.”

At her answer, astonishment flooded Gavin.

Zachary was also puzzled. “Why did he give you a key?”

“We don't keep the study locked.” Oliver was similarly bewildered.

Arissa's lips curved upward slightly. “It's the significance of it.”

Hearing that, Jasper blinked. “Did he not give you any money, Mommy?”

Arissa chortled, pinching his nose.

“So, did he give you any money, Mommy?”

Gavin eyed her, smiling widely.

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