Chapter forty-seven
After the proposal and our dinner, I accepted the invitation to go home with him. The ring was still on my finger, and it felt like a dream to have that moment come true. As much as the fear of him rejecting the pregnancy was in my head, I hadn't anticipated that Thomas was planning to make me his wife. The coincidence was completely perfect.
“The nanny has already put them to sleep,” he said when I opened the door to the twins' room.
I already loved them when they were just my students, but it made me very happy to know that I would be a part of their lives in the way they wanted me to be and, deep down, I would be too.
My girls...
“We'll have to wait until tomorrow to tell them.”
“That's fine with me.” He pulled my hair, leaving my neck exposed so he could sniff and nibble my skin.
“Thomas...” I moaned, shuddering.
“Come to my bed.” He turned me around so that I was facing him and took a firm hold of my waist, making me face him.
“I like hearing that...”
“é?”
I nodded.
Thomas leaned his head towards me, but before he could kiss me, we heard a low voice coming from the bedroom.
“Dad?”
“I think one of them has woken up.”
He snorted, and I laughed.
“Just tell me it won't be two at once.” He put his hand on my stomach.
“I don't think so, but we won't know until you have an ultrasound.”
“Dad?”
“Hello, child?” We poked our heads into the room, and I saw Mary get off the bed and come to the door, rubbing her little eyes.
“Have you arrived?”
“Yes, I've arrived.”
“I'm here too.”
“Helena!” She ran up and grabbed my waist.
“Helena?” Anne also stood up when she heard my name.
“Let's go into the living room, girls.” Thomas took Anne on his lap as she approached us.
“What?”
“Dad wants to talk to you.”
“Yes.”
We settled down on the sofa, and the twins stared at us while they waited to hear what their father had to say.
“We have two new features.”
They shook their heads, waiting. All the sleep that had been weighing down their little eyes a few minutes ago seemed to be dispelled.
“Is?” Mary leaned in.
“Yes,” I agreed.
“Helena and I are getting married.” He took my hand and kissed the back of it.
“Wow!” The twins celebrated.
“There's more.” I held their little hands and made them pay attention to us again.
“What else?”
“Do I talk, or do you talk?” I asked Thomas.
“Go ahead.”
“You're going to have a baby brother.” I took their little hands and put them on my stomach.
“Or little sister,” he added, leaning over to give me a kiss on the cheek.
“Mom!” Anne stood up and threw her arms around my neck. Her sister repeated the movement and soon they were both wrapping their arms around me.
I closed my eyes and held them close to me. The moment was so blissful that words couldn't describe it.
Thomas wrapped his arms around us and we stayed like that for a long moment.
I could never have predicted that the first moment I met that arrogant man, he would become the love of my life and give me the best family in the world.