Chapter 98
“So I don’t get to receive any hug because I am not the sibling?” Bruce asked pouting his lips
The entire house became quiet as they looked at Bruce. Lyra looked at him in shock, what the hell?!
The children laughed as they all rushed to hug him
“Of course, we would hug you too, Daddy” Miley was the one who said this with a giggle.
Miley was already referring to him as daddy, this caused his heart to melt. He was so filled with joy, his eyes watered.
“I like you as my daddy” Miles also said.
“Now we have the same daddy and the same mommy!” Ryan exclaimed in bliss and the children couldn’t contain their happiness, they kept jumping and screaming for joy.
“I knew he was the one!” Miles kept screaming.
Tia looked at Lyra who was staring at her kids in shock. She was expecting the children to be mad at her, scream, and yell at her for keeping the truth away from them but that didn’t happen.
Tia chuckled before saying,
“You should be glad they are not asking any more questions,” she said to Lyra who came out of her daze. But they were so wrong to say that early because Ryan asked
“So when will you both be getting married?”
Henri and Tia burst into laughter while Bruce glanced at the blushing girl. He didn’t know whether she was embarrassed or she was angry because he could see her knitted brows but her face was red.
“We’ll decide that and get back to you” Bruce replied as he continued to stare at Lyra who snapped her head to look at him.
He winked at her and she turned red more than before. She quickly got up and ran upstairs causing everyone to laugh out loud.
Bruce spent the whole day with the kids before he finally went home. He couldn’t believe that he had two children and never knew, only the kids felt it. They could feel the bond so much that they didn’t want to stay away from each other.
He had only joked about deciding when they were going to get married but now he was beginning to think seriously about it. After the time he had spent with the kids, he could feel the bundle of joy that they were.
It’s no wonder Lyra was able to recover fast from her heartbreak unlike him who had no one except Ryan. Their house was full of love and happiness that he didn’t want to leave. He could see the reason why Henri always wanted to go there as well
It was like he had been the only one suffering while his kids were making sure that their mother was absolutely fine.
After what happened with Bryan, Lyra did break down. She couldn’t get herself back together for two weeks she remained in bed crying and fell sick also. But everyone was there for her including Ryan. Ryan didn’t just stay there to get over the loss of his mother, he had also stayed there because he knew the twins and his aunt Lyra needed him
So rather quickly, Lyra got back on her feet before Tia’s fashion show and since then they have all been fine.
Bruce received a call from Henri when he was about to sleep
“Sleeping already?” He asked Bruce
“Nahhhh, can’t sleep” Bruce replied and Henri chuckled
“You must be so happy” Bruce nodded to this even when he knew it wasn’t a question.
“I am. I’m happier about the way the children accepted me. I can’t remember the last time I felt so joyous”
Henri chuckled, “We could all see it”
“Really?” Bruce asked before saying, “I thought I hid it well”
Henri laughed, “If that’s how you hide things then you have to start learning all over again because we didn’t even notice whether you were hiding something or not. I’m happy for you Bruce but what is your plan?”
There was a short pause before he continued
“How do you plan to get Lyra back?” He asked.
Bruce smirked, “What makes you think that I’m going to get her back?”
“I saw the look in your eyes when she ran up to her room. You didn’t look like someone who would let her go”
Bruce grinned, “Then you know your boss too well”
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Bruce had spent so much time with the twins and Ryan that he had gotten to know a lot about them. He left the office for Henri to deal with while he spend his time with his children and also tried courting Lyra who had chosen to give him a cold shoulder
He and his kids decided to make a deal
“You help me out with your mother and we would give you a baby girl”
“Deal” Ryan was the first to stretch his hand to shake his father with a wide grin. He also wanted his father to have a wife as good as Lyra so why not
“Deal” Miles also replied as he shook hands with his father as well.
They all looked at Miley waiting for her to say something but she was being skeptical about it
“I don’t know…..” Their faces fell until she said
“I would prefer another boy. I don’t think I want a girl”
“What? But we are two boys already and just one girl! I want a girl” Ryan said
“I want a baby girl too” Miles also argued
Bruce could only release a breath of relief, he thought Miley didn’t want them together but that wasn’t the case at all. She was more concerned about having a baby boy than a baby girl.
“… Right, daddy?” The three of them looked at Bruce with eyes filled with expectations
Bruce frowned, what were they talking about? He didn’t know.
“Huh?”
“You and mommy will just have to give us twins again. A boy and a girl again”
“Hm hmm” he nodded at them and they all jumped for joy.
“So is it a deal?” He asked the little girl who stretched her hand for a handshake
“Deal!”
If Lyra knew what was going on behind her back she would kill Bruce.