Rafael:
-Daddy, you said we will never be separated! -affirmed my son Rafael Angel, sitting on my lap, in the carriage and waving his little hands in greeting.
-Yes, my love, that’s how it will be! We will always be the five of us together! Obviously, your grandma too,” I added, smiling, doing the same as they did.
-So, daddy! On your honeymoon trip, we will accompany you,” he exclaimed, in one breath, stopping smiling and looking at my face.
-How so? -I questioned, looking first at my wife, who put her hand to her mouth to hide a smile, and then I looked at him, expressing, “When you become a man and get married, you won’t want to take anyone with you, I assure you!
-However, daddy, you have said that you don’t want to be separated from us and we are willing to make the sacrifice of going with you, so as not to leave you alone,” he added, leaving me amazed at his astuteness.
-I won’t be alone, son! Your mother will come with me,” I clarified, about to burst out laughing, as did Sofia.
-I’ll take care of him! -I’ll take care of him,” Sofia said, “so that his dad comes back safe and sound, so that they can continue playing soccer and baseball with him,” she assured, to my rescue.
-Are you sure, mommy? We don’t want to be without daddy again,” Rafael Argenis exclaimed, making both of us look at each other in astonishment, understanding his doubts and fears.
Obviously, before these confessions of theirs, we decided to change something, our honeymoon plans?
-That’s right, Mommy! -repeated my other two children.
-Then, don’t worry anymore, everything is solved, we won’t be separated,” I promised them.
When we arrived at the store, the entrance with our children was magnificent. They celebrated, smiling and throwing rose petals to the guests. Sofia and I enjoyed our wedding. The organizers did an extraordinary job.
Once the celebration was over and before leaving for our honeymoon, I gave my wife and children a nice surprise. I chartered a plane bigger than mine, for a direct non-stop flight to the United Arab Emirates, exclusively to Dubai.
-My love, you’re a sweetheart! -Sofia shouted, kissing me, excited that we could take our children with us.
-Daddy, you’re the best! -cried my children, hugging me by the legs.
-You deserve that and more! For all the joy and happiness you bring me every day. You have come to me, to bring me happiness,” I added, hugging them with my hands, arms and kissing my wife on her soft, but hot lips.
“This trip was great, even though Sophia and I spent our time entertaining our children. We took them on rides and tours of their exotic tourist spots. Despite this, it was fun and adrenaline-charged, sneakily loving each other, while they slept or played.”
-When you love, you can do anything,” said Sofia, clinging to my neck, with a face of immense happiness, locked with me in the master bathroom of the presidential suite.
-That’s right, love! -I agreed with her.
-There is something, I was hoping to tell you on our first wedding night, alone and imagining a lot of things to do to you, in case you were affected by the news,” she smiled.
-What news, love? -I asked intrigued. “Why do you think it might affect me? -I questioned lovingly, without letting her go, while our children were playing in their room.
-Do you remember that days ago I woke up with colic and a lot of stomach discomfort? And that my mother put it down to prenuptial nerves,” she asked me, unbuttoning my shirt, putting her small hands to caress my chest.
-Yes,” I answered, feeling my body shudder at her caresses.
-Well, it wasn’t like that -she told me- I have a surprise for you!
-Tell me!!! -I said excitedly with a smile, presuming what she would tell me and without ceasing to experience what happens in my body when she caresses it, kisses it, seduces it.
-I’m pregnant! -she whispered in my ear. She took an envelope from the sink cabinet, took out an ultrasound and placed it in my hands.
-My love, you make me the happiest man! Can you imagine? That now we can have a female to help us tame that trio of little earthquakes we have,” I added happily, lifting her up and spinning her in the air.
-Heh, heh, heh! Then get ready, because they are twins, if they are female….
-Ah, oh, eh! I was speechless for a split second, I looked at the result of the ultrasound she handed me and read: “a six-week pregnancy with two gestational sacs”.
My reaction was on pilot, I lifted her up in my arms, walked out of the bathroom with her, took her straight to bed, where I loved her to pieces, without thinking that just a few meters away, our restless and intelligent triplets were awake.
Once, relaxed and cuddled, running my hands over her belly, I assured her:
-This time, we will do it as it should be, I will spoil you, you will not work, during pregnancy. Between me and the triplets, we will take care of you,” I assured her.
-My love, I am pregnant, not sick,” she exclaimed.
-Nothing, my love! When you told me everything you went through because of my triplets and obviously because of me, I asked God for a chance to show you how pleasant and beautiful it can be to live this stage of pregnancy and here it is,” I declared.
“So ma’am it will be my turn to take care of you, to pamper you and that’s what I will do…..
When I shared the news with my children, they went crazy with joy. They asked to be the ones to name them after her. From that moment on, we dedicated ourselves to spoil Sofia and give her the greatest happiness in this sweet wait for our twins.
One month later…
Sofia:
-Congratulations, Sheyli! I am happy that you have found love, I hope you are as happy as I am,” I added, congratulating my friend and sister, and I did the same with Martin.
-Congratulations, brother! -expressed Rafael, hugging his friend, “I wish you all the best.
-Thank you, Sofia! Thank you, Rafael! We owe this in part to you, who have joined us to your family circle and this has allowed us to meet and to celebrate this engagement today,” confirmed Martin, excitedly hugging Sheyli.
On the other hand, that same day, Diana and Sasha announced their new pregnancy. This was another reason for a big celebration. Rafael immediately called the caporal and the hacienda’s housekeeper to organize a dinner in the garden.
“Obviously, I will not do anything, since he has forbidden me, to take care of anything but him. Rafael called his mother to meet me as well as our children.”
After arriving from our honeymoon trip, he answered his mother’s call and made peace with her. For this reason, this engagement will help Camila get to know me and her grandchildren.
“I didn’t like the lady from the beginning, suddenly, I am predisposed, that’s why I kept a certain distance with her. However, with Anastasia I do feel this daughter-in-law-mother-in-law relationship, which fascinates me.”
A month later, the Narrator:
Shayla, leaving her prenatal visit alone, driving her own vehicle, was in a high-impact car accident that put both her life and her baby’s life at risk. However, she recovered, but lost her baby girl.
This situation caused her to fall into a strong depression, so she returned to the Morales mansion to keep Estefania company, who spent most of her time at the hacienda with her daughter and grandchildren.
A few days after this misfortune, Shayla, sitting on the terrace of the Morales mansion, when she opened her social networks, found out the fate of Jose David. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. This time, she did not cry.
Five months later, Sofia:
Finally, my twins were born, they were identical to their father, as he predicted, and they had the birthmark, but on one of their legs.
-Guess who our twins look like? -He asked me excitedly, as he held one of them in his arms, while Aunt Anastasia held the other one, after the cesarean section.
-Why don’t our children get anything from me? I pouted, which made my husband and mother-in-law Anastasia smile.
-Daughter! It must be that Raphael is more eager, at the moment of creation,” she said, smiling and winking at him, who came closer to me and whispered in my ear….
-The next ones will look like you,” I looked at him with the desire to kill someone…
-How do you think I’ll get pregnant again? -I cried.
“In two pregnancies, I’ve had five children! So much for Rafael Corner, no more pregnancies! -I said seriously, but with an immense inner happiness, seeing my girls healthy, healthy and beautiful like him.
-One more, my love! Who knows if you’ll have five more like you, so we can even the score? -he asked, making a gesture that made us burst out laughing…
END….