Claiming her babies

Monica’s POV

“I’m sorry sir. He was adamant on seeing you and boss lady” Collins our security man said as he bowed his head in respect

“Monica please we need to talk,” Ethan said, his eyes red and his lips dry. He reeked of alcohol and I knew instantly that he had been drinking.

“What are you doing here Ethan?” I asked staring at him in shock.

“I need to talk to you, Monica. Please we need to talk” he responded, his words laced with desperation.

“There’s no way I’m going to allow you to speak to my wife. You look unkept and you reek of alcohol. Get yourself together and come back another day Mr Ethan” Nicholas said as he held my wrist as we both left the living room with Ethan behind.

I had an urge to turn back and I did only to see Ethan staring at me with tears in his eyes. His eyes had a lot of emotions I didn’t understand and I wondered what he might want to talk to me about.

“Please Mr Ethan, I advise you leave now and come another time. Don’t make me lose my job” I heard Collins saying to Ethan who was staring at me and Nicholas.

“Why don’t we listen to him? This might be urgent” I uttered, pausing in my tracks and struggling to get my hand off Nicholas’s grip but he didn’t let go.

“No, we aren’t listening to anything or anyone. What about he tried to do something stupid? You could smell the alcohol in him, honey. Ethan isn’t in his best state of mind to speak to you right now and you need a lot of rest besides you just got back from the hospital”

“Okay I agree with you but when do we see him” I asked, staring at Nicholas who I knew didn’t like my sudden interest in speaking with Ethan.

“Okay I will fix a day and date but on one condition”

“Which is?” I asked.

“That I’ll be there when he is speaking with you,” he said.

“Of course, you will be there. I have no problem with that” I said and he smiled in satisfaction. We both held hands as we joined the rest of our friends in the dining. LATER IN THE NIGHT

I had just put my baby to sleep when I walked out of the room to Nicholas’s study. Arriving at his room, he was so immersed in his laptop that he didn’t notice I was already in his room.

I went behind him and I placed my hands on his shoulder, massaging him “It’s time to sleep” I said as he instantly took off his glasses and closed his laptop.

“Have you put Macy to sleep?” He asked, taking my hand off his shoulder as he gestured for me to sit on his thigh which I did.

“Macy? I never agreed to that name” I said, raising an eyebrow with my arms around his neck

“That’s your concern but as for me, my baby’s girl’s name is Macy while my baby boy’s name is Mason,” he said.This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

“Mason? You have already chosen a name for the boy? My boy?” I asked, shocked at how Nicholas was already crossing names for our babies and I hadn’t even thought of a name.

“Aren’t the names cute?” He asked, his blue eyes sparkling with excitement “Macy and Mason” he repeated, and I knew he liked the name.

“You do like the name don’t you?”

“I do,” he said but his smile slowly turned into a sad one “It was my mum’s name. Macy was my late mother’s name and that was why I wanted to name my first girl child Macy ” he uttered and I engulfed him in a comforting embrace.

“I’m sorry about her death,” I said finally realizing why he insisted that the child be a female when I was still pregnant.

“There’s no need to be sorry. It’s all in the past. I’ve gone past all that anger and pain and I’m focusing on the current happiness in my life right now” Nicholas said and I held him closer to myself, plastering a kiss on his hair.

Silence overtook the room as each of us stared at any part of the room in deep thought. “Have you decided on a date to talk to Ethan? I still can’t get my mind off the reason he came to our house”

“I’ve decided to invite him to the office tomorrow and we will listen to him together. Is that okay with you?” Nicholas asked, taking his head off my chest as he stared at me.

“Yes, that’s better. Thank you” I said, smiling at the handsome man who somehow had a similar and striking resemblance with my kids.

I stared deeply at Nicholas and I also noticed that Nicholas had the same colour of eyes as Macy and Mason. I knew Nicholas couldn’t be their father but I couldn’t get my mind and thought of their striking resemblance.

“What are you thinking about?” Nicholas’s question jolted me out of my thoughts as he looked at me with a smile.

“I’m just asking myself how it’s a coincidence that Macy and Mason have the same color of eyes as you do,” I said, voicing out my inner thoughts

“What’s there to think about? I was with them while they were in your stomach. I sang for them, I played with them and I even fed them my apple, surely they will have my eye color” he uttered and I let out a loud long laugh.

“Please be serious for once in your life” I uttered as I tried to calm myself down from laughing too hard.

“Your eyes honey. They both took your eyes” Nicholas said calmly making me remember that I had blue eyes, as he stared at me lovingly. “How long did the doctor say we should abstain from s*x” Nicholas asked suddenly and I instantly understood that he was in the mood for some bedroom time.

Thinking about it just made me blush as I looked down, avoiding his eyes. “He said six to eight weeks at most”

“And how long is that?” Nicholas asked, his hands already caressing my ass

“I think that’s two months maximum,” I responded.

“Gosh that’s too long” Nicholas uttered as he kissed me shortly on my lips. “Let’s go to bed before I do something else to you,” he said as he switched off the lamp beside his laptop and I stood up from his thigh. Hand in hand, we both walked out of his study, closed the door behind us, and walked to our room.

I couldn’t help but think more about the reason why Ethan desperately wanted to see me but I look forward to seeing and hearing him out tomorrow. Tomorrow was indeed going to be a long day. I rolled my eyes just thinking about it.