Judah's POVWe sat like that for about ten minutes, I couldn't bring myself to talk to her, I didn't even know what to say. Aurelia crossed her legs and cackled, she clapped her hands and let out another cackle, this one a little longer than the previous. Her eyes blazed with fire and her shoulders were stiff and straight.I swallowed and shifted a little away from her, putting some space between us. Aurelia looked a little scary right now, I almost laughed, here I was, the King of the crime world, quivering next to my wife, scared of a tiny woman, it was pathetic but it was what it was."I guess congratulations are in order then. Congratulations, Daddy." Aurelia finally said, she was smiling but there was nothing kind or nice about her words or her smile. Her eyes glistened with unshed tears and her lips twitched with sorrow, her face etched with sadness."Aurelia…" I started and cut myself off, I had no idea what I was going to say to her."Have you called Reagan yet to tell her th
Aurelia's POV" I don't understand, what do you mean she doesn't talk?" I made eye contact with Judah and tilted my head slightly. He shrugged, I guessed he was as confused as I was.Reagan glanced at the door, probably contemplating if it was too late to run, she rubbed the back of her neck. "She's mute. She hasn't spoken a word since her mom died." What the effing heck is going on?" What the fuck do you mean by that?" Judah stood up. I quickly reached out to him and dragged him down. He looked ready to attack.Judah whipped his head around and gave me a confused look, I patted his hand."Let me handle this, Judah. You're only going to scare her away, she's going to run and you're never going to see your daughter again." I let my voice go low and made sure he was the only one that heard. I didn't need Reagan getting ideas from me."But…" he started to argue but I gave him a look and he shut up.I faced Reagan, " Reagan, we're a little bit confused, can you please explain what you
Aurelia's POV "You need to move into my room." Judah dropped the bomb on me while I dipped my spoon into my tub of chocolate and cookie dough ice cream. He continued to eat his ice cream while my hand froze in that position, " Excuse me?" I blinked repeatedly, I must have misheard him."You didn't mishear me, I said you need to move into my room. Reagan and Aria are moving in tomorrow, it will be weird for Reagan if she notices that we live in different rooms." " I don't see how that's any of her business if we sleep in separate rooms, Everyone in our house knows that we do and they don't have a problem with that." I just couldn't wrap my head around what he was saying.Judah sighed, " Well, they are paid not to, and also they've been with us from the start, they understand our dynamics. Reagan is new and I don't know if I can trust her yet, No, I know I can't trust her. She'll just be here for a few days or weeks but who knows what she might discover in that time, we need to be o
Judah's POV"Why the hell is it so hard to shop for a preschooler?" I grumbled as I pushed the shopping cart, Reagan and Aurelia held Aria's hands as they strolled down the aisle of the mall. The cart was becoming ridiculously heavy with the amount of stuff that I considered junk that they had thrown into it. How many dollhouses and dolls did a child need? Aurelia twisted and glared at me, I clamped my lips together immediately, I had come to realize that Aurelia was a menace when she was shopping. Aria pointed at a box of children's tea set at the top of the shelf, Aurelia bent and picked her up so she could reach the box, she collected it and handed it to Aurelia who tossed it at me, Thank God for my fast reflexes.By the time we started shopping for clothes and shoes, I came to the conclusion that Aurelia was doing this to spite me. Anytime she dumped an item in the cart, I could see the small hint of a smirk on her lips. She was having fun at my detriment, touche, Aurelia, touc
Aurelia's POVI had Aria on my lap during breakfast, she had concluded that she would rather sit on me than on the chair or Reagan. I cut her Mickey Mouse pancakes into tiny bits, poured syrup over them, and handed her the plastic fork so she could feed herself. I had come to realize that she liked to show how independent she was. She wasn't very good at feeding herself and made a mess of herself, myself, and the surroundings but I still let her do it because it made her happy and it taught her to take care of herself.Aria stuck the fork in a piece of pancake, she brought it up to her mouth and chewed. For the first few minutes, everything was going fine until she got distracted and the piece of dripping pancake fell off the fork and landed with a splat on my pants. It went downhill as quick as it began.I winced and quickly grabbed a napkin and rubbed my stained pants, Aria decided the fork wasn't doing a good job and started to eat with her hands, smearing her lips with syrup, "Ar
Aurelia's POV My favorite girl and I enjoyed our little trip to the park, I strapped her into the swing and pushed her. She squealed with delight, her little sounds of joy melted the anger in my chest. We checked out the slide next, I stood at the end of the slide and watched as she climbed the stairs and slid down. I was tired and patched but I could stop her she raced back up the stairs and slide down again." Come on baby, let's go get something to drink." I wrapped my hand around her waist before she could go up the slide again. She struggled against my hold but I held on tight. She gave me a large frown and a disappointed look. Well, you can't always get what you want, dear. Begrudgingly, she linked her fingers with mine and let me lead her to the lemonade stand. I ordered for both of us and gave her a small cup.She smiled and took a sip, " Do you like it?" I asked, she smiled and nodded. " That's good, I'm glad you do." I pinched her cheek and grinned. " You and your daug
Aurelia's POVI soon discovered that I wasn't a fan of laying in bed all day doing nothing, especially on my belly. After two days after that, I was ready to shoot someone. Luckily the meds and massages did their job and I was now mobile and moving around..Judah and I never got around to having that talk but I was fine with it, he knew now that he always had to talk to me before taking any unanimous decision." We're going on a date tomorrow, I hope you're ready," Judah announced during dinner, I froze halfway through my meal and tilted my head to look at him."Date?" He nodded, " We haven't been on a date in over three weeks and I think leaving the house will boost your spirit, I have everything planned, don't worry about it." I was speechless, I had forgotten about our deal to go on dates every week, and Aria's arrival and my accident completely clouded my memory." You can't just drop that on me you know. What if I had plans?" I crossed my arms and frowned.He raised an eyebrow,
Judah's POVReagan stood in the study with a bottle of wine and two glasses in an almost sheer negligee that she covered up with a flimsy robe. She had on a shy smile and she shook with fear when I yelled at her. What the hell was she doing here, what did she want?She gulped and moved forward, I narrowed my eyes at that action, " I couldn't sleep so I was going downstairs to get a glass of water, I saw that your lights were still on, also heard your hitter complaint and thought that you could use some company."So that explained her outfit, " Thank you but no, I don't need any company. I'm fine by myself, I'll be done with this in a few minutes and head up to bed." Her smile dimmed, " Oh." She started to turn and paused, " Your study is so beautiful and you have a lot of books. Can I stay here with you until you're done, I won't disturb you. We can just share a glass of wine and I'll peruse through your books while you finish up work." I didn't want to be in the same room with her