Nicole’s POV“Sweetie…. I love you so much….” “I love you, too, Mommy….” My three-year-old son replied. “How about me?” “Of course, I love you, too,” I replied eagerly. “You guys!” my mom whined. “How about me, huh?” She made a pouty face, pointing a finger to her chest. “What a silly grandma, right kids?” My dad embraced my mom as if comforting her, but his words were actually teasing my mom as well. “Did I say anything wrong?” My mom whined even more. “I want my babies to say they love me, too!”Dad and I burst into a hoot of laughter. Mac and Chris, my fraternal twin kids, pulled my mom off my dad’s embrace, and taking each side of mom, they hugged her tightly. “I love you, grandma….” Mac whispered sweetly and kissed his grandma’s cheeks closest to his side. My daughter, Chris, did not dally to comfort my mom after seeing her brother’s example. “Of course, I love you, as well, my beautiful grandma,” Chris said with her words accompanied by slowly and cutely blinking of her
Mike’s POVThree years had passed. I have been so busy living my life. Not because I needed money to survive. It was mostly because I wanted to keep my mind busy. I could not let my mind wander and think about Nicky, so I made sure my body was exhausted enough to doze off as soon as I lay my head on my pillow at night. As a result, my diligence and perseverance were acknowledged, and I was given more opportunities to get busier. I was asked to do more modeling gigs, fitting my schedules according to my priorities. I might sound crazy, but it felt like fate was somehow trying to lift me up. Because as soon as Nicky declared she would cut ties with me, I was sad, yes, but I tried to understand that we were from two different worlds. Of course, she should not mingle with someone like me, especially when her mom does not agree. So, I wanted to build an identity of my own. I wished to be successful in my endeavors, not to prove to her parents that I could be good for their daughter, bu
Fadz POV“Boss, we can’t be doing this,” I tried to coax the three-year-old toddler. “If your grandparents find out we did not go straight home without their consent, I might lose my job. Please….?”“We are just going to stroll for a little while before heading home. Everybody isn’t there anyway, so what’s wrong with me having a good time myself?” the boy answered indignantly.I sighed. This boy is only three years old, but he can express himself well, although some of his words would still sound cute due to slight difficulty in pronouncing a few letters of the alphabet. “May I remind you that I am turning four in less than a hundred days,” the boy said with pride. I almost choke at his words. ‘How did he know what I was thinking?’“It’s written all over your face,” the boy answered. My jaw dropped. ‘Oh. My. God!’“Anyway, let’s go,” Mac Parker said decisively. He sounded like he would jump off the vehicle anytime soon, so I hurriedly stepped out of the driver's seat to make su
Nicole’s POV“Fadz?” I received a message from Fadz, so I excused myself from class and dialed his number to know what was wrong. I wanted to hear him say his reasons because Fadz would not do such a thing unless it were an emergency. “First, I have to apologize that I am at the shopping mall with the young Boss Mac right now,” Fadz answered with urgency. “But we bumped into Mike Wilson. I don’t know why, but Boss Mac wanted to pretend he was lost and ask Mike for help. Boss Mac told me to stay at a distance and keep an eye on him discreetly. When I tried to disobey, he glared at me. I froze in my spot. I have never seen him with such a scary face. Now, he is with Mike Wilson. What do I do, boss?”“Just keep an eye on him,” I answered calmly. “Let’s see what Mac is going to do,” I added. “But what if….?” Fadz asked worriedly. I had an idea of what he was worried about. I know no one is allowed to mention Mike to any of my kids, but it wasn’t because I did not want my babies to kno
Justin POVI did not expect Mike would forget the date today, which happened to be my birthday. But neither was I expecting his offer to ask me for help to spend his bonus on treating me. It was a bit extravagant to be taken, knowing how much he can get for a bonus on his gigs. I cannot help feeling so excited. I was not as busy as I would always be today because I was also thinking about asking Mike to celebrate with me. It’s been a while since Mike joined me to spend a wild night. So I was actually thinking about taking him with me to the new hot spot downtown. It only happened that one of my clients online asked for a few changes in the design I submitted in the morning, so I had to stay for about half an hour more. “All done!”I exclaimed as soon as I got the confirmation from my client that I had done everything they wanted to be enhanced on the design. I quickly called for a cab to take me to the shopping mall, where Mike said he would be waiting. It was almost rush hour, but
Mike’s POV“No nuts of any kind, especially peanuts,” the child, who introduced himself as Mac, said. “Okay. I will make sure to ask the baker if the bread has peanuts or not,” I answered assuringly. I looked around the racks and displayed items. I was going to ask the boy if he would like the kind of bread right in front of me, but I saw him staring intently at something. I moved closer and realized he was staring at an animated decoration on top of a small chocolate cake. “Do you like it?” I asked. I was ready to buy it for him if the boy wanted it. “No nuts for me because I have an allergy to them. I don’t like sweets. No allergies, but I cannot stand the taste,” the boy said. The kid obviously spoke his words in his early stage of speech, judging by the baby-talk-like sound of his pronunciation. But I felt even more amused as I looked and listen to him. The funny thought that the sound of his words and the look on his face were two different descriptions tickled me inside, m
Justin’s POV“How old is he again?” I asked Mike as we watched the lady and child walk away. The boy kept looking back, so Mike and I could take our eyes off them. As a matter of fact, Mike seemed untired of waving his right hand goodbye to the boy. “He said he is turning four soon,” Mike answered without sparing me a glance. “He doesn’t look old for the age he mentioned, but I think he behaves older than the number he declared,” I chuckled. I heard Mike laugh along with me. “I think I agree with you on that,” he said. “I think we should proceed with our plans. What do you want to eat, birthday man?” My eyes flew to check if the boy was already out of our sight, and I realized I was right. Mike was able to remember the reason we were here since the adorable and unexpected child who Mike had bumped into was now gone. “I am never choosy when it comes to food,” I said as I walked with Mike opposite the direction where Mac and the lady went. “Alright then, how about a Japanese bee
Mike’s POV“What do you mean we have some resemblance?” I asked Justin as we entered his house. I have been meaning to ask him this question the moment he mentioned it, but I was anxious about many things concerning the child’s safety to entertain something I could put aside for the time being. From the club, I called for a cab to take us directly to Justin’s place but we remained silent the entire ride because I saw Justin was already getting busy on his phone. Whether it was related to Mac and my request or not, I did not bother asking Justin. Besides, discussing such things in a public transport with a stranger behind the wheel to take us where we were heading, it was not a very ideal place to talk about what Justin was doing and what I was asking my hacker friend to do. So, even though my mouth was itching to ask many things, I managed to bite my tongue the whole time we were in the cab and even on our way up to his house door, I did not make any verbal sound. “I think it was