Chapter 31

Cassandra's POV

I panicked on seeing his reaction and wondered if I didn't prepare it properly. But this wasn't my first time preparing it! Maybe he just didn't like it.

"I'll just take it away if you don't like it," I offered.

"No, don't do that. It tastes fine, it just... The smell!" He explained.

"It's supposed to smell that way, it's a herbal tea," I told him, relieved that the smell was his only problem. "I added a bit of honey which is why it's not so obvious that it's herbal."

"Ohh..." He muttered in reply just as one of the two boys in the crib began crying. "I'll get him," he volunteered and dropped the cup of tea to go get the child. "Mason fell asleep, I'm guessing that's why Justin began crying," he said as he walked back with Justin in arm. "I wonder how he managed it though."

"Mason can sleep anywhere, even in a factory," I laughed.

"How would you know that?"

"I was working as a manual labourer in a factory before getting this job. When I used to take them along with me