Chapter 119: Back In New York 2

Lily kept wondering what Axel meant by what he said but she was too heartbroken to think about it. She shrugged off the thought, one thing she was sure of was that Gavin is a good man.

She looked out the window and noticed where they were heading wasn't familiar. It has been a year but she could still recall the way to Axel's mansion.

Before she could ask where they were, the chauffeur drove into a mansion and Lily drew her brows together.

"Did you move?" She asked softly and Axel shook his head in response. The guards opened the car door for them and they both walked out.

"We will be staying here for a few days till I get things back to normal." Axel said.

Lily didn't give a response, all she did was stare at the house. Being back in New York City feels so weird to her.

They both walked into the house and Lily looked around, it was okay. It looked luxurious. She wasn't so surprised, the man standing next to her was a billionaire.

"There are no maids here but there will be guards. I will send someone to get things for you and the kids tomorrow. And if you need anything… "

"I don't want anything from you." She cut him off and turned to him. Axel sighed and nodded.

She was upset, he understood that.

"We should lay them down." Lily said as she headed towards the stairs.

"Oh." Axel muttered and trailed behind her. Axel picked the first room in the hallway and walked in, they both walked to the bed and lay them carefully next to each other.

Lily sighed and stared at them.

"They are ten months old." Lily said.

"Huh?"

"You asked for their age earlier. They are ten months old." She replied and looked at him.

"Oh. What are their names?"

"Kender and Kendra." She answered and he nodded. They both didn't say anything again, they looked away from each other and stared at their kids.

"You should get some rest too." He said after a few seconds of silence and walked out of the room. Lily sighed and slowly sat on the bed.

She ran her hands through her hair as tears welled up in her eyes again. She really missed Gavin so much and hoped he was okay.

She still didn't believe Axel, she was sure he had done something to him. Whatever he did, she just hoped he was okay.

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Lily heard cries from her sleep and her eyes snapped open, it was Kendra crying.

"Hey, hey. Don't cry, please don't wake your brother up." Lily muttered as she hurriedly sat up and carried her.

Before Lily could stop her from crying, Kender woke up and started to cry too. She groaned loudly as she had no idea of what to do.

The door to the room suddenly opened and the lights came on. It was Axel. He was still in his tuxedo but he didn't have his jacket on and a few buttons on his shirt was loose. His hair was also ruffled, it was obvious their cries woke him up.

"Is everything okay?" He asked.

"Obviously not." Lily replied harshly. He slowly walked to the bed and tried to carry Kender but Lily snapped at him.

"Don't touch him." She snapped at him and he flinched. He ignored her and carried him anyway.

"How can you get them to stop?" Axel asked as he stared at Kender crying. He had no clue.

"I don't know. I think they are hungry." Lily replied and stood up with Kendra.

"Oh… we… well, you… you can give them that." Axel stuttered and pointed at her chest. Lily rolled her eyes at him.

"They don't take it anymore. I stopped them a month ago."

"Why?" He asked and she shot him a glare.

"Is there milk in this house?" She asked.

"Yeah, come on." Axel replied and they both walked out of the room.

After a while, they got the kids to stop crying and that made Axel exhausted. He found his job a lot easier than getting a child to stop crying.

They fell asleep again and Lily laid them on the couch in the living room, they were too exhausted to go up.

"Do you do this every day?" Axel asked and took a seat next to her. He sat so close to her that his fragrance filled her nostrils.

"Not really." She muttered in response without looking at him.

Axel stared at her hands and noticed they were trembling, he slowly held them and Lily looked at their hands before looking at him.

He stared back at her, her blue eyes were glistening, and she had tears in them but she fought the urge to cry.

"Your mum now owns a part of Blackwell's shares, she is now a billionaire. Your step-sister now lives in my house, Nora has been traveling back and forth since you left but I told her I found you and she is back."

"Why are you telling me this? Are you trying to make me feel worse?" Lily muttered as a tear rolled out of her eyes.

"Because things are going to change now that you are back. I won't be married to Malis anymore, I will make sure everyone apologizes to you for what happened." He replied.

Lily scoffed and rolled her eyes which made tears roll out, she withdrew her hands from his grip and wiped her tears.

"Can I ask you something?" She asked.

"Yeah, what?"

"Before I left, if you knew I was pregnant, would I have kept it? Or I would have gotten another abortion?"

Axel stared at her as he went blank, he wasn't expecting that. He didn't respond and Lily spoke up again.

"Dr. Gerad lied and I am so glad he did. Do you think I would just let things go? You suddenly showed up and you are acting like you care. Like you care about these children? Do you think I don't know what you are up to? Your fucking family needs an heir, right? They need someone to show off as the next in line to the Blackwells empire."

"Lily, that is not true."

"I don't care. I don't care if it's true or not. I just wished you never showed up and everything was still okay. Everything was fine with Gavin… "

"I saved you from Gavin." He cut her off and she furrowed her brows.

"Believe it or not, I saved you from Gavin."

"What? What are you saying?" Lily asked.

"You really are naive, Lily."