Chapter 110 Anna's papa, dadda and uncle.
110\. Anna's papa, dadda and uncle.
Aurora's POV
I was sitting in my room near the cot of my daughter as she snored softly with her little nose. My eyes are fixated on her face for it is hard to avert my gaze to other things. Ever since I have delivered her, I am growing more and more closer to her.
"Ohh," My heart melted, observing her struggle with the cloth tied around her body.
She twitched in the cot whilst stuttering her eyelids. An inaudible whimper escaped her lips and a ripple of satisfaction quivered my back..
"Why are you so lovely?" As much plight as I seek in calling myself her mother, I get equally enchanted when she opens her eyes.
I carried her for nine months in my belly as I went through shit. The beginning had been a wasted deal even though the end was memorable. Every day… every freaking month, I tolerated new mood swings and pain just so she was growing happily in my belly.
She transformed into a healthy baby with the help of the nutrients my healthy and sacrificial diets provided her. Yet… yet she came out as her father's carbon copy.
Her cinder eyes are like molten lava. When she cries for food, I can't help but notice the semblance between her and her father's moist sparkling goldens. And then it is hard to perceive whether it is out of anger or extreme hunger.
Even if Damien's there or not, I feel him around me all the time because of this little girl. She completes the emptiness her father leaves behind him every morning as he leaves for his office. Sometimes I wonder whether she'll grow fond of her father or me as she gets older.
"Aurora," My gaze averted and I looked back at my Ma. "Well well, you are at it again!"
Before I erupted with smiles in greeting, her elevating eyebrows gave away her amusement. I shrug my shoulders helplessly and look back at the baby I made.
"It's been two weeks but I still don't get enough of her, Ma. She's just so attractive. I just want to be with her all the time." I pulled my knees under my chin and hugged them.
Well, ever since Arianna has come, I don't find anything else interesting. I sit beside her and keep staring at her all day long. Then I bloom when she breaks from her slumber. I love to watch her curious gaze move around my face frantically and try to see the world. She's just too cute to leave alone.
"You are becoming like Brian– all obsessed with Anna." She sat on the bed and started folding Anna's clothes she's brought to deliver to me.
I was about to reply back but then Rosario and Brian rushed inside the room. As expected, Brian picked my sleeping beauty from her comfort zone and cocooned her in his fatherly embrace.
"I heard her whimper and came over," He excitedly beamed.
"Filip, you promised me." Rosario poked his bicep and Anna was delivered into his arms much to my shock.
This was not Brian. He would not let anyone touch Anna unless he fancied and suddenly he was giving her to Rosario.
"Are you okay in the head?" I knocked my knuckles on his head, rising with him.
Brian ran a hand through his hair while I looked between the two guys. My French friend smirked, raising his collars as he pecked my daughter's nose.
"Uncle Rosario won a challenge against your annoying dadda. So according to the conditions uncle Rosario gets to play with his doll for the rest of the day without getting disturbed by dadda." Rosario talked to the baby as he made the announcement universally for all of us to listen to.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." It was so cute the way Brian rolled his eyes.
Had I not fallen in love with Damien, Brian would have been my husband. This guy is funny and carries a different air around him. But only if Damien wasn't so sexy and attractive.
"Now isn't that happy news, darling?" Anna bloomed like a lotus, spreading a big grin I have not seen on her face before. "Ohh, look at that smile. My honeybee is as happy as myself. We both needed a break, right?"
Brian funnily turned his head over his shoulder to capture Anna's sweet smile. He couldn't help his urgency but then he flexed his shoulders and looked around as if he didn't notice. He's interesting.
"Come on, let's go out and play." With that Rosario wheeled out of the room not before sticking his tongue out at my beta friend.
I petted his shoulder and pouted, sharing his sorrow. "It's okay Brian, you'll get that smile too."
"I get that smile frequently." He scoffed and hit the door with hasty steps.
"Where are you going now?" Ma asked. She loves Brian as his son.
He stopped to answer her, "To get what belongs to me— my daughter."
"But Rosario won the challenge and,"
"Not that I care." He waved a hand before walking out.
"These guys. They have lost their brains I am telling you." Ma said.
I joined her on the bed. Taking hold of Anna's tiny clothes, I started folding them nicely and placed them into the bin they had been brought into.
"They fight like kids. Just look at how much commotion they create." We gazed at the door as loud noises stirred out of the partition.
"I love their behavior around Anna." I confessed though I can imagine the scene taking place in the hall.
They have been here since Anna's birth. These guys don't feel like resuming their jobs or going back to their respective places. It's as if they have decided to shift here permanently. Not that I mind but I get worried about their work.
Damien was one of the trio. The guys would not leave Anna alone and fight over her. I had to threaten them with Anna and that they would not get to see her more than once a day– or never in the day if they did not behave themselves. It took them about four days to understand but eventually they did.
Anna's grandparents lived with us for only five days. They had their lives and businesses to take care of.
But Ginny Williams must not be disregarded. She postponed some of her shootings under the influence of these guys. Had it not been a big project offer from Gucci, she would not have left the mansion yesterday.
"I am glad your husband is not here. He is the devil of them all." Ma chuckled.
"I agree, Ma. But I am happy he resumed his work today." I miss him though.
I had to threaten my husband with my body in order to get him go back to work. It was only when he realized he would neither get to touch me nor kiss me was when he got up, got dressed, and left the mansion. Not including his curses and a deep punishing kiss that makes my lips tickle even now.
"Aura," Mom's sweet voice tore me off my devilish husband's thoughts. "Shall we bake muffins and croissants today?"
"I will go pull out the ingredients, Ma." Winking at her, I hopped to my feet as there were not enough clothes left to fold.
Ma joined me in the kitchen after ten minutes. She mixed the batter of the muffins in a large bowl as I worked on the cream. Outside the kitchen, we could hear Rosario and Brian talking to Anna in a baby voice.
"I'll get my princess a tempting boyfriend like me." That was Rosario.
"Hell no, she's not having a boyfriend." Brian countered.
"Why not Brian Filip?"
"My daughter will have her mate directly. I ain't allowing a pervert around my daughter. Nobody gets to touch her and if anyone tries, I will kick his ass and feed his balls to wild boars."
"Ehh Filip," I peeked out of the kitchen to see Rosario throwing a bright stare at Brian. "How about we set up a love story for our Anna?"
"Huh, what does that even mean? Set up a love story? Why don't you speak clearly and properly, French guy?" Brian didn't seem happy at the sound of that.
"What I mean is, we hunt down Anna's mate and make them meet in a romantic environment like in a filmy context. She would love to have her own love story." Rosario's idea was not bad.
But Brian bit his mouth. He does that when he is in deep thoughts. His eyes stopped on Anna across from him, who was silently laying in a carry cot on the floor.
"Your idea is good. Our girl deserves a fancy love story of her own. But Ferrari," Brian's mouth took on an unpleasant twist. "How do we hunt her mate down? Bitch, she's just two weeks old now."
"Erm, don't you wolves have some communicating abilities or something that helps you discover mates before you are eighteen years old?!"
"Rosario Ferrari, what do you take us for? Witches?" Brian scoffed. "We are wolves, we have no such thing."
The sound of their voices got me hold my stomach and laugh.
"They are crazy, Ma." I came back to the kitchen counter. "Anna is only two weeks old and they are already talking about her boyfriend and mate."
"They are at least discussing her love story," She widened her eyes dramatically. "Damien would scare the guys away with his dark stares. I don't think Anna will ever have a boyfriend."
"That's possible," My stomach tickled as the topic drifted off to my husband and his devilish doings.
He brought me under his control when we hardly knew each other. There was no sign of love between us and he would show his authority on me as if I was his legally wedded wife. He would prevent me from going out with the male staff. There is no doubt Anna will face a lot of restrictions towards her personal life.
But the subject in question is Damien Hunter. Who knows, he actually makes Rosario and Brian's conversations about finding Anna's mate and setting the scene for their first encounter in a dramatic manner come to life. As long as it keeps Anna with him, he can do anything.
It is a matter of time. Anna is only two weeks old. Whether she is going to have a boyfriend or settle straight away with her mate. Whether she'll have a love story or an arranged marriage with her destined mate. Only time will tell.
It was 6.00 when the muffins were ready to be served. As the aroma was dancing in every corner of the foyer, the guys literally snatched the tray from my hand.
"I have never had muffins like these. You are my favorite baker, Aurora." Brian caressed my hair to reduce my disappointment.
He just tossed two muffins in his mouth and two others were in his hands. Rosario was even hungrier! He picked the rest of the four muffins and ran away just so Brian could not have them.
"I am not done yet, creep. Give me another muffin." He called out.
He brought his eyes back to me as his overstuffed mouth moved. I slapped him playfully.
"What do I feed my Damien now? It was his favorite muffin and I wanted him to taste them." My hands rested on my hips as I darted at him with a dark glare.
"Erm, how about you make some more lovely Aurora?" He flashed his teeth as if I would buy his suggestion.
"You… wait, Brian!" He made a beeline to seek for Rosario and his muffins. An attempt to escape me.
"That's so annoying. You guys are getting on my nerves day by day." I whimpered. "Did you see that, Anna? Your uncle and godfather piss your mama so much. They stole your papa's muffins. How do you tolerate them, darling?"
My eyes softened and the madness faded away like popping water bubbles. Just one look at Anna's flaxen gaze and my heart did a summersault of rapture.
I bent down to kiss her forehead but a pair of warm arms surrounded my waist. A sizzle rippled through my spine, bringing me to a straight standing position. Hot breaths purred near my ears as a trail of wet pecks disembarked on the back of my neck.
"Hey beautiful!" My heart hammered in my throat, feeling sharp teeth graze my skin on the collar bone.
I shuddered like a paper doll in a frugal zephyr. Anna mewled with her mouth widening big as if celebrating her papa's arrival. I was taking in her expressions when Damien closed his lips on my throat aggressively.
"Damien, this is," Before I stopped him, he whirled me around and claimed my lips.
Tbc…