Forbidden Heat novel Chapter 249

I hoped that the children wouldn’t grow up too fast so that we could slowly enjoy and savor these wonderful moments together. I patted their heads in turns as I thanked them for the presents that they had prepared.

I glanced over at Edward who was watching this loving scene unfolding with a warm and tender smile on his face. I was sure that Edward had helped all the children pick out their presents for me and, once again, I was so thankful to Edward. He has done so much for me and our children.

“Thank you so much everyone for the presents!” I thanked my children with a large smile on my face.

Edward came up to hug me lovingly from behind before kissing my temple softly. I took his hands into mine and leaned into his warmth.

“Time for bed, kids,” Edward said in a mockingly stern voice.

I glanced at the clock on the wall and found that it was much later than I thought it was. It was already almost an hour past the kid’s bedtime. Edward was right, it was ‘time for bed’ for the kids.

“It’s late. Time for bed indeed!” I said in agreement as I smiled down at the children.

“I don’t want to sleep yet!” Ryder said, clearly disappointed.

“Hmm…why don’t you help me clean up a bit first then? Is that ok?” I suggested to Ryder. Having him help me out for another ten minutes or so won’t hurt and hopefully by then he would’ve calmed down for bed.

“OK! Yay!” Ryder cried out in joy as he ran off.

A young maid quickly popped her head into the room with a smile signaling that she would go after and look after Ryder. I nodded knowingly in response.

“Well then, it’s bedtime for you two,” Edward said, bending down the hug the twins.

“Ok…” the twins replied obediently in unison.

I hate to admit it, but Edward has so much more authority over the children than I do. The twins are never this obedient when they are alone with me, and Ryder could get so wild. However, all three of them seem to behave super well when Edward was around.

I watched as Edward carried the two children up in his arms and headed upstairs to their bedroom. He turned to wink at me, and I smiled back. Putting the kids to bed became an easy task when Edward was around, thankfully, he was rarely away from home nowadays.

I went into the kitchen to check up on Laura and her cleaning. It was late and I preferred to help her so that she could retire for the night earlier. While I was helping Laura organize the dishes up on the shelf, Ryder came running in to the kitchen while yelling loudly.

“Mummy!” Ryder called me excitedly.

I put down the towel that I had been drying my hand with and turned to greet him. Ryder seemed out of breath like he had ran here like his life depended on it. In his hand was what looked like a cake box.