Leap OF Fate novel Chapter 91

As their car entered his Villa, Serene felt a tug in her heart. This place contained some of her happiest and her most painful memories. She clutched Pax closer to her chest and looked at the sleeping Felicity in Justin’s arms. She looked so peaceful and at home in his arms.

Jane, Justin’s helper, could not hide her surprise at the sight of Serene. Her eyes were as wide as her open jaws. It’s been years since she last saw Serene. And it was when Justin ordered her to send Serene away. It broke her heart to see her pitiful condition then. But she was a mere helper, and her master forbade her to help Serene.

“Ma-Madam!” Jane could not help but cry at the sight of her. Her smile almost reached her ears.

“Jane, good evening,” Serene said, smiling at Justin’s helper.

Serene followed Justin to the second floor. Her steps faltered when she realized he’s headed to the master’s bedroom and not to one of the guest rooms. Justin felt her steps falter, so he turned around to look at her. “What’s up, Serene?”

“Um, can we stay in one of the guest rooms?”

“No.” he said and strode forward to open his room. Serene sighed and followed him, clutching Pax closer.

Justin placed Felicity in the center of the bed and watched her sleep. Serene went to the opposite side of the bed and placed Pax beside his sister.

Pax stirred and cried in his sleep when he did not feel his mother beside him. Serene patted his leg and hummed a lullaby, but it did not do its usual trick. She had no choice but to lie beside him. When Pax felt her warmth, his tiny hand looked for her breast and latched on to it.

Justin could not help but frown. “He’s already so big, why is he still feeding on you?”

“He does it at night to fall asleep. He’s been through a lot of stress. This is his way of making sure I won’t leave him,” she explained.

Justin nodded and turned around to answer his phone. His brows knit and his face was gloomy when he finished his phone call. “I’ll head out to the police station. They caught the kidnappers, and I’d like to talk to them.”

He was out the door before Serene could even respond. She wanted to know the people behind her children’s kidnapping. They tainted the twins’ childhood with trauma. Felicity stirred beside her, muttering something inaudible, her voice registered fear. Serene stroked her daughter’s hair to soothe her.

She did not know when she’d fallen asleep. It could be because of the tension she had in the past day that it did not take long before her eyes grew heavy. Justin arrived close to midnight and the sight before him evoked a warm feeling inside him.

His room has a spacious bed, but the three people who sleep there huddled together on one side. Serene lay in the middle, and on her either side were their children. Pax slept on Serene’s chest while Felicity slept on her side, her head resting on Serene’s extended arm.

He slipped on the bed and watched the three as they slept. For the first time in five years, he slept without taking sleeping pills.

Serene felt a throbbing pain in her head when she heard her alarm. With her eyes closed, she felt for the mobile phone. Her eyes shot wide open when her hand closed to a large palm.

Justin, with his eyes still closed, took the noisy mobile phone and turned off the alarm.

While Serene’s sluggish morning brain still processed the situation, her daughter’s soft sleepy voice pointed out the obvious. “Mom, why is Uncle Chester sleeping with us?” Her innocent eyes shifted from her and Justin.

Her face flushed from the awkwardness, her mouth opened and closed, but she could not find her voice.

“I’m not Uncle Chester, dear. My name is Justin and I am your Dad,” Justin casually explained to Serene’s horror.