The slow creaking sound of the door opening grabbed her attention as she turned her head to glance at the door. "You're back!" Molly sat up and rubbed her eyes.
"Why haven't you gone to sleep yet?" Brian asked. Glancing at the clock and realizing that it was already 1 a.m. in the morning, he frowned. "You haven't completely regained your health since Charlie and Evelyn were born. You should make it a habit to go to bed early..." Calmly slipping out of his suit jacket, he hung it on the hanger and sat down by the side of the bed next to her. Molly ran her hand gently down his cheek, a loving caress as she gazed at him. "What's wrong? Why do you look so glum, honey? Do you have something on your mind?" Brian asked.
"Why would you say that?" Molly asked him back. Sometimes she wondered whether it was good or bad that Brian could see through her. All it took for him usually, was a single glance to know what she was thinking about, even when she didn't utter a word. Sometimes that gift would become a curse when he'd realize that she loved romantic gestures, but sadly he could not offer her any of that.
Heaving a deep sigh of exhaustion, Brian held Molly into his loving embrace and slowly said, "You only have to know that there is no other woman except you, in my heart."
The moment she heard that, Molly immediately knew that his concerns were attributed to some other woman.
As far as Molly could tell, the only woman that could affect him like that emotionally was Becky.
Other than that, who else could it be? She wanted to ask him about the other woman, but in the end she decided to leave it be. Besides, they had undergone many hardships before they had finally understood each other and gotten married. Considering everything that had happened to them she didn't want to jeopardize their marriage because of some baseless notion.
With these thoughts in her mind, Molly decided to cast her curiosities aside for the time being. Smiling at him tenderly, she nodded and said, "It's late. You should get a shower..."
"I want you to accompany me..." Brian said, leaning his head towards Molly in a meaningful way. When he got closer, he caught a faint whiff of her post-bath fragrance and, all of a sudden, he felt a kind of heady trance that brought a butterfly to nectar. Losing control over his desires, a small tent was set up inside his suit pants in an instant.
Eventually they got into shower together, but that happened only after Brian's primal hunger had its way with Molly's body, multiple times. In truth, he was still hungry for more. However, considering the fact that it was late, he decided to put his desires to rest.
For the past a few days, ever since Molly had known that Spark's left hand had recovered, the two of them met each other every day. When they parted ways in the evenings, Molly always spoke of Spark to Brian. As a result, his sexual desires had been driven away by his jealousy. Finally that had passed. In such a case, when Molly was all his own, how could Brian refrain his desire any longer?
"Mol..."
"Hum?" In her afterglow, Molly mumbled lazily. Exhausted, she was bending over the bathtub and enjoying the high treatment like a queen—Brian was applying body wash for her.
"What do you think about having one more child?" Brian regretted saying it as soon as the words left his mouth. Considering the fact that Molly was already spending most of her time looking after the twins, how could he want to have more child?
"No..." Molly refused firmly in a lazy voice. "I don't want to divide my attention to too many people." Turning around to look at Brian, she continued, "We don't have a very big heart. If a heart is divided into too many pieces, we will lose the important things while trying to keep up with everything else."
Although Brian regretted asking the question, he was happy to hear Molly's refusal. However, when he learned about the reason behind her refusal, he felt a slight quiver in his heart. They loved each other, but their lives no long involved just the two of them. They loved their family; a family that didn't permit the existence of disagreement as a result of uneven division of love among the members.
Just as Molly was about to turn her back to him, he stopped her and gave her a kiss on the forehead. "What you're worried about will never happen in our family. I promise." Brian could never fall in love with any other woman, neither could he have a child with anybody else. Now with Molly, Mark, Charlie and Evelyn, he felt as though there was nothing else he could ask for in life.
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On the next day.
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