Love Me One More Time (Nick and Alaia) novel Chapter 97

Alaia

It had been a month since Dominic woke up. He had a medical team and another one that took care of his physical therapy. Grace and Caty hadn’t left his side for a single second.

Grace had found out what Killian did or tried to do to her husband. She couldn’t believe it at first, but she finally believed her son. She could only feel hatred for her father–in–law, and thanks to her husband waking up, her attitude had changed drastically. I couldn’t say that we got along, for now, but the encounters were cordial. I could see that she got emotional every time the children visited Dominic, but she didn’t dare to approach them. Maybe she thought she didn’t deserve to see them. I wanted to see if her change was real to allow my children to get close to her.

“She’s so cute, she’s going to look beautiful in her Snow White dress,” Tino said as he walked towards us with the garment in his hands. It was a replica of the dress. I knew my little girl would look beautiful.

“I’ve added my extra touch,” Ash said, showing me the delicate rhinestone finishes she’d made to the dress.

“Why are you so happy?” Tino asked, taking my little girl’s hands.

“I, princess Nieves,” my little girl replied, turning around.

“Awww, I could eat her up!” Tino exclaimed and hugged my little girl while she laughed.

“Thank you, honey, it’s better than I could have imagined,” I said, taking the hand of my cousin, who had been very distracted these days. We’d asked her what was wrong, but she’d decided to keep us out of it.

We got distracted looking at Noah’s clothes, who, on the contrary, had chosen a costume from a video game. It was a kind of military.

“But what game is this, sweetie?” Tino asked, looking at Noah’s costume.

“Love and boom,” he replied, making movements of shooting and something exploding.

“I understand you perfectly, love of my life,” my friend said, hugging him with a smile.

We’d bought almost everything for the birthday. They’d be two years old in a couple of weeks.

“As if you were asking me every day, don’t ask me that I don’t have the slightest idea about the video game. Aidan was the one who helped me get it,” I commented with a smile on my lips, looking at the design of the house decorations on the tablet, which would be half princess and half war zone. Oh my God.

“How old are you turning, my treasures?” Ash asked, pampering them.

“Two,” both showed two little fingers and we melted with tenderness.

We coordinated everything to be ready for the appointed date and I got ready to take the children to Dominic, who every day showed a radiant smile when he saw them. He said that his grandchildren gladdened his heart. Nick’s house was adapted for my father–in–law. I liked how that sounded; now Grace and Caty lived there too, so I thought we’d have to get a new house for Nick and us in a nearby location. I didn’t want either of them to be far from our families.

“I’m going with you, honey,” my mother said, taking Alana’s hand as I was about to leave.

Grace and she had a closer relationship than I did. According to my mother, Grace didn’t have friends, just women in her circle who weren’t friends, and by chance, my mother had found her crying weeks ago when I took my parents, Ash, and Tino to meet Dominic. Of course, Tino was delighted; Nick’s father was the older version of him. My mother had comforted Grace; she had a thousand emotions that day that my mother helped to appease. The relationship between her and her children had not yet recovered.

We got into my truck and I drove a few minutes to Nick’s house. I parked and they let us in.

I greeted Grace who had left the glamour aside. Her clothes were comfortable and her

hairstyle was simple. She looked younger with that new style.

“Good afternoon,” I nodded at her.

“Good afternoon,” she greeted me and looked at me, but quickly looked at my children. longingly. I felt a little bad, however, every day my doubts about letting her get close to them dissipated.

“Go ahead,” Sophia said, asking me to go to a room on the first floor, as Dominic now used a wheelchair to get around.

“Alaia,” Dominic smiled.

“Dominic, how are you?” I asked, approaching him to take his hand.

“Every day is better,” he nodded slowly and I smiled happily. Progress also depended on the patient’s attitude and he had what it took to recover soon. My children climbed onto their grandfather’s bed. Today was coloring day, so we got down to business.

“Grandpa, paint,” Alana said, offering him a color, and Dominic looked at me while Noah brought him his painting book. Alana helped him take the pencil and I came closer to accommodate the notebook under Dom’s hand. He began to move the color slowly on the sheet and Alana clapped delightedly.

I was filled with emotions and I blinked to contain them.

I left the room and got a call from my love.

“Honey,” I smiled as I saw my mother with Grace in the living room.

“Love, how are you?” he asked and his tone of voice made me frown.

“Fine, I brought the kids to see their grandfather,” I said and Nick laughed, “is everything okay?”

I heard him exhale.

“We collaborated as much as we could in the investigation of the contracts. They opened a case against Killian and he was captured,” he explained and something in me began to feel a certain relief.

“Oh my God, love, I’m on my way. Where are you?” I questioned, realizing that I hadn’t asked him.

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