After a moment, Evelyn asked gently, "Sweetheart, do you prefer a baby brother or a baby sister?"
Oliver answered without a single second of thought. "Of course, a boy!"
Both Evelyn and Axel were stunned.
"A boy?" Axel asked. "Why so fast?"
Oliver puffed out his small chest with pride, then stared Axel in the eyes, "Because I want to train my little brother. Obviously." 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺
Axel raised an eyebrow, confused. "Train him to do what?"
"Everything, Dad..." Oliver’s eyes gleamed with confidence as he answered, "I’ll teach him how to ride a horse so he doesn’t fall as Jimmy did. And play the piano. And go hiking. And how to do that ninja roll that Uncle Liam showed me."
Evelyn covered her mouth to stop herself from laughing.
"Oh, Sweetheart... that is a lot to teach a baby."
"It’s important, Mommy," Oliver insisted, gently tapping her knee. "If I don’t train him from birth, how will he be my follower? Every big brother needs one," he said with his earnest seriousness.
Then he turned to see his father, "Right, Dad?"
Axel let out a soft laugh. "Ah. So that’s the plan."
"Yes," Oliver said firmly. "But, if the baby is a girl, she can’t be my follower because a little baby girl will boss boys like me around. And that’s okay."
Evelyn smacked Axel lightly when he started choking on his own laughter.
"Oliver," she said gently, "girls don’t always boss boys around."
Oliver gave her a doubtful look. "Mommy... you boss Daddy around every day."
Axel lifted a hand in surrender and looked at Evelyn. "He has a point."
Evelyn glared at both of them. "I never do that!"
"Yes, ma’am..." Axel answered teasingly.
Oliver grinned, proud of his logic.
Evelyn pulled him into a warm hug, and Oliver snuggled against her chest, still excited, still buzzing with new thoughts about his mysterious future sibling.
As she held him, Evelyn felt a deep warmth blooming inside her. Oliver’s softness against her, Axel’s quiet presence beside them, the shared happiness between the three of them. She felt her heart overflowing.
Last year, her only future was with Oliver. She never imagined she would have a home like this, a man like Axel, and now another child growing inside her.
At that moment, she felt grateful for everything. For her little family. For the new life about to join them. For the peace she never thought she would find.
...
The day flew by quickly, and soon enough, the news of Evelyn’s pregnancy had spread throughout the entire house.
Every staff member, every guard, every person who so much as walked past her now knew she was expecting.
She received endless warm congratulations.

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