Too Late To Love Me I Already Left With His Twins (Lydia and Dave) novel Chapter 103

screens set

everyone in position

I didn’t look at him immediately

I knew he was there

I could feel it

That presence

Familiar in a way I didn’t like

“Good morning everyone,” I said

calm

even

Professional smile in place

The one I give all clients

No exceptions

We started

I took them through the first layer

“Right now, your issue is not just the leak,” I said, tapping lightly on the screen

“It’s the narrative around the leak”

Slide changed

+25 P

Peaceful.

unporary.

I showered, changed into something light, then walked into the kids’ room.

They were both wrapped in their blankets like two small bundles of chaos waiting to happen.

I smiled.

Then

I attacked.

Tickles.

“Urghh, mom not this again!” Eli protested, already laughing.

Ava tried to maintain composure.

Failed immediately.

“Stop-this is unnecessary behavior,” she said, breathless.

I ignored both of them.

“Okay,” I said finally, standing up. “Uncle Marcus is coming in two hours.”

Silence.

Then instant movement.

Eli sat up.

“Two hours?” he repeated.

“Yes.”

“We are behind schedule.”

I blinked.

“We?”

Ava was already out of bed.

“I’ll supervise,” she said.

Effortless.

He looked at himself in the mirror and nodded.

“Yes,

” he said. “This is correct.”

Ava was next.

Which, somehow, was worse. 1

“I don’t want anything obvious,” she said immediately.

“Nothing obvious?” I repeated.

“Yes.”

“Define obvious.”

She gestured vaguely.

“Just… obvious.”

We went through her options.

She rejected most of them quietly.

No drama.

Just small head shakes that somehow carried judgment.

“This one?” I suggested.

+20 BS

She tilted her head.

Maybe.”

That’s the closest thing to approval you’ll get from Ava.