Too Late To Love Me I Already Left With His Twins (Lydia and Dave) novel Chapter 219

“You say that all the time.”

“Yes,” I replied simply. “Because it is true,”

Silence again.

Then Ava said quietly,

“We told him we would tell you what we think.”

That made me pause.

“… You did?”

Eli nodded.

“We said we will decide and tell you later.”

I studied both of them carefully.

Not just what they said.

But how they said it.

They were not distressed.

Not confused in a harmful way.

Just… processing.

That mattered.

More than I wanted to admit.

I exhaled slowly.

“Alright,” I said finally.

Both of them looked at me again.

“Alright?” Ava repeated.

“Yes,” I confirmed. “I will listen to whatever you decide.”

Eli squinted slightly.

“That sounds suspiciously mature.”

I almost smiled.

“It is called parenting.”

Ava exhaled softly like she had been holding something in.

“Okay.”

That was all she said.

Just okay.

But in that household, okay meant a lot more than it sounded.

A pause settled again before Eli suddenly leaned back.

“He is still extremely stupid though.”

Now suddenly trying to fit him into it.

Carefully.

Cautiously.

Not breaking anything.

I exhaled slowly.

“We will take it one step at a time,” I said finally.

Neither of them argued.

For once.

Eli just nodded.

“Okay.”

Ava did too.

“Okay.”

And somehow that single word felt like the closest thing to agreement I had heard in a long time.

But even as I stood there watching them settle back into their normal rhythm, I could not shake the thought forming quietly at the back of my mind.

This was not going to be simple.

Not for them.