Too Late To Love Me I Already Left With His Twins (Lydia and Dave) novel Chapter 329

Lydia POV

Then she shrugged. “Don’t worry, Mom. It’s nothing much.”

I paused.

“Nothing much?”

“Yeah.”

I studied her face, trying to work out whether she was simply being her usual reserved self or whether she’d decided that whatever she’d wanted to tell me earlier wasn’t worth sharing anymore.

“Are you sure?”

She nodded and reached for her cutlery. “I’m sure.”

I considered asking again, but I didn’t want to turn a simple conversation into an interrogation. Perhaps she genuinely didn’t have much to say. Perhaps she was tired. Perhaps she’d just remembered something else.

“All right, sweetheart,” I said. “You can tell me whenever you feel like it.”

She gave me a small smile. “Okay, Mom.”

Dinner was served shortly afterwards, and Eli, who apparently believed silence at the dining table was a personal offence, immediately resumed his physics lecture.

“Daddy would have liked the demonstration,” he announced, scooping food onto his spoon. “I want to show him how the spring balance worked.”

“He probably would,” I said. “You can explain it to him when he calls.”

“Can we do the experiment at home?”

I looked at him. “Which experiment?”

“The water one!”

“Eli, we are not flooding this house in the name of science.”

He laughed. “We won’t flood it, Mom! We just need a container of water and some objects.”

“And who is cleaning up afterwards?”

He paused.

I raised my eyebrows.

“You are?” he tried.

I burst out laughing. “Absolutely not.”

Ava shook her head. “You can do it outside. And you need to make sure the objects are safe to put in the water.”

Eli turned to her. “I know that.”

“Then why did you suggest using the remote control earlier?”

I stared at him.

“The remote control?”

He looked down at his plate. “I was just thinking.”

“Please continue thinking without involving my electronics.”

Ava laughed, and Eli immediately began defending himself, insisting that he hadn’t actually intended to put the remote control in the water. He had only wondered whether its weight would affect the result.

I let them argue for a few seconds before intervening.

“Okay, Professor Eli. You can plan a safe experiment with Daddy when he gets back. Until then, the remote control is staying exactly where it belongs.”

“Fine.”

“And Ava,” I added, turning towards her, “how was your best friend today?”

She looked up, surprised that I was asking again.

“She was fine, Mom.”

“Good. Did you two spend break together?”

“Yes.”

“What did you do?”

“Just talked.”

“About?”

Ava smiled faintly. “Things.”

I gave her a look. “Very informative, sweetheart.”

She giggled. “Mom!”

“What? I’m trying to keep up with the latest developments in your life.”

“You don’t have to know everything.”

“I absolutely do. It’s in the motherhood contract.”

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