Chapter 144: I will not hesitate to take action.
Xavier POV
Selene didn’t show up.
I was trying not to let the smile I had on my face slip as I watched the girls teaching me how to tie a bow perfectly. She said she was going to hurry up and return, why was she taking so much time? This was nearly forty-five minutes since she left. I turned my gaze towards the door, hoping to hear her footsteps coming towards the girls’ bedroom but it was just the scuffles of servants and other people outside.
Since we returned, I haven’t stopped thinking about what she meant in our last conversation. Did she mean all those things she said? She had clearly stated that I was the father of the girls and that I was very much part of her life. Also, she had insinuated that she felt hemmed in being married to Noah and that only his death could redeem her.
"Daddy!" Maeve’s piercing tone reached me shaking me back to reality. She had a cross look on her face and her hands were folded across her chest as she glared at me "You were not listening to me. Did you even hear a word of what I said? Where did your mind go? She queried.
"Sorry my darling," I said soothingly "I was just trying to...".
"If you’re worried about Mommy showing up, just forget about it because she’ll never come," Vina said with a wide grin "Anytime she goes to see Noah, she spends hours there. Most times, she shows up after we’ve gone to bet while other times, it’s the next day. Do you know what all the maids are saying?" She leaned towards me her voice taking a conspiratory tone. Curious, I leaned towards her too. "They say that mom will soon be pregnant with another child. I’m hoping it’s a boy this time, having a sister is not the best thing..." She rolled her eyes at Maeve’s smirk.
My stomach knotted anxiously at the information. Noah had once let it slip unknown to him that he and Selene didn’t get a lot of action going on on that side. More than once, Selene herself had also said a similar thing. Plus, if Selene gives him a child and it turns out to be a boy, she’d be bound to him forever. Women were that way and it would kill my chance of reclaiming her from Noah.
"Girls," I faced my daughters "Would you like me and mommy to get back together like my big family?"