Novels by Eileen Pryce

Anna peered through the common bathroom door on the first floor before stepping out casually as if nothing had happened. She walked past Dave, who was sitting on the couch in their living room and reading a report on his tablet, with Zach crawling on the floor."Zach, baby, come here." She called for Zach's attention, which was never hard to get. "Let's play outside."And his reaction was predictable. He was running toward his mother excitedly. His smile was so big that it was going to explode.Being a child seemed fun, didn't it?She followed him, running out of the house to their yard barefoot. She couldn't help her own smile from forming on her face at seeing him and another happiness she had just found out about today.She was pregnant with their second child.But be quiet. Anna wanted to make a surprise for her husband.Oh, she couldn't wait to see his reaction!"Zach, come here. Mommy wants to say something to you."Zach halted his running to look at his mother with an indescrib

Three years later.She watched everything. Their every move, laugh, giggle, scream, and more. She couldn't help but grace a wide smile over that. It was too good to be true. But it was what that was as it was the reality.Baby Zach was now three years old and in his active days. He had run on every corner of the house and was always excited to run outside.Although it tired their body from following him around, she didn't complain, especially Dave. He always had the energy to play with him and never ran out of ideas. He raised their child with all his heart.She shook her head to force herself back to her place. She couldn't only observe them all the time, as she needed to finish the cookie dough.Zach had the exact liking as hers for sweets. So she tried to be the best mom by baking them instead of buying them outside or ordering chefs to make them. It was cheaper and could adjust to her family preferences, which she wanted, not too much sugar.As Dave said, sugar was a killer.She

"Hi, baby boy. I'm happy you're awake, and I can hold you. Your mother must feel the same way. But she's resting now, so let's not disturb her and play with me instead." His voice was laced with happiness as his eyes flitted the same feeling. There was nothing happier than this moment when he finally held baby Zach. And the fact that he was born healthy was wonderful. It could be perfect if his wife's recovery went well.Baby Zach wriggled his tiny hands and managed to capture Dave's finger. He gripped it though his eyes were still closed. Baby Zach might sense familiar and safe, so baby Zach didn't cry, which made Dave's heart swell with pride and warmth. Only his touch could do that, and he couldn't be more proud of that."What do you think about this world? It's amazing, isn't it? You have me, your mother, and your entire family by your side. And in the future, you will find your own friends."Baby Zach was just quiet, and if his grip was not still on his finger, Dave might have th

A few months later.Anna was closing drawers after checking what was inside was still inside.It might be confusing. The point was Anna had just finished looking at their baby’s needs, such as clothes, diapers, socks, blanket, and more. She wanted to make sure everything was ready when the time came, which was soon. Her due date should be this week, and she couldn’t be more excited to finally welcome their baby.She moved to the only bed in the room. It was big and had four wooden walls on four sides to protect the baby from falling. And it was the one Dave said could accommodate her body while breastfeeding their baby. She even could sleep on it too.Her hand touched the doll on the nearby side and placed it neatly between another doll and the pillow. She had some, mainly cute animal characters, to accompany him while he was sleeping.Yes, him. Their baby was a boy.“Do you like it, honey? It’s nice, right? Your father prepared them for you.” She spoke as her hand caressed her so big

"I saw everything, Anna. I know what you hide behind your back." His eyebrows raised as if waiting for her to reveal it by herself. There was no point in hiding it anyway since it was why he approached her. He already saw her enjoying the ice cream!"What do you mean?"So she was going to play with him. Unfortunately, he didn't want to pretend that he did not see that. "The bowl. Ice cream."And she could only force a grin."Come here." His hand reached out to invite her to come near him."No. You will scold me.""That means you know you were doing wrong. How many bowls have you had?""Hmm. Five?""Count it correctly, honey.""Okay. Okay. Nine." She raised both her hands in the air and surrendered herself."No, honey. The bowl in your back is the eleventh."He actually didn't have a problem with her enjoying the ice cream. But Anna liked overeating, and she might have more if he didn't watch her."Good job Dave. She needs to be more careful with her health." Rebecca, standing beside h

Finally, the day they had been waiting for came. It was hectic but also fun. Their friends and families gathered together to celebrate the happy day. What was more pleasing than that?The vow went well. Although Anna felt more nervous, everything was perfect this time compared to the real one. Her father led her to the altar and handed her to Dave, which generally did at a wedding ceremony. And she and his husband stated their vow again and became husband and wife one more time.And to make it perfect, he sealed their vow with a kiss on her lips. Then cheers and applauses filled the hall.It was indeed a favorable moment. And it lasted until night."It's a pleasure to finally meet the newest Mrs. Byrne." Alexander greeted Anna and took her hand to land a quick kiss, like how a gentleman met a lady for the first time. "My name is Alexander Green.""Oh!" Anna couldn't help but show her surprise. She heard a lot about him from Dave, but this was the first time they met in person."Based

RUBY"If you and Uncle Wyatt are good now, that means he can be my daddy, can't he, Mommy?"I was stunned at my son's question. He specifically used 'daddy' in his words, meaning he understood how Wyatt stood in our life. Wyatt wasn't merely an uncle to him.I caressed his cheek with my thumb. "Do you want him to be your daddy, hm?" This should have eased my way to explain our future life with Wyatt to him. Still, I found myself surprised at it.Austin bobbed his head, not only a nod. He seemed enthutiastic to this idea. "Uncle Wyatt said he could be my daddy if I helped him win your heart, Mommy."So this was the reason. Turned out, Wyatt had planted the idea from long ago. "He did?""Yes.""And you followed his words?""Yes, Mommy.""Why?"Okay. I understood he craved for a father in his life. But why did he choose Wyatt out of people?Austin hummed, thinking before coming up with an unexpected reply a moment later. "He cares for you, Mommy. And he promised to make you happy and me,

RUBYI would admit something. When I took Laura's invitation, the possibility she would invite more people didn't cross my mind. I was too happy for her that all I could think was to be part of the party and celebrate it.Only when we accidentally met Meredith and she told that she would also attend to Laura's party did I realize there could be more. So I had no other choices except to prepare myself to meet and introduce our little family to them, which meant more people would learn about my and Austin's existence in Logan's family.It was a matter of time, though. Sooner or later I would face them."There. Two. One."My mind snapped to the present at the excitement emitting from Kevin and Laura's guests. They were counting for the important show. Revealing the gender.There was a big cake--not as big as a wedding cake--which contained the secret and Kevin and Laura were slicing it. Meanwhile, the guests were anticipating for the answer. What could it be? A boy or a girl?Soon, all t

WYATT"Yes. We're a couple, but not yet married."I would admit that I was startled to hear Ruby's words in replying Meredith at our unexpected encounter. She said it, preceeding me to take an initiative, even without we discussed such a situation before. It happened suddenly, so did her reaction.And what amazed me mere was she and Meredith carried on with their conversation, including introducting Austin to her, of course, as our son. Ruby and I, even though she didn't state it clearly since Austin was among us.Therefore, on the night after I sent Austin to sleep, I made an inquiry about it."You surprised me, love." I uttered as soon as her figure appeared from the bathroom.Ruby's brows furrowed as she walked to the bed. "What do you mean?""Meredith." I mentioned the name, whom she acknowledged immediately. "I didn't expect our encounter, especially seeing you talk to her casually."She took the space beside me, tucking herself under the blanket. "I also didn't expect to meet he

RUBYWyatt insisted to buy me a new dress for the party. It was for us, actually, since he wanted us to come in sync. And us meant Wyatt, Austin, and me.Of course, we would come in full set.Therefore, he drove us to the mall the next afternoon, visiting a well-known boutique.I opened the curtain after I was done looking at reflection. It was the second dress and seemed better on me than the previous one. So I had a confidence to face the people waiting for me outside.Wyatt and Austin.Who else?"What do you think?" I swirled around to give him a better view. Well, it came out automatically as if it was a template whenever I was trying on new clothes.Wyatt was having conversating with our son when I stole his attention. His stare bore into me like scanning me inside out, and he stayed like that for half a minute until Austin beat him to answer my question."You look beautiful, Mommy." And he also showed it through his expression. His clear blue eyes was fixated on me."Yes. You're

WYATTI hurried my steps out of the elevator as soon as the door opened, taking a right turn and arriving at my office in less than a minute."Dad." I called Dad, brows furrowing in confusion. I clearly didn't expect him to appear in my office, even though he often came to visit. But I had predicted it would be someone else. "I thought Ron mentioned someone else, not you." I glanced at my assistant, who was also present here and not accompanying me in the meeting.I had sent him to my office after he got a report from receptionist that I had a guest. So we decided to meet him and I carried on with the meeting.However, my guest should be..."You mean Alex?" Dad responded, leaning his back on the sofa before looking at me. "We had a pretty interesting discussion. But he's no longer here."Yes. My guest should have been Alex Foster, not Dad. That was why I was surprised to see him here."When you arrived, Dad?" I asked, legs swaying to the sofa across Dad."Before Alex came in."I copie

RUBYI opened the door to Austin's room only to close it again a minute later. Wyatt and our son were having a fun reading time, and I though it was better for me not interrupting them. Not that I avoided a quality time with the tree of us. I just wanted that time to theirs because I knew a father and a son needed to create their bonds. I had enough, so it was Wyatt's turn.Therefore, I decided to find my own fun by reading a novel we bought together. Well, just remembering that moment already made me chuckle. Boring books. How could Austin come up with the term?Unfortunately, those boring books were my fun. I love reading stories as it felt like pulling me into a new world. Because of that, I often found it refreshing after finishing a book, even though sometimes I would be devastated by their tragedy.And this novel, I hoped, could be a refreshment, although I doubted it. I had read the blurb and it seemed a complipated story.I enjoyed my own company, reading the novel while havin