Chapter 129. Pinky Promise

Briana POV

With four faces staring at me expectantly, I could not decide.

It made sense. It was practical, but it was sudden.

There are things we need to settle yet.

The indecision made me falter.

I looked at the expectant faces of Noah and the triplets and felt like I wanted the floor to swallow me.

“It’s what I wanted, too.” I started.

Noah’s smile widened, and the children raised their hands in glee, along with their shouts of hurray.

I don’t want to ruin their happiness, but I can’t lead them on. As early as now, I needed to set things straight to avoid misunderstandings in the future.

“But not now,” I added, watching as the good spirits of the four people around me slowly sank.

The rejoicing went down, and four pairs of eyes shot me a look of disappointment.

I felt uneasy that I had to explain.

“We still have so many things to settle, Noah. We can’t just move in together without fixing those things.”

I wanted to blame him. His question caught me off-guard. We just agreed to take