Kirsten stares down at her screen as her grip on it only tightens with the nagging feeling eating into her stomach as she slowly approaches the cafe.The strong scent of freshly baked buns and the sweet and savory smell of melting sugar only makes her growling stomach hurt even more intensely than it already is.She's hadn't had enough to eat since the whole ordeal, even though she doesn't want to admit it is affecting her as much as Ethan is feeling.She shouldn't even be that worried about being without a man that she hasn't loved him for long.The sound of the small bell at the top of door rings throughout the small cafe, alerting everyone within it.They all glance towards her, but only for a brief moment before turning away and continuing their usual habits.Though a few others stare at her a little longer, trying to figure out why she feels so similar to them when it hits them that she is an Instagram influencer.Though her posts aren't flowing like water in a river, every post
"what are you talking about?" Kirsten asks as she stares at him a bit uneasily. "It's happened-.""But she could end up not having it." He says as he slightly narrows his eyes at her, trying to let her catch on."Do you mean... Eliminating it?" She asks as her eyes grow wide. She glances around herself and leans towards the desk, not wanting anyone to hear. "You want to take it out of her?""Not really. But people miscarry..." He says with a whisper as he slightly smirks at her. "It could happen.""Lilith wants to make it work, she wouldn't just miscarry carelessly." Kirsten says as she leans from him with a frown. "That's an absurd idea you have."Ethan chuckles as he reaches his hand down to the black bag at his feet and fishes it in, searching for something as Kirsten drops her gaze down to the bag as she slightly leans to the side to get a better view.He then pulls out a small bottle and places it on the table before sliding it towards her as she furrows her brows at it."What is
Lilith stares blankly at the screen with her parents invitation to have dinner with them, along with Ariel an Michael.They are all invited to discuss the matter and see how this can be solved.Things might go south, or not, but all she could hope for is her mother's understanding since she's the only one that could tame her father.They had to make sure they are on their mother's side or else they are all surely going down the drain."Is the sandwich that bad?" Hades' voice interrupts her thoughts as she glances from the message on the tablet and up to meet his gaze. "Too much salt?""It's okay." Lilith smiles at him as she grabs one of the three triangles and takes a bite. "It's good.""Okay." He nods his head as he smiles. Lilith glances back down to the tablet as her thoughts begin to cloud her mind, only to be brought back into reality when she feels a rather warm hand agaisnt her fabric on her stomach.She traces the hand back to Hades who is smiling softly as he keeps his eyes
"I swear I'm about to die of cardiac arrest." Martin sighs out as he leans into the car seat while gripping onto its fabric. "I feel like my sanity is balancing on a really thin rope." "Well how do you think I feel?" Hades rolls his eyes as he turns off the car engine. "My rights as a father to our unborn child could be ripped from me. I'm lucky her mother is a bit less violent compared to her dad." "We can't blame them." Martin shrugs his shoulders as they both step out of the car in front of Hades' house that stands in all it's glory with a few other cars paqarked on the side. "Did you hear their mother was some kind of wife for hire? What the heck is that?" "Haven't you heard of those before?" He asks as he closes the car door. "It's some rental wife thing, you rent a woman who can act as your wife for any reason you might have. Either you want to practice being a husband or collect information on countless things, but I don't know much about those. They aren't advertised all ove
"so Ethan is out of the picture?" Morris asks as now turns his expression from accusation to slight worry. "You met him after you told her parents?""Funny thing is no. I don't know if he told her parents either. But he hasn't been trying to get at me since I confessed so I guess he's thinking of something else." Hades shrugs his shoulders as Martin slowly glances at him. "He won't stop. He'll most definitely think of something. But he's not my concern right now.""What if it's dangerous... What he's thinking about?" Morris asks as he starts to get worried for his friend. "He could hurt you.""If he'd kill me it'd be painfully obvious. We'd both lose. He wouldn't want that. He'd try to threaten either of us." Hades sighs out as he sinks into the seat. "But ignoring all that, he's least important. I came for advise with her parents.""We." Martin corrects him and Hades nods his head slightly."Yeah, we came here for advise." Hades explains as Morris folds his arms across his chest and
Nora comes back with a small sigh as she steps back into the living room, getting Hades to sigh out and glances at her with furrowed brows."You can't come out of the blue talking about pregnancy, okay?" She asks as Hades sighs out and bites down on his lower lip as he slowly gets impatient for his sister to accept it. "It makes it hard to accept.""I didn't plan on getting her pregnant. It just happened." Hades shrugs his shoulders and sighs out shakily as he runs a hand through his hair. "Please just say yes.""Let me talk to her first." Nora nods her head as she crosses are arms on her chest. "I'll have to accept her, but I want to talk to her first.""Talk to her?" Hades asks with furrowing brows as he clenches onto the couch. "Why would you have to talk-.""Hades, I needed to speak to her. I won't accuse her of anything. I don't say anything to make her feel bad. She's pregnant. I just want to speak to her about things."Hades sighs out and glances to the floor as Martin sighs ou
Kirsten stares down at the glass tumbler on the sink as she shakily stirs the mixture into the clear water, turning it from the milky whiteness back into the clear crystal water it was before.She stared back at the other cup, untainted with any drugs and bites on her lower lip as she glances over her shoulder to the arch leading to the living room where Ariel and Lilith are.The mere thought of it taunts her mind as she struggles to try to convince herself that she is the victim of all of this.Hades was someone she would start a loving life with. A husband cable of loving her inside and out, the husband she would find waiting for her to return and not keep her waiting up until midnight from a sudden 'nightshift'.The husband who would want to spend time with his family.She wanted that. But Lilith took it from her.Even though Lilith his all the rights to him, being the first one to have him, Kirsten would only think that since she let him go for another man, she shouldn't have gone
"sounds like you are really attached to him from the begining." Kirsten says as she laces her fingers together as she glances to the sink instead. "I have no right to have feelings for him. Not after I heard from you. So I won't try to get in the way. I'll support every decision you make. Because I love you.""I really appreciate it, but I want you to step away if you feel in any way suffocated. I don't force you." Lilith explains as she walks over to the sink and wraps her arms around her neck, making Kirsten to feel her eyes slowly soak up from the tears before hugging her back.The feeling of guilt eats at her throat as she takes in the fruity scent from her clothes and body. A scent so warm and tender.Making her regret her decision to even try to sabotage her pregnancy and kill the child Hades wants to see so badly.She wouldn't forgive herself.A smile slowly curves to her lips as she stares into the darkness of her eyelids, happy enough she gets to remain sane with Lilith here.
"wait! I'm not done yet!" Victoria whines as Lilith lifts the child off her hands and back into hers, tires from all of the people that keep holding her son. "Lilith....""He needs to eat." Lilith explains as she smiles while gently bouncing her baby. "Don't you wanna eat Bobba? Oh yes you do.""Stop calling him Bobba or else he will get used to that. Call his real name, Aiden." Victoria whines some more as she watches Lilith clearly not wanting to give back her grandson to her."Baby Bobba likes it." Lilith says in a childish voice, though mostly speaking to her child than her mother.Hades on the other hand can only stare in envy when non of them even let him carry his own son.It has been three weeks since his birth and he's barely carried him if at all."I can't wait to see the news." Derek chuckles under his breath as he taps the send button, posting all the photos he has kept for this day. "The headlines will all about Hades.""You've posted it?" Hades asks, planning to distract
Even though it would have been the perfect moment to reveal Hades, Derek thought it would be even more surprising if the news was given soon after Lilith had her child.He wanted a public uproar and chaos. To twist head and make everyone gasp.So the excuse he gave the media was that she was pregnant, and the wedding was postponed.No one questioned it.Ethan hadn't come up to protest about the news. He's almost simply vanished from the face of the earth without a trace, so it was the perfect plan with the perfect process."Are you sure you're okay?" Hades asks for the hundredth time, getting Lilith to groan out as she drops the tablet she is holding to the bed before glaring up at him."I'm fine! Stop asking!" She hisses and places the tablet up to her face, playing the game she was playing. "If you keep asking I'll get more stressed....""Okay." Hades sighs and plants a small kiss on her forehead before getting up and walking towards the nurse who is simply preparing some equipment.
"it's so silent." Lilith chuckles as she stares down at her steaming hot bowl of soup holding a few chunks of chicken and veggies.It was more of a chicken stew than a soup at this point, even though Lilith's mother claimed it was a soup, a soup she claims is good for her health."I like it." She smiles towards Hades who hasn't been talking for the past hour since the whole scenario ended with Ethan and Kirsten.It still didn't sit right with him that Ethan almost didn't put up a fight except insult him. He thought Ethan would end up fighting him to the ground just to be stubborn and resilient. But he didn't.He just walked out of the mansion just like that."Are you okay?" Lilith asks as she reaches her hand over to Hades who then finally snaps from his thoughts and smiles at her the instant their eyes met."Just thinking about nothing. And yeah, it really is silent, in a good way. I don't have to fight Ethan anymore." Hades chuckles as he laces her hand with his. "It's still a shame
Hades makes his way into the corridor and nearly bumps into Derek who was holding a wine glass in one had and his phone in the other.The wine nearly spills his silky pajama set but lucky it really doesn't.Hades doesn't bother apologizing as his mind is fogged entirely with what he should do with Ethan. The only one still too stubborn to simply leave them alone."You look like you are about to commit murder." Derek points out as he swirls the contents in his wine glass. "Is it Ethan?""I'm just thinking of what to say to him." Hades shrugged his shoulders as he glanced at the wine Derek is sipping on but knows it's not the right time for him to even drink. "Last time I was talking to him, felt like I was talking to a child who didn't want to listen.""Ethan has always been stubborn. Which was why I liked him and wanted him to be a part of our family. He's always been like a son I've always wanted to have but never did." Derek points out as he blindly smiles to himself and takes a sma
Hades sighs out as he leans from the hug and sits up, gazing down at her as she watches his every move."I'll get you some breakfast. Try to stay in bed and relax." Hades says as he gets up and walks towards the doors. "Don't go anywhere, okay?""Yeah." She nods her head with a smile as she leans on her elbow to stare at him a little more. "I want some meat in that.""I know." Hades winks before stepping out and closing the door, leaving Lilith to frown slightly and lean back onto the bed, feeling her entire body shudder from the news the previous night.Tears soaked her eyes as she stares at the ceiling, almost losing all hope in even becoming a mother at this point, too afraid that the second one can also follow it's sibling.She reaches her hand over her head as the tears silently fall to the sides of her eyes, unable to keep them from falling while her body shakes.She wanted to cry, but she couldn't if Hades was also affected by it. She didn't want him to break into pieces like s
Hades can't stop staring down at Lilith who had to be forced into a deep sleep, just for the sake of their surviving child.He felt at fault for losing one of the twins, since he put her on the spotlight of trouble, from planting the seed down to having to force her to make the decision of being with him or Ethan.He knows if he simply vanished without a trace, Lilith would have lived a miserable life, but that wouldn't have taken long to end since Ethan was always trying hard to make her love him again. She would have eventually fallen into his trap and lived a much healthier life. Away from all the pain and agony.Maybe that's just it. Maybe Hades shouldn't have stepped into her life.Maybe he should have just watched her marry another man and admit he lost.Would things have been much better now?Hades turns his eyes towards the doctor's table instead, staring at nothing in particular as he wondered what happened to the 'body' of his child.He knew it could be almost too small and
When the doors finally opened, Hades stands up and clenches his jaw as he watches Lilith's father step out with a rather gloomy expression on his face, getting his heart to sink into his stomach as he approaches him."Is she alright?" Hades asks as he stands in front of the man he once feared, "is the baby... Okay?""Lilith is okay." Derek nods his head as he scans the room and frowns deeply at the sight of the two, Ethan and Kirsten who also stare at him expectedly. "The baby is okay as well. No need to worry, Hades."Hades sighs out in relief as he smiles slightly and glances over Derek's shoulder and into the room where he can see Lilith seated on the bed, looking rather.... Pale."Why do you all seem really upset?" Hades chuckles slightly as he glances back up at Derek., Feeling his heart tug against his chest. "Lilith doesn't look that happy.""Sit down, Hades." Derek sighs out as he holds onto Hades' shoulder and gently brings him to sit down on a small stool just behind his fee
[2:12 a.m]The clock above the ticks roughly around two in the morning, hardly getting the anxious Kirsten who yawns in fatigue as she stares at the door that Lilith had vanished off to with the doctor the instant he returned with a few equipment and another nurse.Her mother and father remain locked into the room with her, along with Ariel who didn't want to leave her twin's side as they examine her condition with the machines this time, wanting to get accurate results.It would be easier and less costly to get her to the hospital instead, but the parents couldn't resist the stalkers around from taking private details into the mass media.It would cause an uproar before they can really fix anything."For a moment I thought I could get away with it, since I believed the pills won't change anything. But even after I didn't hurt her .... Things between us aren't good anyway." Kirsten sighs out as she runs a hand through her hair and bites down on her bottom lip, getting Hades to glance
The soft buzz ringing into her ear slowly fades off as her heavy eyelid finally peel back, bringing in the soft light from the orange bulb hanging over above her.She lays there for a moment as she feels the unsettling pain roaming her stomach like a serpent.Slithering through every part of her abdomen and leaving a bearable venomous sting.Lilith turns her head to the side as her head feels like a large rock, making her neck ache from the slight movement as her eyes land on the q by the bed stool.It is well past eleven.The room is silent but the door is open. Faint but audible voices can be heard from the corridor, many at once and others sounding awfully aggressive than most.It doesn't take her a moment long before she remembers why she was asleep. SeeShe sits up in haste and glances down at her thighs, finding nothing too alarming other than the fact she is wearing different clothes altogether.Her eyes dart around the empty room and notices a few empty medicine bottles and th