Chapter 109

Hazel’s kids were bubbly the next morning, and Daisy’s swollen cheek, though still red, had gone down.

“I’ll

snap her fingers when next I see her,” Silently swearing to herself, Hazel applied soothing ointment.

As she tended to them, Liam spoke up suddenly. “Was Mr. Princess here last night?”

Hazel continued her gentle application, asking, “Why do you ask?”

“No reason,” Liam replied casually, but there was a spark of mischief in his eyes.

“Was he?” he probed again, unable to contain his curiosity.

Hazel sighed, realizing there was no evading Liam’s questions. “He was,” she admitted, watching as Liam nodded in satisfaction. She looked away turning her focus back to Daisy. Liam reached out picking up a colorful glass ball bead from the potted plant nearby.

The beads were a subtle communication method between Liam and Ethan. Liam had given Ethan several colorful beads with a specific pattern. “Drop one in the plants whenever you stop by,” they had decided. It

for Liam to know if Ethan had visited, just in case their mom didn’t let him see them. The simple yet effective communication system allowed Liam to confirm Ethan’s visit even when he had been asleep.

was a way

Hazel, now done with the soothing balm application, shifted her focus to brushing Daisy’s hair. “I don’t think Mr. Princess likes his wife very much,” Daisy declared her observation innocently.

her; people only get married to people they like,” Liam interjected, his explanation. reflecting the uncomplicated understanding of relationships that children often hold. Hazel couldn’t help but smile at the simplicity of Liam’s perspective, where marriage was based on and equated to love. Daisy confidently asserted, “Well, that means

agreed with a from nod and wide smiles at the thought

all the twins could talk about most times. She

that, we would leave, we’d go somewhere far away. Hazel murmured to herself. In the meantime, she would just have to endure

her kids talk more about

remember,” attempting to

Hazel reminded them, guarding against the budding optimism that Ethan might choose them over Bella. However, Daisy, with her

mean.”

he even grabbed her arm. He was so angry, Momma,” Liam recounted, his eyes earnest defending

with a resolute,

her to go home,” Liam added, a hint of

to violence, especially against a woman. It was unlike him.

recounted the scene with vivid storytelling, Liam animatedly described the confrontation, attempting to

kids? Bella, explain yourself,” Liam retorted with seriousness. Hazel couldn’t help but chuckle at the theatrical delivery. But Liam wasn’t finished. With a determined expression, he continued, “Then he said, ‘Why are you here? You should

role as Bella stood with her half made hair and pleaded with dramatic intensity, “No, Ethan, no! Let

protective Mr. Princess, stood firm, “I said no! Look at his arm; you hurt

gasped. “I don’t wanna

for that. Guards, take her away.” Liam

Daisy shrieked dramatically, collapsing onto the floor in feigned

were exaggerating but she got the message. She felt a tinge of

settled back

Princess is nice. Even though he has a witch for a wife, I still love him,” Daisy declared stubbornly, her determination evident in her young eyes. “One day, I’ll get rid of her and marry Mr. Princess,” she

couldn’t help

asked, intrigued by her daughter’s imaginative

commitment matching his sister’s. “Then we can have him all to ourselves. It would be just you and me and mommy and Mr. Princess.” Liam smiled at his sister, sharing in the dream of a family unburdened by the presence of

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