Dark Revenge Of An Unwanted Wife: The Twins Are Not Yours!

Chapter 265: Resolution II

"It has been a most remarkable day; let’s not have another like it." Aiden’s weak attempt at a joke paid off as the team members all released smiles of amusement.

"Words, old man. Words..." Zane chanted, chuckling at intervals, his hands in his pockets, watching the private jet that the president had instructed to take them home take off into the air.

"So, what’s next?" Sandro asked, darting a glance at Ewan and then at Athena.

Ewan shrugged his shoulders. "We say our goodbyes. I am terribly hungry, to say the least."

He nodded at Aiden, who came forward and shook his hand happily. "Thanks for saving our asses today, man..."

"You’re welcome. I will see you around," Ewan said before turning aside to Athena, who was saying her goodbyes to his friends.

As if on cue, the three males left them to their devices, walking toward the cars that Old Mr. Thorne had arranged to take them home.

"So, you are more than you seem, huh... it must feel great surprising me at every turn..."

Ewan couldn’t help the smug smile spreading across his lips at Athena’s words. "I wouldn’t say that..." He muttered, even though his face was saying otherwise.

Athena scoffed lightly, shaking her head. "You also seem to have made an impression on the kids. They asked me if I could set up more meetings with you, other than the monthly visits. Did you put them up to that?"

Ewan instantly threw his hands up as if in surrender, though hope shone in his eyes. "I never did that." A pause. "But I am glad that they are happy and open to spending time with me..."

Another significant pause, during which he stepped closer to Athena, who was staring at him as if he were a puzzle she was trying to decode.

"And thank you, Athena, for not poisoning their minds against me, despite our troubled past..."

Athena nodded slowly, fixing her hands into the double pockets of her brown trench coat, having no words for that statement. Hence, an awkward silence surrounded them again.

Ewan cleared his throat when he couldn’t take the silence any longer or Athena’s intermittent stares, even though at that moment she was gazing to her left into the distance.

grant the children

don’t think so, at least not yet. You still have to serve the punishment of having made that suggestion in the first

laugh. "You dared to make

to say off. "Don’t bother. That’s a closed Chapter. For now, we will stick to the

tucking his hands into his pockets as they

to Athena that he was sorry for making that stupid request in the elders council, and that he would be good to the children—or a side effect of not taking his drugs

to see it, to question his discipline and choices. But

your drugs today?" She asked, her eyes

second of silence, exhaling harshly. "I will do that when I get

anger. "You talk about spending more time with the children, and yet you can’t even take care of

painfully as his rising fury increased. "I was busy, that’s why. It just happened

Athena muttered dismissively, turning away. "See you

taken more than five steps when Ewan grasped her by the arm. Instantly, she glared at him and shrugged her hands from his hold. "Don’t you

Ewan apologized immediately, cursing himself for having taken that approach. It was just that he hadn’t

"What do you want?"

was the right time to discuss what

ask a second time." Athena continued while wondering why she was so worked up. Was it

know why you were whimpering this morning... the kids talked about it while

widened a fraction, her anger giving way to frustration. What was with the children telling Ewan everything? Yes, they had informed her of the text, but she didn’t expect that they would tell him

talked about a nightmare. Is that true? Or was that just a ploy to keep me away?" Ewan continued, oblivious to

believe her ears. She needed to have a word with those three.

the art of keeping secrets? How did you even put that statement..." Athena paused dramatically, looking to the sky as if waiting for the clouds to reveal the sentence.

its way onto his lips.

as if he had

looked away from the intensity of her gaze, rubbing his hair, unaware of his ear tips turning bright pink to Athena’s surprise. "Well, during our short marriage I noticed you had terrible dreams sometimes. Once, I walked in on you having some kind of nightmare; you were struggling with the sheets... I am just wondering if it’s the same matter

clamped her mouth shut, her hands fisted by her sides.

voice escaped softly, a sharp

his lower lip before nodding. "I noticed a lot of things during our short marriage, Athena. I was just too caught up with my feelings of anger and resentment to do anything about it. It was only after you left that I suddenly realized that I didn’t really hate you