Chapter 14″ Trial date

Tessa had left work early. For some reason, her heart kept racing and her stomach was in a knot.

Deep down, she was worried that Aaron had already made his move and found her children. So she quickly returned home to check on them after they knocked off from school, just to be sure.

When she entered their apartment, she found the children writing their homework on the carpet in the living room while Elena was busy cooking in the kitchen.

Willa was the first to run towards her mother.

“Mommy! You’re back!”

“Tessa spread her arms wide and bent over to carry her daughter.

“Yes, sweetie. Mommy is back early today.”

Reagan and Nia followed suit and each wrapped their arms around her waist.

“We missed you, Mommy,” they chorused.

Tessa’s heart calmed down when she saw that her kids were safe.

“I missed you more, my babies. Come, show me what you are doing,” she said, leading them towards the books on the carpet.

Willa picked up her book and showed her proudly.

“Mommy, look. I drew our family,” she uttered sweetly, showing her mother the family of six on the paper.

Tessa smiled. “This is very nice, Willa. Well done. I can see your grandma here, your brother and sister and myself. You also drew Uncle Harry!”

Willa shook her head when she heard that.

“No, Mommy. That’s not Uncle Harry, that’s Daddy.”

Tessa’s heart skipped a beat. She looked at the drawing again. It wasn’t a well-done drawing. But the man

was in a poorly drawn black suit and had rough hair. He was also the tallest one.

Her eyebrows knitted as she stared at her daughter.

“Willa, why did you draw this man?”

“The teacher said I should draw Daddy too. So I drew him, Doesn’t he look like Daddy?”

Reagan glanced at his mother and frowned. “Mommy, didn’t you say Daddy was in Ashford City? When is he

coming to see us? I didn’t draw him because I don’t know what he looks like.”

“Mommy, why doesn’t Daddy want to see us? Does he hate us?” It was Nia who asked this time.

Tessa felt like someone was squeezing her heart.

She went down on her knees and engulfed all three of her children in a hug.

*Do you really want a Daddy?” She asked, her heart clenching at the word.

The little ones nodded.

“Yes, Mommy. We want a Daddy. Our friends talk about how their daddles take them to theme parks and how they play with them, but we don’t have a daddy to talk about at school,” Reagan muttered.

Tessa was filled with guilt. Her children wanted a father but she couldn’t just force parenthood on Aaron when he never wanted it.

respond when someone knocked on

she didn’t expect Harry to

to talk about, Harry? You’re

Harry was holding onto her for dear life that Tessa thought something bad

him.

her eyes. “There’s

wait? I was helping the children with

won’t take long, I promise. I just need a moment of your

and stepped out of the house before closing the door behind

can talk outside and then

floor of a four-storey building

got for her and she reluctantly took

been wanting to tell you that I’ve been in love with you for as long as I

Harry to tell her about his

stance before saying, “Harry,

my feelings to myself and decided to just watch you from a distance. But I can’t do that anymore. Not when my love for you is

a step back, feeling uncomfortable. Her heart was pounding brutally against her ribcage. She didn’t know what to say

You’re a good person

to give your children my last name and call them my own. They’ve been asking for a father lately, right? We can be together and then they will naturally see me as their father.” Harry said

prove that true love exists. I’ve been by your side for five years. Wouldn’t I have left if I wasn’t sincere? I stayed because I cared and I hoped you would open your heart

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bit her lower lip as a complex disturbing

that Tessa would involve their real father in their lives. Harry had been

if they got together, the kids

it really ideal for her to date someone she

scary thing but she couldn’t

he added, “How about we go on a few dates? Not as friends but as people aspiring to be lovers. We can call it a trial date. Just tell me that you’re willing

stomach churning but she nodded in the end. If her children wanted a father figure, she would do whatever it takes to make them

sperm donor was out of the question so

up on time at Tessa’s apartment. He was in

a simple pastel pink pencil dress with no makeup on. Her hair

Mommy! Bring us a

It was a weekend and she

of questions

a date when she wasn’t sure if it

she blew kisses at them and waved. “I’ll see you soon, my angels. Be good

for Grandma.

“Ok, Mommy!”

Tessa left, the three little ones shared looks. Nia was the first to remark. She

chest and

has gone on a date

our Daddy. Mommies only

bring

the living room happened to hear their conversation. She didn’t

so she stopped it before

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my darlings. It’s starting

hurriedly jumped on the couch. However, Willa toddled to her grandmother’s side while fiddling

and play with Barbie dolls in

were rosy and very squishy. She was the cutest thing you could ever see.

and brushed her precious granddaughter’s

“Of course, honey.”

didn’t follow her, she took out her tablet and

mother and siblings were always around. Yesterday, when the teacher asked them to draw their family, she naturally added Aaron to the

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