The CEO’s Betrayal: My Ex-lover Has Triplets

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.

when someone knocked on the door.

the door, she opened it but she didn’t expect Harry to hug

you want to talk

holding onto her for dear life

him.

and looked into her eyes. “There’s something I want to tell you.”

can’t wait? I was helping the children with their

I promise. I just need

stepped out of the house before closing the door behind

talk outside and then go

of a four-storey building

for her

in love with you

stomach turned. She didn’t expect Harry to tell her about

before saying, “Harry, you know how

know, Tessa. That’s why I kept 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 so strong. I

a step forward but Tessa took a step back, feeling uncomfortable. Her heart was pounding brutally

in love anymore. You’re a good person and I wouldn’t want to

with all my heart. I’m willing 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 and grabbed Tessa’s hands in his, looking

chance to prove that true love exists. I’ve been by your side for five years. Wouldn’t I have left if

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as a complex disturbing emotion surged within

Her children were demanding to see their father and there was no way in hell that Tessa would involve their real father in their lives. Harry had been there for the kids. He took care of

make a good father and if they got together, the kids would stop asking about their biological father- the sperm

was tempting but Tessa felt strange. Was it really ideal for her to date someone

scary thing but she

aspiring to be lovers. We can call it a trial date. Just tell me

nodded in the end. If her children wanted a father figure, she would do whatever it

the question so Harry would make

time at Tessa’s apartment.

a simple pastel pink pencil dress with no makeup on. Her hair was left to flow down her shoulders and she looked

Mommy! Bring us a lot of

shouted behind her. It was a weekend and she had to make up an excuse about why she was

lot of questions but she didn’t want to confuse

it was a date when she

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

trouble for Grandma.

“Ok, Mommy!”

ones shared looks. Nia was

and

Mommy has gone on a date with

brows. “No. Uncle Harry is not our

she’s gone to bring

in the living room happened to hear their conversation.

stopped it before they said

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watch your favourite TV show, my darlings. It’s starting

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

Barbie dolls in the bedroom,

cheeks were rosy and very squishy. She was

and brushed her precious granddaughter’s hair

“Of course, honey.”

rushed to the bedroom. When she saw that her siblings didn’t follow her, she took out

siblings were always around. Yesterday, when the teacher