Crystal's POV:

I nervously waited for my son's answer, afraid that it would crumble the foundation I had been building around my fragile heart.

A knot of dread formed in the pit of my stomach, and I found myself starting to think that Laura was right. Children did need their father to be present in their lives.

And while my twins might not be old enough to make rational decisions, they were certainly old enough to know what they did and did not want. I couldn't be so selfish that I would inflict my own choices upon them.

"What's wrong, Mommy?" My little boy tugged at a strand of hair hanging on my forehead and gazed at me quizzically.

Jolting back to my senses, I tried to compose myself and act as though nothing was bothering me. "It's nothing. Mommy was just thinking of something. Sweetie, you haven't answered Mommy's question. Do you want a father?"

Arron's lips puckered, and his brows furrowed. "Are you getting married, Mommy?"

I blinked at him, surprised by his response. "Well... No. No, I'm not. It's just that... The other children all have a Daddy. Don't you envy them, Arron? Don't you want a Daddy, too?"

My son's expression shifted, and he gave me a smile that belied his young age. "I don't envy them. Arron only wants Mommy. There's nothing much different between the other kids and me. I don't lack anything."

that you will have regrets in the future." I held my son's chubby

up to his feet and also took my face in his stubby fingers, and then planted a big, fat kiss on my cheek. When he pulled back, there was a serious glint in his eye. "Besides, Mommy told me that our father was a great war hero. He died in the battlefield and brought honor to our family. That's

my heart. I sniffed back my tears and whispered, "Do you really

kid. Arron never lies!" The little boy puffed up his chest and lifted his chin

I picked him up and placed him on my lap.

good," Arron said

a while, but then he pulled back again with a frown. "But if Mommy feels lonely

first."

worry. Mommy has no plans in getting you a new Daddy. A stepfather is

head

lying or not. Okay!" he nodded after а moment. "That is

you want to go to bed now?" I swayed him from side

want to sleep." My boy yawned, the corners of his

sleep.

my son back into bed and turned

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