Two Times The Charm Novel (Clara and Emmett)

Chapter 127

When Clara arrived at Emmett’s place, she barged right in, “Emmett, you can’t just-

The sight before her cut her off mid–sentence.

She saw Alex playing with blocks with Emmett! They were sprawled on the living room floor, engrossed in building some structure. Emmett’s brow was furrowed, studying the block in his hand, seemingly deep in thought about his next move

Hearing her, Emmett looked up. “What’s got your panties in a twist?”

“Clara hesitated, at a loss for words.

On seeing Clara, Alex’s eyes lit up, he beamed, “Dad, is she the mom you told me about?”

Emmett nodded at Alex, smiling. “Yes, she’s gonna be your mom from now on!”

“Mommy!” Alex ran towards Clara, brimming with joy.

This sudden warmth left Clara a bit taken aback

figure something

had a different take on Clara’s

kid! You’ll

awkwardly bent down to pick up

“So you’re Alex?”

“Mommy, you’re so pretty, I

help but

apart from Aiden’s; I didn’t see that coming.

rest assured, I’ll care for them as if

still calling me Mr.

a

do with it? They’re our kids,” Emmett grinned, “We’re flying back home tomorrow; I’ve had Ricardo book the tickets. You sure you don’t want

said, “No, he doesn’t like

get a check, “This should be enough for him to live comfortably here; let me know if you

check back, “You’ve helped me enough, I can’t take anything

“You’re my woman; do we really need to keep score?”