You More than Anything in the World (Arissa)

Chapter 986

Arissa followed them into the bathroom and helped Jesse to wash up.

“Hurry up and take your bath.”

The children were delighted to see that their mother was still with them.

“We will, Mommy,” Zachary promised.

Once they were done bathing, Arissa brought them to the master bedroom. “Sweethearts, all of you will sleep with Daddy and me tonight!”

“Okay!”

The news delighted the children, and they followed her into the master bedroom.

Arissa was immediately relieved when she saw the children playing on the bed and looking rather energetic.

“I'm going to take a bath now. Go to bed first if you're tired, all right?” she then said.

“We'll wait for you, Mommy!” Gavin responded while looking up.

The moment he spotted the wound on her forehead, he urged, “Don't get your forehead wet when you bathe!”

“Mm-hmm!” Arissa nodded and took another glance at the children before grabbing a fresh set of clothes into the bathroom.

“Mommy, maybe you should put on a shower cap! That way, you won't get your forehead wet,” Tim suggested.

His thoughtfulness evoked a chuckle from her, and she replied, “It's okay. I'll make sure it doesn't get wet. Carry on with your game. I'll bathe now.”

“Okay. Bathe quickly, Mommy. We'll wait for you before going to sleep,” Jesse piped up.

At that, Arissa inclined her head. Only after that did she head into the bathroom to take a bath.

Meanwhile, Benjamin, who had gotten off the phone, went to the study to peruse some documents while waiting for Ethen to arrive.

Moments later, Arissa walked out of the bathroom after she was done bathing.

“Sweethearts, is your daddy still not here yet?” she asked when she could not spot Benjamin in the master bedroom.

Looking at her over his shoulder, Jasper replied, “Nope.”

Then, he returned to playing with his siblings.

As Arissa dried the ends of her hair with a towel, she informed, “I'll go downstairs to prepare milk for all of you.”

Upon checking on the six children playing on the bed, she turned around to head downstairs.

Benjamin was still nowhere to be seen after she had taken a look around downstairs. Right then, she noticed the lights in the study were still on, so she walked over.

Knock! Knock!

Knocking on the door, she called out to Benjamin, “Do you want to take a bath before you continue working?”

Benjamin raised his head and looked over. When he noticed she had taken a bath, he beckoned her to enter the study.

As soon as Arissa walked over, he hugged her and made her sit on his thighs.

At once, her cheeks flushed crimson.

Stroking the skin beside her wound, Benjamin asked, “Does it still hurt?”

Arissa shook her head. “It doesn't hurt that much when I don't touch it.”

“Put some medication on it later, okay?” Benjamin reminded her.

She gave him a word of affirmation, then gazed at him and asked, “Any news from Ethen?”

“He'll be here in a while,” was all he said.

After shooting him a few glances, Arissa nodded. “All right. You carry on, then. I'll prepare some milk for the kids.”

While she rose to her feet, she recalled that the children were going to sleep in the master bedroom that night. Hence, she informed him, “I'm letting them sleep in our room tonight.”

Benjamin nodded and replied, “Okay. All of you should go to bed first.”

Staring at the man who did not object, she exhorted again, “Don't work until it's too late, okay? You should rest early.”

“I'll go up once I've talked to Ethen,” he explained.