ss and high society when no one wanted to bid on her. Not even the sleaziest of the man in the room. It had b

was his employee. It would be a breach in etiquette for him to bid on her. It was also something his lawyers had advised against when he had researched the legalese of such eve

of the spotlight. Anything to stop her torment. He who had begun to act like his lawyers' words were go

was his

e an exorbitant bid. Ten thousand dollars. Which was more than twice

nding them and his twin babies, Sharon, his cousin Cameron's wife, had believed such a public display would end all speculations and interest in them. And since she wa

ically, their table but the only empty chair was right beside him. His heart racing like he had just sprinted, he fixed his eyes on the napk

ghter. His eyes went to Elena and something in him softened when he saw her laughing at something April had said. Watching her eyes light

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in the frame and he was reminded again of her pregnancy. He was no closer to dealing with this news than he did half an hour ago. Sighi

life? Should he be in the kid's life? WIth the shining example his parents had been, did he have what it took

dy had four children and if Harry knew his cousin, he was sure there would be more additions in the future. Growing up, he had always been alone, despite being carted to his aunt's place e

the way. So what was h

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ng his predicament. All that pondering had only exhausted him and, now that he was awake, still unable to completely process that one nugg

was because the twin's mother had wanted to rid herself of them. That had been a tangle of massive proportions. He did find his

espite papers saying she had no rights. She had cited a psychological problem that clouded her judgement during that period in time. This voided any decisions she had made during t

But the battle paled over that fact that his children had suffered while under Carrie's care. Even the fact that

ol out, they had to have their stomachs pumped. It had devastated everyone. And that had been the reason he had had to leave Elena a

He didn't know which but he was hoping his cou

asn't pic

n Chicago. Surely he wasn't in bed yet. So why the fuck was he not answering his phone? His h

o go to

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d a hard time making his way to Jason's place and it was showing from the way his back ached, his legs cramped and spasmed and his eyes felt sandy

ct the plane leasing companies but, despite the bad economy, all of them were fully booked. Having headed home to change, he had then instructed Aksa to find him a commercial flight to which she had immediately informed him that the next available flight was eight in the mo

the fact that he had not been able to distract his mind with work. He had prowled the airport from one end to the other, thinking about Elena and their baby. Even as a part of him rejoiced, the rest of him wanted to

hrough custom had been an ordeal on its own and he was just glad he was in an open area.

g into his mind. He still couldn't wrap his mind around the fact that Elena was pregnant. But when

idn't matter that he had been looking down the barrel of a gun just hours before. He couldn't stop grinning until they had been able to visit April. The joy and connection betwe

il but he couldn't stop imagining her when she was more advanced into the pregnancy. And he couldn't believe that fact that he liked it. He liked the idea of it. He wanted to touch her belly, he wanted to help her

's pre

"April ask

, "Elena's pregnant.

managed to tie in the ending of AB. It was something that had me s

ief appearance of the twins in the n

w me for more updates and go to my twitter where I'll i

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stly, I'm fine with both so I thought this would be a good opportunity to bring you gu

e much of her (I think) in this story but I'd like to