Twins Make Four

“This is just the beginning,” I told her, caressing her hair. “We managed to find our way to each other and create two new lives, and there is nothing more special than that.”

I leaned away to look at her and planted a kiss on her forehead, cupping her cheeks. “I’m never letting you go, Scarlet. You’re mine.”

“Only yours. Now how about we finally catch up on some sleep?”

I smirked at her. Exhaustion was finally getting the best of me. “That’s a good idea. Unless you decide to wake me up in the middle of the night again.” I winked at her.

“Maybe I will. You’ll never know.”

EPILOGUE

Scarlet

3 months later

“Wow. I can’t believe you’ve officially made the move,” Mila said over the phone. “So, Chicago is your kind of town, huh?”

“It is now,” I said with a chuckle. I had Mila on speaker-phone as I packed the last of my things in my apartment.

The last few months had been quite a whirlwind, but it all felt worth it. Tobias had invited me to move in with him, and now the big day was finally upon me.

“Scarlet, I don’t want to uproot you from your life, but I just can’t imagine being away from you and the babies. I want you all here with me. If I could, I would move out to where you’re at. But I can’t leave the firm behind. Besides, my house is more than big enough for all of us.”

It had taken a lot of convincing from his end, but I ultimately knew that it made most sense for me to move in with him. At this point, it was much easier for me to move than it was for him. And at the end of the day, I honestly wanted to be with him.

Granted, it had been a hard to accept that I would be leaving my old life behind, especially my job. My work wasn’t glamorous and I certainly didn’t belong to a multibillion-dollar business like he did, but I still valued my non-profit organization and it pained me to leave it behind.

“Are you really leaving us?” one of my co-workers had asked once news got out that I was moving to Chicago. On my last day, I had shared a lot of tearful goodbyes with the people I’d been working with for the past several years. The day after that, I had received a call from my boss.

“Hey Scarlet, I need you to come in today for a minute. There’s some last-minute business I need to go over with you. Can you make it?”

“Sure,” I’d said, although I’d been slightly taken aback. I had just started packing and found it a bit inconvenient to have to return to the office after I’d already said my heartfelt goodbyes the day before. “How soon do you need me to come in?”

“Sooner rather than later.”

“Okay. Give me about an hour and I’ll be there.”

“Okay, sounds good.”

Having completed everything work-related already, I had been left wondering what last-minute stuff my boss could have possibly had for me to do. When I showed up to the office, I’d been greeted with cheers, confetti, and smiling faces. They’d thrown me a surprise going-away party, complete with baby shower gifts for the twins. I had been reduced to a sobbing mess, thoroughly appreciating this chapter of my life ending on such good terms.

“We’re going to miss you, Scarlet. Best of luck to you in Chicago,” my boss had said, hugging me.

“So, how does it all feel?” Mila asked as I pulled clothes from my closet, sorting through what I planned to take with me, and what I would give away to the GoodWill.

“Surreal,” I answered. “I’m pregnant, just a couple months away from my due-date. I’ve found a guy that I adore. I’m moving to a new city. I’ll have to find a new job.”

“Well, you actually don’t have to find a new job,” Mila chimed in, chuckling. “I’m sure Tobias would be more than willing to take care of you. You wouldn’t have to lift another finger for the rest of your life if you didn’t want to with his kind of cash flowing in.”

“You know I’d never be happy that way,” I said. “And he knows it too. It’s not about his money. It never was.”

“Yeah, I know,” Mila said with a sigh. “You’re so noble. Go figure you’re the one to end up with a billionaire.”

“Shh!”

“Girl, I’m alone. No one can hear me.”

“Oh, okay,” I said and laughed. “Anyway, isn’t it crazy that all of this happened in just a year?”