The Revenge of the Mute Wife by Melanie Paulson

Chapter 301

"Boss, would you like a coffee?" Comilla asked, wolking over to offer her a cup.

"No, thanks, but I'll take some juice, please."

"Right away," she replied, turning to get the order.

"It looks like everyone will be going to bed after dinner Samantha commented, noticing that Deborah had turned down the coffee.

"Yes. And how did my kids behave?" Deborah asked.

"We were good," the children answered in unison.

"Did you do your homework?"

"Yes, Daddy helped us," Elizabeth said.

"That's great-

"Everyone, dinner's ready."

"Well, let's sit down to eat so they can tell you all about what we did this afternoon," Jayden said, noticing the excitement on his children's faces. They couldn't wait to tell their mom about all the fun she had missed. Dinner was lively, with James and Elizabeth talking nonstop about what they had done that day, from what had happened at school to the games they played in the afternoon.

After finishing their meal, Deborah and Jayden sent the kids to brush their teeth and go to bed.

""Mommy, can we have a story?" Elizabeth asked.

"Please?" James chimed in.

"All right, let's get settled," Deborah said, watching as both kids lay down in the same bed while Jayden sat in the rocking chair, holding the twins. "Let's see, once upon a time, in a beautiful kingdom..."

The kids, and even Jayden, slowly closed their eyes as they listened to Deborah's gentle voice. By the time she was halfway through the story, everyone was already in dreamland.

"It looks like all four... or rather, all six of them got tired," she whispered to herself, noticing that even the pets were asleep at the edge of the bed, keeping their owners company. Carefully, she stood up and tucked the blankets around her children before turning to pick up the twins.

"Huh?" Jayden woke up, feeling someone take one of the babies from his arms.

"Shh... it's okay, love. Let's take the twins to their crib," she said, picking up Michael.

Jayden nodded and carefully stood up to join her, tucking the twins into bed.

"So, how was your afternoon as a dad of six?" Deborah asked as they walked to their bedroom.

"It went well, even though I put my drawing aside," he said, noticing her concern. "But don't worry, I'm not upset. In fact, I feel more inspired now and have a clear idea of the design I want to present to Mr. +25 BONUS

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Gonson."

"So, they helped you."

"Yes, but you know what? I admire you," he said, taking her hands in his.

"Why?"

"Because not only do you put up with my bad moods, you've also taken on the responsibility of caring for our six little troublemakers. Even Chip and Felix are characters in their own right," he joked. "And you have to be careful with them because sometimes they get excited and could end up leaving muddy paw prints on your papers."

"Phew... good to know because that hasn't happened to me yet," he said, laughing. "But that does explain the muddy paw print I found on one of James's homework sheets." "Hm... and sometimes when I'm not looking. I find triplets in the crib."

"Huh?" Jayden looked puzzled, but then he saw Deborah pulling out her cell phone to show him a picture of a certain feline sleeping between the twins. "Hahaha, what a little rascal." I'm glad we're a team again, taking care of our family.

"And that's how it will always be, from now on, love. And... um... if I ever turn into that monster again, you have my permission to do something drastic to snap me out of it."

"I'll hold you to that, though if you hadn't come to your senses... I already bought some chains to tie your

up."

"Uh... honey, I didn't know you wanted us to play those kinds of games," he said flirtatiously, leaning

closer to her.

"I don't like that kind of thing," she replied, stepping back a little. "The chains were to tie you to one of the trees in the garden and leave you out there until you came to your senses." "Ouch... good thing it didn't come to that," he said, laughing nervously.

"But you've been warned," she said, winking at him.