"Are you mad at me?" she asked as she leaned on my shoulder. I gently stroked her hair and kissed her. "Are you mad because I plan to hide the babies from you?"

"Yes, too much," I replied but remained kissing her head.

"I won't apologize to you, Zeus. It's your fault why I did that."

"I know, and I'll be the one to apologize to you for what I did." I kissed her on the forehead and hugged her tightly. "I'm sorry for hurting you, baby. But if you only knew how crazy I was to get you back from Dylan."

"You don't need to take me from him,...