“He’s finally gone!” Edward said with relief after Lucien had left.

“I think it’s fun when Lucien comes over. The kids like him a lot too…” I said as I smiled wryly at Edward.

“Well, I don’t like him…” Edward stated firmly.

I just couldn’t hold back my laughter anymore and started giggling at Edward. It was quite late, and I felt a little drained from the stress at work.

“Let’s go to bed…” I told Edward as I took his hand in mine.

I turned to lead him out of the room, but he didn’t move. Confused, I turned around to see what was wrong.

“Edward?” I called his...