Hand in hand, Vince and Hailee walked toward the indoor pool at the extension building at the right wing of the mansion.

  The moment they had a glimpse of their mom, the five dogs rushed toward Hailee. The knights quickly restrained them as Hailee was now five months pregnant, but her belly was almost like a seventh month's preggy.

  "Jolie! Mason! Ah, Lyche! Lola! Hey, girl!" Hailee wanted to hug her dogs. However, she can't bend anymore with her bulge. "What happened to Gael?"

  Hailee noticed this male dog sitting obediently in the corner, just looking at them, but his tail wagging with eagerness.

  "Gael, come here!"

  The dog just then runs toward Hailee and licks her feet.

  "Ah, good boy. It seemed like you were the only one behaving, huh?" Hailee petted Gael's head.

  The dog was sitting obediently in front of her while eyes looked at her baby bump with intent. His nose moved like he tried to determine through his smell what was on his human's belly, and it grew bigger like that than the last time he remembered.

  Hailee was amused. She glanced at Vincent, and he also had guessed that Gael understood that there were lives inside her womb.

  "Are you excited to meet my babies?" asked Hailee. Gael barked and twirled around, expressing his excitement.

  "Good boy… Hey, meet daddy Vincent!"

  "Hello, buddy!" Vincent squatted on the floor and tried to interact with the dog. At first, Vincent studied Gael's behavior toward him. When the dog wagged his tail, Vincent didn't think anymore to pet him. "Good boy!"

  Gael allowed Vincent to rub his back. Soon, the other dogs rushed to him and wanted to be pets as well.

  The times that Hailee was away. She was video calling with her dogs when she couldn't hold anymore, not missing them. Later, she introduces Vincent to them through FaceTime, and she's happy that the dogs recognize Vincent.

  "Alright! Come here! Time for dinner. Momma needs to feed her babies too." James called out the dogs; they immediately ran toward him.

  "They were pups when I started bringing them when I sailed out," Hailee told Vincent.

  "It's the reason they were close to James."

  "Yes. He's the one who would bathe them, soaking in the bathtub with them."

  "Heh. I see…" Vincent nods his head, with a grin on the corner of his mouth, watching James disappear into the garden with the five dogs. He added afterward, "It seems like he's your greatest knight."

  "James will be a great uncle."

  "I have no doubts." Vincent concurred.

  Hailee smiled upon hearing that. In these passing weeks, she could see that Vincent and James had a better relationship than before, making her happy. She hopes that the rest of the boys will open up to him soon.

  At the pool area, Hailee was envious, looking at the kids enjoying the water.

  They were riding on floaters while their dads' playing with them. Hailee thinks the kids were too cute. Every time they laugh loudly, it fills her chest with inexplicable happiness. She could imagine Vincent babysitting their kids, playing with them, swimming with them, bathing with them.

  "What's wrong?" Vincent was also enjoying looking at the kids having fun in the pool. But then he heard Hailee sobbing. "What's the matter, Wifey?"

  Hailee shook her head, burying her face into Vincent's shoulder. "It's nothing, hubby. I'm just feeling excited to meet our babies."

  Vincent placed his left arm around Hailee's waist while one arm stroked her back, coaxing her. He understood now why she suddenly cried while her mood swings were still up. Anyway, like Hailee, he also looks forward to meeting his kids. Watching his two brothers-in-law made him envious.

  "It will be just four months, and we will welcome them soon."

  "Thank you." Hailee nodded, and this time, she felt better. She could not imagine her life without Vincent. She has felt all kinds of emotions since she met him.

  She was frightened of losing Vincent. Happiness that the boys failed to make her feel before. And fear that she never felt before, even when her mom died.

  Hailee wipes her tears with the help of Vincent. Hilda noticed them and wondered why her daughter-in-law cried. In her heart, her son must do something.

  "Vincent, why aren't you both coming over yet? Come here, and I want to interrogate you! Hailee must be hungry already." Hilda added to her head.

  When her son- and daughter-in-law came over to the dining table, Hilda didn't wait for her son to sit down.

  "Why is Hailee crying? What did you do?"

  Vincent was dumbfounded while meeting his mom's glare. Her queries made him speechless. 'She remained the Great Hilda Shen!'

  His mom still scolded him! But this time, it was funny because his mom was siding with Hailee and was very protective of her. At that thought, Vincent smiled at his heart.

  "Mom, you know that making Hailee cry is the last thing I would ever do. Maybe it was you who said something."

  It was a joke. But Vincent saw the panic flash in his mom's eyes. When Hilda saw Vincent curled his lips into a smirk, she wanted to smack him on the back.

  'Ridiculous! My son dared to joke on me!' But it concerns her; might her tongue slip through some words that sometimes she didn't think about…


  Vincent steps closer to his mom and hugs her. "Don't worry, mom. You know, Hailee had mood swings all the time. Even happiness brought her tears."

  Hilda sighs with relief after listening to her son's explanation. It makes her worry if she causes Hailee's tears.

  "Alright. Go feed your wife."

  Hilda was actually blushing when her son let her go. To be honest, she isn't much used to being intimate with her family members. But lately, even Vincent is constantly giving her a hug which warms her chest.

  Vincent knew what his mom was feeling at the moment. He could see how she was trying to hide her flustered face from him.

  They were not intimate with each other in their family, except for Sheena, who was raised being too spoiled. She is sweet and clingy to all of them. And because they pampered her, she has the nature of a rebellious teenager.

  Over dinner, laughter and lively conversation filled the table. For Hailee, it was one of the best meals she ever had. She has been sharing a lovely meal with everyone, but tonight, this occasion brought a strange joy.

  Probably because the people she shared a table with are her two-most favorite families that she loves so much.

  "Hail, we have a surprise for you!"

  "Oh, what is it?" Immediately, Hailee's chest overwhelmed with anticipation. She knew it would bring her tears once she found it out. "Wait, why does my husband look not surprised at all? Do you know this already?"

  Vincent only smiled to hide his guilt at hiding something from his wife. Ever since he confessed to Hailee, and she has been honest, they shared everything and hid nothing.

  "Do you remember when I asked you random questions?"

  Hailee indeed remembered those occasions when Vincent suddenly brought up some stuff related to their kids. Now she wondered what it was all about.

  "You guys are so…" Hailee already cried even before she found out what kind of surprise they had prepared for her.

  And not to make them wait any longer, they brought Hailee and Vincent to the mansion's second floor. Hailee looked at her dad when they stopped in her bedroom.

  "Go ahead, princess." Jacob urged his daughter.

  Andre pushes the door open; Hailee steps inside, then gasps with awe. They transformed her bedroom into something she imagined since she was sharing a room with Vincent from here on.

  "Thank you, dad!"

  Using his thumb, Jacob wiped the tears from her daughter's eyes. "Well, this is not the surprise we are preparing for you."

  Hailee looked up at her dad with questioning stairs.

  "Come here, princess." Andre was standing in the door that was new to Hailee. That's right. That door was not originally there.

  "What's going on?" Hailee walked toward Andre. She welled up seeing what was behind the door.

  "Surprised!"

  "Oh, my god!"

  Hailee covered her mouth from the emotion that rushed into her chest. Her in-laws and Gigi gave her a really wonderful surprise.

  The room next to her original bedroom is now the babies' room; since she had two boys and two girls from here, the bedroom was divided into half with a boy's theme on the other side and a girl's theme on the other side.

  "What do you think?" Vincent asked Hailee, who wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately in front of their family.

  "I love it so much!"

  "Ah, we're happy that you like what we've done here. Anyway, if we didn't stop, mom. She wanted to go shopping again to fill this room with more toys."

  Hilda shrunk her pupils after Sheena exposed her. 'This daughter of mine!'

  Hailee rushed to Hilda and hugged her mom-in-law with so much love. "Thank you, mom. Please, accompany me to go shopping on one of these days. Vincent will be busy soon, and I already feel bored just thinking about it."

  "Sure! Since your dad, Fred, and the girls will soon go back to Metro City, I would love to accompany you. It was a brilliant idea to kill boredom."

  "I'm happy that you are staying."

  "Yes, I am to take care of you."

  "Thank you, mom!"

  The sisters winked at each other after they made a correct guess. Deana and Sheena shared a knowing look. They knew their mom would stay in Sydney; that is why they deliberately rejected her plan of going shopping every day.

  It was enough for them. She showed great care to all of them. Allowing them to manage their business is an excellent step that their mom has changed now.

  Their mom transferred a few assets and properties under her grandchildren's name that she inherited from the Lopez wealth.

  Hilda's gesture secured their children's future. Besides, Deana and Sheena have nothing to be jealous of if their mom is too concerned about Hailee.

  She is a self-made billionaire. She established her own companies.

  Hailee's pregnancy is not only important for Shen but also for Davies. Shen's wealth is actually nothing compared to what Hailee inherited from her family, not to mention the companies she established. She is a self-made billionaire, owning jewelry and cosmetics companies well-consumed by the world.

  "We forget something!" Sheena announced. "Of course, we didn't forget our surprise for our brother!"

  Vincent looks at his younger sister suspiciously. "What is it?"

  Sheena was actually filming the entire time. She walked toward a door, gesturing at her brother to come closer.

  "Open it, brother!"

  Vincent glanced at his sisters before he turned around and searched for his wife. He stretched his hand toward Hailee. She quickly strode toward him, and together, they opened the door.

  The couple is both touched to see that it was a study room, which made them so happy to access it from the nursery room.

  "I love it!" Hailee saw two office tables face each other. It will be hers and Vincent. Indeed very convenient for them that it will be easy to check on their kids when they are working overtime.

  There are also long couches and chaise lounges on the corners.

  "There's another mini-room in this study!" said Deana.

  "Oh, god!" Hailee could not stop screaming with delight when she entered the pantry. She sees that they filled the three-door refrigerator with her favorite food.

  "It was everyone's idea," said Andre.

  "Yahoo! I would love to babysit the babies, princess!" James appeared behind them out of the blue, rushed to the fridge, and began picking out chocolate-flavored ice cream.

  "No way! You are prohibited from stepping inside my study!" Vincent immediately snapped at James. "That food is not yours!"

  However, James turned deaf, ignoring everyone, and began eating the ice cream.

  Everyone could only shake their heads.

  'I know this guy would be such a nosy in my marriage life! I won't have any privacy at all!'? Vincent sneered inside his heart.