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"Mama!"
The two female attendants hid their smiles when they saw the grimace on the billionaire's face followed by the guilty flush coloring Betsy's cheeks. The way Mrs. Tsaldaris was also covering the side of her neck was quite telling, but everyone's attention was called elsewhere when D, who was about to run straight into his mother's arms, finally noticed Lukas standing on the side.
Lukas' throat tightened at the way Betsy's son - no, their son - stared up at him with green eyes that were an exact replica of his mother's.
Another moment passed, and his heart pounded yet again when the boy's face lit up as if he had suddenly discovered something magical.
"Papa!"
Lukas was on his knees just as D launched himself into the billionaire's arms, and there was not a single dry eye in the room.
Chapter Seventeen
THE RIDE BACK HOME was like having a stolen glimpse of Heaven. D insisted on sitting on Lukas' lap the entire time, and he kept touching Lukas' face as if he couldn't believe the billionaire was real.
Seeing this could've had her tears flow endlessly, but because D also ended up sneezing right in front of Lukas' face, Betsy ended up laughing instead. Lukas shook his head when his wife tried to take D off his lap. "It's fine," he said gruffly while taking his handkerchief out of his pocket. What were a few drops of nasal discharge when what he held in his arms now was something he had forbidden himself to desire, from the moment he had been informed of his infertility?
A miracle, Lukas could not help thinking as D stared up at Lukas like he truly was his father.
A miracle, he couldn't help thinking again.
And while he knew there could only be one source of miracles such as this—-
Not just yet.
It was one thing to acknowledge that D's response to him was miraculous, but it was another thing entirely to think about the whys and hows. He had a feeling he would get there sooner or later, but for now, Lukas knew he was only capable of taking one day at a time.
And today especially was one worth savoring, with D having dozed in his arms, and his wife once again staring at him with eyes that shimmered with tears.
"I don't know what to say," Betsy choked out.
Lukas carefully reached for his wife's hand while making sure not to wake their son. He brought her hand to his lips, and as his gaze locked with hers, he said simply, "You've already said it by marrying me."
For her wedding day to end there would already have been perfect, but as Betsy soon found out for herself, that was just the beginning.
Upon coming back to his apartment, Betsy was stunned to find the guest she and D had been using already converted into a young boy's bedroom. There was a play area next to the windows, shelves filled with children's books, and a bed that had been fitted inside the frame of a kiddie-sized car.
A gentle knock sounded behind them while Lukas was carefully tucking their son under the covers, and Betsy started in surprise. Weren't there just the three of them here?
"That would be Julie," her husband said quietly as he returned to her side. "Charlotte assured me you would welcome the help of a stay-in nanny, and Julie comes highly recommended. But if Charlotte had gotten it wrong, I can readily have her—-"
Betsy was already shaking her head before he had finished speaking.
"You've gotten everything right except for one thing."
The words had Lukas bracing himself for the worst. Whatever it was, he would make sure—-
"You still haven't made me yours, Mr. Tsaldaris."
—-to rectify, and immediately so, now that he had heard what his wife still found lacking.
Betsy barely managed to swallow back her gasp as her husband swept her back into his arms, and she only had time to say 'hello' when Lukas refused to let her go even when they had to walk past their new nanny.
"Julie, this is my wife Betsy. Betsy, Julie."
Betsy could only wince at the way Lukas was so obviously impatient in getting the introductions out of the way.
"Good evening, Mrs. Tsaldaris."
