Dark Revenge Of An Unwanted Wife The Twins Are Not Yours novel Chapter 265

Chapter 265: Resolution II

"It has been a most remarkable day; let’s not have another like it." Aiden’s weak attempt at a joke paid off as the team members all released smiles of amusement.

"Words, old man. Words..." Zane chanted, chuckling at intervals, his hands in his pockets, watching the private jet that the president had instructed to take them home take off into the air.

"So, what’s next?" Sandro asked, darting a glance at Ewan and then at Athena.

Ewan shrugged his shoulders. "We say our goodbyes. I am terribly hungry, to say the least."

He nodded at Aiden, who came forward and shook his hand happily. "Thanks for saving our asses today, man..."

"You’re welcome. I will see you around," Ewan said before turning aside to Athena, who was saying her goodbyes to his friends.

As if on cue, the three males left them to their devices, walking toward the cars that Old Mr. Thorne had arranged to take them home.

"So, you are more than you seem, huh... it must feel great surprising me at every turn..."

Ewan couldn’t help the smug smile spreading across his lips at Athena’s words. "I wouldn’t say that..." He muttered, even though his face was saying otherwise.

Athena scoffed lightly, shaking her head. "You also seem to have made an impression on the kids. They asked me if I could set up more meetings with you, other than the monthly visits. Did you put them up to that?"

Ewan instantly threw his hands up as if in surrender, though hope shone in his eyes. "I never did that." A pause. "But I am glad that they are happy and open to spending time with me..."

Another significant pause, during which he stepped closer to Athena, who was staring at him as if he were a puzzle she was trying to decode.

"And thank you, Athena, for not poisoning their minds against me, despite our troubled past..."

Athena nodded slowly, fixing her hands into the double pockets of her brown trench coat, having no words for that statement. Hence, an awkward silence surrounded them again.

Ewan cleared his throat when he couldn’t take the silence any longer or Athena’s intermittent stares, even though at that moment she was gazing to her left into the distance.

"So, will you grant the children their requests?"

Athena reverted her attention back to him, her left eyebrow raised. "I don’t know. Or rather, I don’t think so, at least not yet. You still have to serve the punishment of having made that suggestion in the first place..."

A sarcastic laugh. "You dared to make me see my children once a month..."

"But that’s because..." Ewan rushed to defend himself, but Athena waved him and whatever he had to say off. "Don’t bother. That’s a closed Chapter. For now, we will stick to the monthly visits. And that’s that."

Ewan sighed, tucking his hands into his pockets as they began to shake.

He didn’t know if it was a sign of his restlessness—the urge to explain to Athena that he was sorry for making that stupid request in the elders council, and that he would be good to the children—or a side effect of not taking his drugs when he was supposed to.

All the same, he didn’t want Athena to see it, to question his discipline and choices. But it was a little too late.

"Have you taken your drugs today?" She asked, her eyes fixed on his pocketed hands.

Ewan sighed after a second of silence, exhaling harshly. "I will do that when I get home."

Athena cursed before she could help it, her hands leaving her pockets to fold across her chest, her eyes flashing with anger. "You talk about spending more time with the children, and yet you can’t even take care of yourself properly. Do you want to die on them? After all the stress your health put me through... put us through..."

Ewan swallowed painfully as his rising fury increased. "I was busy, that’s why. It just happened today; I have been consistent otherwise."

"Whatever..." Athena muttered dismissively, turning away. "See you around."

She hadn’t taken more than five steps when Ewan grasped her by the arm. Instantly, she glared at him and shrugged her hands from his hold. "Don’t you touch me without my permission!"

"I am sorry." Ewan apologized immediately, cursing himself for having taken that approach. It was just that he hadn’t been able to control himself.

"What do you want?"

Athena clamped her mouth shut, her hands fisted by her sides. Don’t tell me this egocentric jerk also noticed that during our marriage! She screamed internally, unable to take her gaze off him.