Next in Line (Monarch of the Kohler Mafia) Book 5 of the Köhler Series

𝔽𝕚𝕗𝕥𝕪-𝕋𝕨𝕠

A couple of days later, Xerxes finally convinced Adele to let them go back to their own house. It was about three in the morning when Riley heard one of the babies' cries, causing her to get up leaving the bed, going to their nursery. After getting there, she noticed was Xavier, who was fussing.

She picked him up and started to rock him while looking at Xylia, making sure she didn't make noise all at the same time. She changes Xavier's diaper then when downstairs to warm up his bottle. After getting and rocking him back to sleep, Xylia started to cry, making her sigh with a chuckle.

"I really thought I was gonna get out here slick." Riley chuckled, and Xavier cracked a small smile like something was funny. Riley didn't know a baby only a few days old could smile, but he was. Anyways after doing the same with Xylia, Riley went back upstairs to shower. Going back into the room, she saw that Xerxes was still in bed, but he was shifting, maybe because she was gone.

It was hard for Xerxes to sleep without Riley, and when she was missing from the bed, he anyways knew even if it took him a minute. Waking up, X heard the shower running, making him look over to the clock reading 5:15 am. He sighed as he got up, going to join his wife. Riley was washing her body when he stepped in behind her immediately. X pulled her to him.

"Why you leave me?"

"Xavier was crying. He was wet and needed to be feed, then Xylia started right when I laid him down." Riley said, making him chuckle as he kissed her neck.

"Why didn't you wake me? I could've helped." Xerxes said, and she shrugged.

"I don't know, and stop that. We have a whole five weeks left." She said, making him groan. "Don't remind me, and next time wake me-we're in this together, Ri. I don't want you to feel you have to do it all alone," He said.

"It's not that X. You were sleeping good, and you came to bed late, so I didn't want to wake you okay," Riley said as they finished their shower. Afterward, they got out, dried off then did the rest of their hygiene before putting on their clothes.

It didn't take long for the babies to start crying again, making X and Riley go get them for their nursery. Xerxes always loved children, one of the reasons it was so easy for him to get alone with his little sister and brother. Riley smiled as she picked up Xavier while Xerxes picked up Xylia. She was so in love with her new children ever since they came out.

After feeding and changing them once again, they got them ready then went to the Main House. Today the two were getting branded, so they had to go over. Riley was a little nervous about the situation than X. He had decided to get the Kohler skull burned into his neck then being tattooed. Why? Riley didn't know, but as soon as they walked in the house, damn near everyone was reaching for the babies.

"No, no, and no. I don't know where none of your hands been," Xerxes said, and Riley agreed, making them all smack their teeth. Paris and Adele were about to start cussing their asses out, making them sigh and handing the babies right over.

"That's what I fucking thought," His mother said as she took Xylia from his hands. She and Paris thought they were their babies. He and Riley were just the donors.

"I find it real funny how I haven't got that much time to spend with them, and they are my kids. I pushed them out, not y'all." Riley said, playfully mad as her mom and his just waved them off as Xerxes laughed.

"Because they think we were just the damn donors."

"Boy, take your ass downstairs where your Father and Rodney are at before I find a new way to beat it," Paris said, making Xerxes laugh as she squinted her eyes. "You can try," He said. Riley started to laugh as they ran off to the basement. His father and Rodney were waiting for them, and surprisingly some of their aunties and uncle were there too.