In The Shadows ✔

[125] Here. Forever.

They walk towards the playroom of the hotel and hear excited children's voices through the door. As soon as they enter it, Enzo and Lucas come running towards Scorpia, while Pia tries to get to Logan as fast as her little legs allow her.

Scorpia crouches down and sits Leo down on the floor to hug Enzo and Lucas. The two boys kiss her as Leo watches it with a frown on his face. He grabs her knees and pulls himself up to get closer to her.

Enzo and Lucas look at Leo all surprised and mamma calls out to Cait and Lachlan to look at the youngest member of their family. Matteo comes closer too, a shy girl following right behind him. Leo looks all proud and Scorpia pets his hair.

Enzo and Lucas ran back to the table full of Duplo blocks and Leo looks at it longingly. Scorpia picks him up and puts him on his feet at the table. He rests his hands on the tabletop, looking in fascination at the structures the two bigger boys are building.

Scorpia turns around to Matteo and asks: "Is this Gail?"

The girl nods a bit shy, holds her hand out, and introduces herself.

"Nice to meet you, Gail. I'm Scorpia."

Logan shifts Pia to one arm, introducing himself to Gail too, who nervously shakes his hand. She moves to a corner with Matteo to talk.

Scorpia walks over to Cait and Lachlan and hugs them both. Lachlan hugs her a little too long and Logan clears his throat. Lachlan's eyes shine with mischief as he kisses Scorpia's cheek.

Cait laughs softly, "Yes, Logan. Your dad is even more in love with your girl than before after last night. You better keep her close at all times."

Logan mumbles something and Lachlan sticks his tongue out him. Pia sees it and sticks her tongue out at her grandpa. Lachlan looks at it, "Pia, what are you doing? Giving grandpa the raspberry?"

The little girl giggles and Logan sits her down on his father's lap and quickly pulls Scorpia into his arms. Scorpia laughs and cuddles up to him, looking at Leo who is still standing on his feet. She points at him and Logan smiles with pride before kissing her forehead and rubbing her back.

Cait and mamma look at them with love in their eyes and wink at each other. Caits asks: "You're staying a little longer, right? Any special reason why?"

Scorpia nods but doesn't say a word. Cait raises her eyebrows and Logan whispers something in Scorpia's ear. She blushes, looks at him in shock for a second but recovers quickly. "No, Logan. I don't think it's appropriate either to tell your mom we want to have a few days of wild sex before going back to work."

Cait bursts out in laughter and Logan turns pale. Lachlan tries not to laugh but fails and laughs along with his wife. Pia giggles along too, blissfully unaware of the reason for their laughter.

Scorpia walks away from Logan quickly, making use of his confused state, and sits down near Lucas, Enzo, and Leo. Leo drops himself on her lap with a sigh. Scorpia kisses the top of his head and says: "It's tiring, isn't it? Standing up. Especially when your little legs are not used to it yet."

She picks up a Duplo block and hands it to Leo, who tastes it first and then bangs on the table with it. Lucas laughs and shows him how to connect two blocks together. Leo stares at the blocks and makes a shocked sound, waving them around, testing how well they stick together. He grins at Lucas, who kisses his cheek.

Enzo who was focused on his building, suddenly notices Scorpia sitting close. He gets up, walks over to her, and showers her with kisses. Leo pouts as he looks over his shoulder.

Enzo sees it. "Sorry, Leo. Your mommy sweet."

Enzo showers Leo in kisses to and the smallest boy giggles. He kisses Enzo too. "Enzo amo."