An Unexpected Request

Chapter 41

Miranda Priestly narrowed her eyes and skimmed them subtly over her daughters. She took a generous sip of her coffee, and then calmly set her cup down on the table.

"Caroline..." The mother drew her attention in a dangerously low tone.

The girl grimaced and immediately stopped the spoon she was using just to play with her chopped fruit topped with plain yogurt and honey.

"I'm sorry..."

Miranda frowned. She turned to Cassidy, who had also barely eaten her homemade strawberry jam toast. She also saw that their orange juices were mostly intact.

The woman sighed deeply.

"You two should have stayed in bed, resting. I let you girls come downstairs, just because you insisted you wanted to have breakfast with me."

The twins lowered their heads.

Miranda sighed again, this time, with a dismayed expression.

In the last few days, she had been immersed in a maddening workload, and her daughters, even more fragile physically and emotionally, missed her greatly. Although Irv's support, and Miranda worked more from home than at Runway, much still needed to be done. The editor wanted to advance what she could, but not at the expense of her family. After all, it was all for them.

"Bobbseys," Miranda called to the two of them in a soft voice. "During chemo weeks you always get more tired and nauseous. If you two did not have the stomach to eat right now, you should not have insisted on coming with me. All you had to do was ask me to stay with you upstairs. We have talked about this before, sweethearts. Mom does not want you girls to wear yourselves out for nothing. I know I have been going to Runway more lately, but I will always try to stay with you as much as I can, okay?"

The twins smiled and nodded enthusiastically. Their mother had been keeping her promises flawlessly.

"Good morning," Andy arrived with shuffling steps, thick voice and eyes still sleepy. As the others returned her greeting, she placed a smacking kiss on each girl's smooth head. At home, the twins no longer cared about the lack of hair.

Andy got behind their chairs, bent down a little, and wrapped her arms around their shoulders.

"Did you sleep well, sweethearts?"

"It wasn't bad...

"We don't wake up so much..."

Andy nodded in understanding, along with a smile.

"And you? Did you sleep well?" Cassidy asked with a smirk.

Andy snorted.

"Do you still doubt?!" She laughed along with the twins, and walked over to Miranda, who was grinning. As the pregnancy progressed, Andy became even sleepier. However, she had never felt so good.

After the episode in the hospital, Andy adopted the strategy of isolating herself from the world as much as possible, until the end of the pregnancy. The young woman only left the townhouse for medical examinations that really needed the clinic, and the rest, was managed at home, by Dominique. Andy had been extra careful when reading or watching something, and her friends and family had been avoiding discussing topics that could cause her tension. She admitted to being in an alienated period, but Andy was not going to take unnecessary risks again. At least, she was taking advantage of her seclusion to finally devote herself to her book.

Miranda had to suppress a moan as she received Andrea's good morning kiss, which, even though it was quick, was very naughty, her tongue darting dangerously along the length of the older woman's lips.