Cleopatra's POV
I'm woken up by the meowing of my tabby cat Sphinx as she rubs herself on my hands and feet.
I guess someone's hungry.
“Alright, I'm up. ” I say to the little troublesome cunt.
I grab my phone from my bedside table and a quick glance at the time see that it's just 6 in the fucking morning.
Giving Sphinx a really look that's just met with a meow, I get out of bed and walk out of my opened door into the hallway.
All the while, the little menace is running in between my legs as she tries to keep up with my pace.
We go downstairs with me carrying her cause I'm not trying to trip and fall down my fucking stairs just because she didn't want to walk in a straight line.
We get to the kitchen and I get out her food and put it in her bowl and decide to make breakfast for the children and myself as well.
I just make pancakes, toast and bacon cause I am wayyyy to lazy, plus I'm shit at most things involving the kitchen.
I'm just finishing up the last batch of pancakes when the little devils come downstairs and take their seats at the counter.
“Morning aunt Cleo. ” They greet in unison.
“Morning tiny humans. ” I respond, placing down their plates in front of them before making myself a cup of elderberry tea and seating down myself.
We eat in silence with me going through my emails and texts.
I have a lot of shit to do today.
“Hey, babies. ” I say, getting their attention. “I won't be able to spend the morning with you anymore, I have a ton of work to do. ”
They're crestfallen faces tell me they're about to start whining and I quickly interrupt them cause I can't deal with that first thing in the morning.
“I'm sorry darlings, but I have to meet a new client this morning. But, we can go play laser tag this afternoon before I drop you off at your moms. ” I suggest and they instantly brighten up.
“Does that mean we're going to work with you? ” Jordan asks with visible excitement.
“Um, I was actually gonna get a sitter for you guys. ” I say sheepishly and the sad faces are back.
“But we wanna go with you aunt Cleo, please? ” Jace pleads as he gives me his puppy eyes.
Why do children have to be so fucking adorable?
“Fuck, fine. ” I concede. “Finish your food and go have your baths. I'll have Echo go shopping for appropriate clothes for you. ”
They let out little cheers of excitement before scarfing down their food, while I send a text to my assistant, Echo, to get them some clothes.
The only reason they want to come to work with me is because of the food and Wi-Fi, but if I'm being honest, those are the reasons I go to work too.
I'm supposed to be at the office by 9, so hopefully we'll all be ready before then.
I eat my food absentmindedly as I reply to my emails until my food gets cold and I finally separate myself from my phone to get rid of it and do the dishes.
I go upstairs and take care of my hygiene before going into my closet which is a room on its own, but with a door attached to my bathroom.
After searching for a while, I finally decide on an all black jumpsuit with an opening in the front and pair it with my red stilettos.
I leave my closet and walk down the hall to my office where I get my black Gucci briefcase and fill it with the files I need.
I'm checking a message on my phone when I hear the bell ring.
Must be Echo.
I go downstairs to my front door and pull it open to let her in. “You're late. ” I say, returning my attention to my phone.
“I'm sorry Miss Howard, it took a while to find a store that had business casual clothes for children. ” She explains.
“Mmm. ” Is my reply as I take the bags from her and go upstairs to first Jordan's room and then Jace's, to give them their clothes.
Five minutes later, Echo's already gone and they're dressed and walking down the stairs. With Jordan wearing a cute hot pink suit jacket with a silk silver camisole tucked into the matching high-waisted trousers and a pair of black Air Force's.
And Jace looking cute as hell in a black dress shirt with a suit vest and trousers and his on pair of white and pink Air Force's.
“Look how cute my babies look. ” I coo as I walk over to them and squat down a little to pinch Jace's chubby cheeks.
“I'm not cute aunt Cleo, ” He says pulling away. “I'm a man, men aren't cute. I'm devilishly handsome. ”
He says all that with a straight face and I can't help being stunned for a moment at the kid's confidence, before letting out a little laugh and agreeing with him.
We leave my house and pile into my Mercedes Jeep. I make sure they're buckled up before I start the car and pull out of my driveway.
We got to my firm after a twenty minute drive and took the elevator from the parking garage up to 26th floor where my firm operates.
I'm a cooperate lawyer, and I work for Smith and CO, the top law firm in the state.
We walk to my office and I have Echo watch them while I go to the conference room for my 9 o'clock.
The day went relatively quickly after that. I managed to finish all the work I had by 11 so the tiny humans and I went to the arcade and played laser tag for an hour and thirty minutes, and I'm unashamed to say that I crushed those little fuckers.
We were all really hungry afterwards so we got some burgers and milkshakes on the way to their house.
Overall, it was a good day.
