The Sub Rosa [Completed]

Chapter 21

Their father won the senatorial position today, and so did my father, who was also seated as a senator, though in a different cabinet and with a different campaign team.
 
We had to go back to the Philippines to congratulate our fathers. My third semester of pregnancy is going smoothly, especially when my husbands are so lovely when it comes to taking care of me.
 
I got to know the genders of our triplets one time when mom accompanied me to go shopping—we kind of tricked them—and we were having baby ____!

 I planned on surprising them today, so I hired a professional party coordinator or planner to arrange and set up the gender reveal of our triplets.

But then I realized that I have another plan, so I told them about the gender reveal, so we are all busy talking on our phones to send invites to our only close family.
 
Tito Richard made us all live in a fairy tale-like mansion they had in Metro—a big white and beige mansion that has European and Russian captivating architecture.
 
When I first set foot in the mansion, he said it was a gift to me from my husbands. My mouth hung open in amusement because, How on earth do they build such a big mansion, I used to draw them when I was a kid?!
 
I felt a warm hug from Lysimachus as he combed my hair and whispered to me.

"Do you like it?" I nodded at him.

Probably my eyes are twinkling right now.

Who wouldn't want this mansion I dreamed of building during my childhood? No one.

I almost jumped to Ptolemy when Lysimachus was handling the key in my palm. The excitement took control of my body, so I held the hands of Azrael and Seleucus and dragged them inside.

"Careful, baby. " Agap na habol ng dalawa sa mabilis kong hila na kung ordinaryo lamang ang kanilang mga braso ay baka humiwalay na bigla.

Humagikgik ako nang sabay silang humalik saking leeg kaya para akong lamok na kiti-kiti sa bawat dampi ng kanilang labi.

Nang humiwalay sila sa kakahalik ako naman ang gumanti pa balik pero saglit lang dahil gusto ko ng masilip at maikot ang buong mansion.

They're both smiling from ear to ear when I give them a loud smack of kisses on the cheek.
 
"Unfair!" Natawa ako sa tono na ginamit ni Ptolemy.

Para siyang minion, hindi ko kayang pigilan ang tawa ko habang naglalakad.

"How about my kisses too?" Isa pa itong si Lysimachus kaya para akong maiihi sa kakatawa.

Hinintay naming makalapit ang dalawang reklamador para sila naman ang halikan ko sa kanilang mga pisngi.

"Okay na! Let's go!" Bag pack nalang ni Dora ang kulang dahil may apat na akong boots na kasama.

Teka nga saan ba nakuha ang buong architecture ng mansion?

I know the whole design was from me, but where did they get the drawings? The distinctive brickwork and the massive decorative facade fascinate me every time we visit my grandparents' home country.

Kaya alam kong akin, dahil laging ito ang ginuguhit ko sa sketch pad.

"I know you would ask, if you still remember, this drawing.... that I stole from your room." Shocked by Azrael's confession, I just tapped his chest because I was so happy that he did that.

"How come I didn't see you enter my room? " Tanong ko nang tapos na kami sa loob ng mansion.

"He was a ninja." Bulong ni Seleucus kaya natawa kaming parehas.

He's too big to be a ninja—a big man with a big foot.

"Why did you steal it and not my underwear instead? Ikaw ha, pakipot ka lang pala noon, but you liked me back!"