the penthouse

59 | babysitting the devils

yeri was running late to her appointement. she looked at the clock, and realised that she should have been on the road for five minutes. but, instead, she was trying to get the twins to finish up their breakfast in peace.

ji-yoo and mark were practicing downstairs. the gala was coming up soon, and mark needed to make sure that ji-yoo was doing well. from what yeri could tell, she was slowly improving, and giving her all during her performance.

yeri was proud of her daughter, but what she was not proud about was the fact that the twins were, once again, complaining about the breakfast they had requested. it did not help that sicheng was also running late.

it had been at least an hour, since he was supposed to leave for work, but sicheng had no intention to do so. he walked out of his room, and fixed his red tie one more time. he smiled towards his children, and then moved his attention towards yeri.

he wrapped his arm around her, and looked at how worried yeri seemed. " you were supposed to leave for your appointement a long time ago ? " he asked, and yeri nodded. sicheng sighed, " i keep telling you to get a nanny. "

" that is stupid, and useless. i can not trust a single person with my children, not even you. last time they were with you, your face turned into a canvas. " yeri looked over to sicheng, pinching his cheek. sicheng laughed, and looked down.

" hey, that is not true ! i took care of them once more, after that whole incident. " sicheng fought back, making sure yeri remembered that he was, despite all accusations, a good and responsible father. though, it did not seem like that was the case.

" what am i going to do about these two ? i wish their break would end already, and they head to school. " yeri sighed. she took her purse, and, for a moment, she considered every possibility she had. could she take them with her ?

that did not sound well, as she was going to a doctor's office, and the twins had no idea how to behave in public. she turned over to sicheng, and, together, they thought of a solution. however, it did not look like sicheng was really thinking about it.

" wait, i have an idea. " sicheng announced. yeri raised her eyebrow, seeing that a smile appeared on sicheng's face. " do not worry, my precious wife, because i, once again, come up with an amazing idea, that will solve every problem. "

" sicheng, i will beat you up. just tell me what you want to say, because i need to go, and so do you. " yeri hit his arm, and waited for sicheng to stop smiling. when he did finally stop, yeri crossed her arms over her chest. " i am waiting. "

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yeri knew it was a bad idea, the moment she heard sicheng mention it. but, they were still in front of the 100th floor penthouse's door, waiting for doyoung's maid to come and open it for them. of course, sicheng was the only person who could think of this.

in the end, a shorter maid opened the door for them, and slowly bowed. the twins, who were holding their father's hands, looked around, and saw how different the penthouse looked, compared to their house.

doyoung's house was dark. he had black wallpaper all over his hallway, and had strange-looking paintings all over his walls. it did not really look like a child friendly space, but yeri knew this was one of their only options.

" sicheng, when i got the message from you, i wondered what got you to ask me, of all people, to take care of your children. " doyoung laughed, as he walked up to the four. he looked at the twins, and smiled.

as he was about to continue his conversation with sicheng, sooyoung burst into the hallway. she was wearing her pyjamas under her robe, and looked as if she had just gotten out of bed, but her excitement was showing.