Falling For My Exchange Brother | BOOK 1,2,3

14. Nightmares

"Oh! So you are pregnant?"

We stood before Raphael, his arms folded as he kept laughing at me. Arthur didn't look pleased whatsoever and I definitely wasn't pleased by this. It was beginning to piss me off much more than it should have been.

"Yes, do you think I'd joke about something like this?" I sneer at him, and he shrugged.

"I just didn't think you'd let it happen. You both are so...it's hard to say what your relationship is. You're married, and have my sons' twins from a different person. At the same time, it's more like...it's confusing about the whole dominance thing-."

"That's a dumb thing to be confused about, the fuck." I sneered at him, and he smiled brightly.

"I just can't see it! You, doting on a little baby. I can see you getting annoyed by the baby and completely ignoring him or her-."

"What do you take me for? I'm not going to do that." I yell at him, and Arthur rests his hand on my shoulder. "No! Raphael I could never do that to a child - let alone a baby. I don't treat the twins like that, so why would I treat my unborn child that way when they're born? Are you insane?"

"I'm a little insane. Only a little, don't make fun." Raphael whined, making me roll my eyes at him. "Have you told Ava and Isabella?"

I glanced at Arthur, and saw him chuckle as he shook his head no.

"Why not?"

"Because I respect you as my father and wanted to inform you. William didn't want to tell you at all." Arthur states calmly, and I wasn't going to deny it.

I was going to straight up not say a word to him. I was going to just...wait until he went back to France and if he found out - he found out. Except Arthur told me it was his father and he wanted to respect that...which I just don't understand!

How can he be so nice to this man? If my father was like this I wouldn't associate myself with him!

"That's not much of a surprise, now is it? Though I appreciate you for telling me...at all. Merci, and toutes mes félicitations." ( my wholehearted congratulations. ) Raphael smiles at us both, resting his hands on Arthur's shoulders.

He nodded his head at him, and with that he walked away. I saw Arthur with a grin on his face as he looked down at me now.

"So...that went surprisingly well, oui?" He asks me, and I nod as I found myself yawning. "Are you tired, mon amour?"

I actually found myself nodding at his words. Arthur walks with me to the bedroom and he just helped me lay down - as if I needed the assistance. He tucked me in like I was one of the twins, making me chuckle.

"You can take a nap - I will tell the twins-."

"Not yet! Lay with me...please." I beg, and he smiles as he lays down beside me. Helping me lay my head on his chest, he holds me tight.

It was a nice thing to just...lay here. Be close to him and having him hold me tight as his fingers went through my hair. How...sweet.

Has me wondering again how he could ever take me back. After everything we have went through...

"Merci...beaucoup, Arthur." I murmur, and I hear him chuckle softly.

"For what mon amour?"

"For somehow still loving me after all I've done." I say, and before I could hear his response I drifted off.

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