Divorced Ex-Luna Returns With Triplets
Chapter THIRTY-SIX: My Daddy Is Alive

Maurene'S

POV

Liam didn't reply to me. He rushed away from me like a coward and his actions only confirmed to me that he was hiding something. I could not place it but I knew that he didn't just leave the party because he thought I had gone.

How could he even think like that?

Anyway, I was seated with my laptop. I needed to finish up a lot and yet the only thing I could think of was what Liam was probably doing. I shook my head, blew a breath out, and typed Loretta's name on the internet. I began to surf. She was a top selling fashion designer. Narrowing my eyes on her picture, it showed she has been divorced for over five years now and has no child. Wow. No wonder Liam didn't take her for real.

It still doesn't matter. Being divorced did not mean the end of the world, did it?

I went through her business page and saw the dress she had made for me. I did not even see the price tag. Clicking the link to her site, there were so many limited sales and I noticed how people piled to get them. Catching sight of the blue dress, I clicked on it and when I saw the price, I froze in my seat.

1. 3 million dollars!! What?

How... Liam bought a dress for me with 1. 3 million dollars and yet I was here saying, I would pay him back. There was no way in the world I would be able to pay him because even my savings was not up to that.

I forced my parted lips close as I looked through the price. No wonder the people at the party were angry that the dress was spoiled. I would be angry too if someone had ruined the dress. But what was Liam thinking when he decided to get me a dress worth that amount?

Gosh, I palmed my face and groaned into my palms. What do I do now?

The kids were taking their afternoon nap and I knew I had to be subtle so as not to wake them up. They didn't even know when Liam left.

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I busied myself all day with ordering what I wanted to get the kids for their birthday. Of course, Liam's surprise would always surpass mine but the love of a mother is enough too. Later that day, they woke up and as usual Diana prepared lunch before we all decided to go out to the park.

The thoughts of what Nathaniel had done at the party twirled around my head as I watched the kids. How could he have lost all restraints and rushed up to me like that?

I was even starting to think that he still thought that I was his Maurene. I did not even know what to think anymore.

Was my contract with Liam stupid?

And Grayson again...

As if on cue, someone slumped down on the seat close me and I moved to shift.

"They are bubbly kids. They look so much like him, you know."I stilled in place as Grayson's voice sounds beside me. Shock and fear coursed through my veins, I clenched my fist tight as I slowly twisted my neck to look at him, conveniently sitting down and giving me a casual look.

My lips twitched in a lop-sided smile. "I... I don't understand what you mean." I said. My shoulder tensed up and I could only grip the edges of the chair.

He tilted his head to the side, his brows raised in question. "Really? You don't?"

I shook my head, hoping I appeared to be indifferent but this was Grayson. He knew I was lying.

"Kylie. Kyle. And... Kai?" He clicked his tongue, staring ahead at them. I followed his gaze and he was looking at them directly. He had followed me.

Why would I have thought that Nathaniel would not try to find who I was?

"You..."

"Sending my birthday greeting to them." He placed a bag I hadn't seen in his hand on the space between us. "I have three different packages for them." With that he rose to his feet and I quickly caught his hand. He looked down on me, arching his left brow.

"You... does... Does Nathaniel know?" He already knew so what was the use of pretending. Not like I would deny my kids in front of them.

He gently removed his hand from my grasp. "You don't need to worry. He does not."

"Why?" I found myself asking him with my eyes narrowed on him. He looked away before glancing at me, evading my question successfully. "Should I give you a piece of advice?" He turned to the direction of where the kids were.

"Protect them and tell Nathaniel before he finds out." He turned on his heels and walked away, leaving shocked and afraid.

If he said Nathaniel did not know, he was not lying then but how did he know?

Wasn't I careful enough?

I scanned around the place to see if there was anyone else watching me. I jerked to my feet franctically then signaled to Diana that she should bring the kids over. I could see Kylie grumbling and refusing to come but Diana said something and she agreed. We hurried to get a cab. I knew Diana must be confused as to why I was being frantic and frightened. She could not understand.

Grayson had known that I had Nathaniel 's kids since the beginning and he didn't tell him. There must be a reason behind it and I must find out why Grayson was keeping such a big secret from his Alpha. It was totally strange to me because Nathaniel trusted Grayson even way more than he trusted himself. Imagine when Nathaniel finds out that he has been not one but three secrets from him. "Mommy, why are we going home so early when we just arrived at the park?" Kyle asked from the back seat. My baby was looking so innocent.

I stared at through the front mirror, pulling my lips in a tight smile. My palms were slick with sweat. Gosh, finding out about Grayson only heightened my fear.

What if Nathaniel finds out about the kids? Would he take them away?

No way! I will never let him take my kids away from me. The fear I felt from the first time I met Nathaniel again filled me and I tried not to let it show on my face as the can stopped right before our house and I paid the fare.

We headed for the house, and Kylie kept talking about how she wished she rode on the Mary go-round. Instant regret gnawed at me. I was the one who stopped them from having fun. I twisted my mouth to the side, wishing I hadn't taken them out today.

That night before we all retired to bed, I went to Kai's room. I had noticed his mood had kind of lightened up since we returned. It had me worried. Why was my little baby so happy?

He must have seen something or heard something that made his mood change.

"Kai," I called him and he looked up at me through his hazy eyes. Was he about to sleep?

"Mommy." His voice was so soft that it cleared the fear in my heart briefly.

We stayed in silence for a while. I decided to sing him his favorite lullaby. He soon began to doze off but then he opened his eyes, they glinted with so much joy that I had to ask him. "You are happy?"

He nodded. "Yes, I met Uncle Grayson. He told me my daddy is alive!"

My shoulder tensed up and my eyes almost bulged out of their sockets. Wait, what? Grayson met the kids behind my back!