Chapter 16.

**(Ash's POV)**

I left Freya's company building with my irritation still lingering. Her arrogant attitude and the fact that she was now successful made me angry for no reason. Either she did it on purpose or my proposal wasn't good enough to make her happy and give me the contract I asked for.

But right now my pride was at stake and it felt like she was stomping on it intentionally. I couldn't accept being treated like this all the time.

I threw my prose irritably onto the passenger seat and got into the car. Slamming the steering wheel while swearing loudly to let out all my frustration.

"Damn it! Damn it!" I cursed.

I stared intently at Freya's company building once more before I left the area until an idea came to my mind. I quickly grabbed my cell phone and dialed someone.

"I need you to find out where Freya's daughter's school is," I ordered, "yes, right now," I said firmly.

I called my secretary to find out where Sia and Gia's school is located so that I could come there to meet them. If I came to see her when Freya was around, she wouldn't let me see them, let alone talk to them.

And I wanted to confirm whether they were Freya's children with another man or if they were mine. Because I didn't believe what she told me at all. So, I had to confirm it myself. And after finding out, you can use it to get close to Freya again.

I'm already feeling very upset that she's now living happily with another man. Even more successful than me and with two beautiful daughters. I can't let this continue. I need to make sure Freya comes back to me and makes her only mine.

"How did it go? Did you get them?" I asked after a few minutes of waiting for news from my secretary.

"Yes, sir. I'll send you the location via message."

"Thanks." I quickly ended our phone call and rushed to the school with the address my secretary had given me.

It was exactly the time for dismissal, so when I got there, I saw Sia and Gia at the school gate.

"Sia, Gia!" I called out to them. Walking up to them with a big smile.

"Good uncle!"

I chuckled as they still remembered me well and called me good uncle. That means, I made a good impression on them. And I was grateful for that.

"Excuse me, who are you?" their homeroom teacher asked.

"I'm Ash. I'm their father. Freya sent me to pick him up," I told her.

"Oh, really?"

"Yes, can I take her away now?" I asked.

"Yes, please."

I knelt down in front of Sia and Gia. And smiled gently at them. "Sia, Gia. Come home with me. After this I will buy you delicious food and play fun games," I told them.

"Really?" they exclaimed with happy smiles.

"Yes. Come on," I said as I took them both by the hand and got into the car.

This way, I could talk freely with both of them. And I could confirm whether they were my children or not.

"What do you guys want to eat? Ice cream?" I asked enthusiastically.

For some reason, I felt very comfortable around them. Like I had a bond that was hard to explain. Especially when I saw them smiling happily, I was also happy without realizing it.

"But, Mommy doesn't let us eat ice cream," Sia said with a pouty face.

"It's okay once in a while. I won't tell your mommy that you ate ice cream today, is that okay?" I asked, rolling my eyes.

They chuckled and cheered hoarsely at my words.

"Yeah! Ice cream!" they shouted enthusiastically.

Just by seeing them happy, I was happy too. This made me feel a strange feeling that I'd never felt before. Are they really my daughters or Freya's daughters with another man? But it was too soon for Freya to move on and have a child with another man. Moreover, when we separated, Freya was pregnant. And I don't know for sure whether she actually aborted the pregnancy or not.

We went to buy ice cream and ate it on the spot. And after that, I took them back to my house. Previously, I had told the people at home to buy some toys so that when they were at my house later, they wouldn't be bored.

"Wow, there are so many toys!" Sia and Gia exclaimed simultaneously.

I smiled widely as they screamed with excitement and ran to the room I had prepared for them to play in.

"Do you like it?" I asked with a smile.

"Yes, we really liked it! Thank you, Good Uncle!" they said.

"You're welcome." I knelt and rubbed their hair in turn. "If you want, you can come here whenever you want. And I'll buy more toys and good food for you two."

"Really?" Their eyes lit up, and I felt very happy to see their reaction.

"Yes, I never lie."

"But Mommy says we can't talk to strangers," said Sia.

"I'm not a stranger. Your mommy said that because she was upset with me. But now we've made up. So, that's why you can come and play all you want here. Anytime."

"Yeah! We're so happy!"

I smiled. "But, can I know how old you are?" I asked.

"We are four years old."

"Four years?!" I widened my eyes in surprise.

Four years is how long I've been separated from Freya. We parted ways four years ago and somehow they were the same age as Freya left?

How could this be?

I secretly took their hair and put it in a small plastic bag and kept it in the inside pocket of my suit. To test whether they were really my children or not.

Luckily I did it right before Freya came to my house. We had a big fight and she wants to take Sia and Gia away.

"Freya, please... Can we talk nicely?"

"Nice you say? You take my kids away and you still want me to be nice to you?!" she shouted.

"Calm down. Don't you feel bad if they hear us arguing?" I said, trying to calm her down.

"No, I don't. I want to show them that you're not one of us. And they should know that you're not a good person." She laughed. "Good uncle? You're not a good uncle! You're just a selfish and evil prai who made me abort my pregnancy!"

"You're lying, right? You didn't abort it. You told me that you couldn't do it. They are both my children, Freya."

"I told you how many times, huh?! They're not your kids!"

Even at the last second when I asked her about the truth of Sia and Gia. She still insisted on saying that they weren't my children.

"Hello. Yes, it's me," I said, contacting the hospital in charge of checking the blood samples. "I'll be right there to give you the hair sample."

I immediately ended our call. My heart was beating very fast. After this, I will know the result. I will know whether Sia and Gia are my children or not.

I rushed out of the house and in the courtyard, I met Stella.

"Stella, what are you doing here?" I asked with a furrowed brow.

"Can't I come to my boyfriend's house?" she snapped.

"It's not like that. It's just that I want to go somewhere."

"Where are you going?" she asked.

"That's none of your business, Stella. I'm almost late. So, I'll see you later!" I rushed into my car and left. She kept yelling angrily at me for leaving, but this sample was more important than anything.

I had to make sure that Sia and Gia were my children.