Chapter Eighty-three Evan Sterling's POV (Present Time)

A heavenly bliss was what it felt like to be here surrounded by my family — my wife and my two sons. When I look at my sons my heart constricts at the sheer intensity of my love for them. Their smiles made me smile; their happiness was pure glee to me. I knew my life with Estera would be magical. It hurt like hell when that dream was snatched from me but then the universe knew this was my life; the one I was meant to live and literally wrapped it in a cocoon until I was ready -- until we were both ready, Estera and I, to embrace it. And oh, dear Lord! How ready I am!
I will fight anyone and anything who dares to try to ruin this for me this time. Never again will l let my guard down and let them catch me unawares. Never again will I let the enemy so close that they would take my life from me. It's not happening again.
Estera asked if I slept at all. And I smiled to myself. I am the custodian of this family -- the protector. And I will not rest until every single one of my enemies is either behind bars or pushing up daisies.
She didn't know that as we were in that house about ten agents were out there watching this house. And thanks to Jacob, I have five armed bodyguards out there too. He was one of the people I placed a call to yesterday, letting him know I needed protection and bless his heart he didn't ask about the mess I was in before asking me what I needed and where I was. I kind of missed that, having people who got my back no questions asked. Now, I can rest easy, knowing if Antony or Edward tried anything, I will not be the only one my family had to protect them.
The agents are there for something totally different even though their presence was some sort of protection as well. But the armed guards have their marching orders. Two were to follow Estera everywhere she went and the rest were to stick with the twins.
And thus when I helped Estera carry the twins outside, my eyes scanned the area. I could see about three black trucks parked outside the compound and a black van which I knew must be for the agents.
Lowering my eyes to my boys, I saw Ro looking at me from his baby carrier as if he could tell I was up to something. I winked at him. He grinned. My heart swelled in my chest. Aside from Estera, my beautiful wife, I have never thought I could feel this strongly about another human that I would not think twice about giving my life for no questions asked.
Adrian's concentration was on a Mathematics colored cube he was trying to decipher, judging by how he pulled his eyebrows together in obvious concentration. I wondered why Estera had chosen such a toy for him. I doubt he was old enough for such an educational toy. Perhaps my sons were some kind of geniuses and I just haven't been told yet.
Estera breezed past me, hurrying ahead to open the Jeep doors. Her feminine perfume whizzed into my nostrils and I drew it in, enjoying the faint but sweet fragrance she emanated -- like a field of lilies on a hot summer day. She came back and tried to help me with one of the boys. I gave her warm smile and shook my head.
"I got this, love," I said. She smiled at me. And the urge to kiss her lips gripped me. She looked beautiful in her dark-shaded, lilac-colored trousers suit. The top was left unbuttoned, showing off the white high-neck body-hugging suit underneath which clung to her ample bosom, accentuating her sexy shape. I swallowed.
She packed her hair in French braids with fringe, exposing her lovely sculptured face and even though the only makeup she wore was some nude lip gloss, I thought she was the most beautiful woman I have ever seen.
"Evan…" she called, arching an eyebrow at me with a knowing glint in her eyes.
"Yup, putting the babies in the car … " I said. She giggled. But afterwards, when the boys were securely strapped in their car seats, she drew me away from their view, making me hug my back to the side of the Jeep. She then pressed against my front, stretched up to cup my jaw and offered me her lips. I responded instantly, lowering my face to take her lips. I reached up to cup her by the nape of her neck with one hand and the other one framed the side of her face. Pulling her even closer still, I devoured her. She moaned into my mouth. Blood rushed to my groins, and I automatically lowered one hand to cup one of her breasts, caressing her nipple through the fabric. Estera whispered my name. “You taste so good, baby–-” I breathed. The lip gloss had some exotic fruity taste and her tongue still lingered with the taste of coffee we had earlier and something minty. I may have gotten a little out of control because I unzipped her trousers and slipped my hand inside her underwear.
Estera gasped and trembled against my front. She moaned my name, "Evan…"
And that knocked some senses into me. I let out a low chuckle. Pressing my forehead against hers, I whispered, "I'm totally blaming this on you." She let out a shaky laugh.
"You have gotten me wet," she whispered, pressing her lips to the corner of my lips.
"I can feel that, baby," I rasped, and slowly stroked the hem of her vulva with the tip of my finger before slowly dipping the finger into her and then another. She moaned and used her teeth to draw my lower lip into her mouth. Suckling on the flesh, my entire body was on fire. An annoyed huff from Adrian made the two of us stop and peered into the car. Ro was asleep now and Adrian looked angry for some reason and his attention was still on the colored cube. I laughed.
"Why did you buy that for him?"
"Apparently his teacher likes decorating their classes with such educational toys. She said it is used in a number of mathematical activities to help kids to understand the decimal system. It is supposed to help them interact with number operations, cultivate math cognition and color recognition. And my very curious angel here got fascinated with it and kept taking hers. She told me he would sit quietly in a corner until he had made all the colors aligned. It's the most fascinating story I have ever heard. So, we decided to get him his."
"I see…" I said as a slow grin stretched my lips, thinking Estera may have given birth to a mini-me and not just in looks, but with the same obsession to solve mathematical challenges. "Good to know," I added and went to plant a kiss on Adrian's forehead then directed my eyes to Ro. 'The little troublemaker had finally run out of fuel,' I thought, smiling to myself as I pressed a kiss to his forehead too.
Estera slipped in behind the wheel and I shut the back doors before walking around the Jeep to enter the car from the passenger side.
Estera was still talking to me about the colored cubes when we drove into the streets and that distracted her well enough that she didn't notice the cars parked across her house not even when they started to tail us.
I reached for her hand, brought it to my lips and pressed a kiss on the back of her hand. When she gave me a side glance with a warm smile tugging the corners of her sexy, lush lips. I said, "Love you, babe." Her smile brightened.
"I love you more," she replied. I let out a sigh. I doubt I could ever get tired of hearing her say that to me.
The twins' daycare center was about a five minutes drive from the hospital. And I knew that must be strategic and not to mention expensive.
"Give me your account details…" I said as I retrieved my phone from the inner pocket of my suit.
"Evan… "
"Don't argue, give it to me, if you don't, I will find out in another way," I said. She sighed and told me. I quickly sent her a large sum from my private account and tucked the phone back into my suit.
When her phone dinged, she took one look at me and said, "Thank you, my love."
"No, Estera, thank you for everything," I said, reaching for her hand again.
A few minutes later, I helped her carry the twins into the daycare center. Estera introduced me to the owner of the establishment as the twins' father. The distinguished-looking older woman asked if Estera would like to include my name as one of the people authorized to pick up the twins and she nodded. When she was signing the authorization form, I told the other woman to not allow anyone aside from me and Estera to pick up the twins until we say otherwise.
"We have three more people formerly authorized. Are you saying we should delete the names?"
Before I could reply, Estera responded, "What my husband meant to say is that for security reasons the twins can only be picked up by me and him in the next few days. However, It's temporary, and God forbid, if for any reason at all, neither of us could make it here, I will call you ahead of time to authorize any of my doctor friends who I may choose to pick them up."
"Okay, noted. Thank you," the woman said.
"And if anyone tries to forcefully take them, call the police," I said. Estera gasped and threw me a panic glance. The other woman looked equally alarmed.