Mr. President: You Are The Daddy Of My Triplets - Chapter 261

Chapter 261: 261- Not Before The Event

Around noon, Nina was sitting in the conference room, doing nothing except getting bored. However, she wasn’t prepared for it when someone came behind her and squeezed her shoulders in excitement.

“Valerie!” She placed her hand on her pounding chest, “What got into you?” She asked rolling her eyes.

For some reason, Valerie’s face was beaming when she took the nearby seat.

“Nobody is telling where they all have gone,” Nina gestured towards the empty seats, “Or they are staying back home today?”

“They have gone to White Palace, Nina,” Valerie squeezed her eyes, “Let’s go there together.”

She tried to hold Nina’s hand, but she freed it and observed Valerie’s face for a moment, “I’ve already seen it with Andrew. You go ahead.”

“Oh, come on, Nina. It must look different during the day. No?” she at once got up and started pulling Nina’s hand, “Let’s go, Nina. Get up!”

Nina groaned but didn’t move. What would she do in the White Palace? It was too late now to realize, but Marissa had won.

The event was taking place in the White Palace. Just like Marissa wanted.

Nina didn’t want to accept it but deep inside, she knew, Marissa had taken the lead this time. She tried so hard to convince Andrew but now he had blocked her everywhere, leaving her with no way to reach him.

Noticing how stubborn Nina was behaving, Valerie stepped back and placed a hand on her hip, “Nina. You need to come with me. Don’t you want to know the details?” she said with a meaningful smile.

Nina furrowed her brows, and her eyes moved to Valerie, “What details?”

Valerie started chewing her inner cheek and shrugged. Nina found mischief in her eyes, “Valerie. I’m in no mood for such riddles now if you’ll excuse me I…”

“I went to Dr. Sophia’s place!” Valerie announced.

“What? Where?”

“Remember? Dr. Sophia? Marissa’s friend? I went to her place?” Nina was on her feet in an instant and held Valerie’s arms, “What happened?”

Valerie removed her hands gently, “Why don’t we go to White Palace together, and then I’ll give you all the details on the way?” There was a sly smile on her face.

***

“You must be out of your mind!” Nina hissed in the back seat while Valerie was still smiling, “You went there, and Sophia wasn’t home. So why did you invite me for this outing? There weren’t any details to share at all.”

“Calm down, Nina,” Valerie patted her lap, “Sophia wasn’t home, but her grandfather was.”

“So? What should I do about it? Or are you trying to set me up with him?”

“Urgh! Nina!” Valerie was on the verge of giving up, “Can you let me speak?”

Nina didn’t wipe the scowl off her face and folded her arms on her chest.

“I went to Dr Sophia’s place and to tell you the truth, I was expecting better. As a gynecologist, she should be making enough money to afford a decent place. Instead, it seemed to be a very small house, and the neighborhood wasn’t impressive either…”

Valerie turned her head to watch Nina, “The old man told me that no one was home. Marissa has already shifted to some other place, and I think he was talking about Rafael’s hotel. Yes, it must be the hotel where Rafael is staying. Marissa has gotten quite cunning. She has taken her daughters too along with her,” she then leaned back her head into the seat, “Do you know what else he told me?”

When Nina didn’t respond Valerie chuckled, “Marissa doesn’t have two babies but three. The triplets.”

Nina who wasn’t showing much interest in this story, turned to Valerie who was nodding at her, “Yup. Triplets.”

***

“What is going on, Mommy?” Little Alex was watching all the people in their grand backyard where they were giving instructions to the laborers and setting some stuff.

“It’s for an official event, love,” she sighed and placed her hands on his shoulders, leaning forward “That’s after two days.”

He raised his face to look at his mom who was still looking at the people outside.

“Is it something big?” he asked her again and she kissed his head.

“Yes, honey. It’s quite big. The good thing is we all will be attending it,” Alex didn’t ask anything after that.

All the event participants and laborers had clear instructions, to use only the back entrance. No one was allowed to wander around in the lawns or gardens as it was a private property.

Marissa eyed Delinda who was smiling nonstop. Seeing Delinda reminded her of Denzel who was now thankfully getting better.

Marissa used to visit him daily with either a bouquet or a pack of chocolates.

“You are a good woman, Marissa,” Denzel told her this morning, “just never forget that.”

She walked away from the tinted glass wall after ruffling Alex’s hair.

“Alex! What’s going on?” Abigail went to her brother and Marissa smiled looking at them. At last, they were slowly getting back their childhood.

Staying indoors most of the time, with lesser social interaction, had turned them into TV kids.

Repeating the dialogs, interpreting them into their lives… But now the shell around them was slowly cracking and the credit belonged to Rafael.

He didn’t give up and kept trying to keep them all together like a true head of the family.

Abi’s black eyes searched for something and then she found the window lever. She moved it a bit and it glided smoothly. Now the window was open.

Good! Now she could have a better look at the backyard. The tinted glass didn’t offer a good view.

She slid the window a little more and took out her face to feel the breeze.

“Look! There is someone in the house!” A laborer screamed, “It’s a child. Weren’t we told that nobody lived in the White Palace?”

With a frown, Marissa glanced up and felt her heartbeat stopping in her chest.

“Alex! Abi!” she quickly got up from the couch and rushed to the window, pulling Abi back and sliding back the window with lightning speed.

Her heartbeat was still racing when she pressed the little head to her chest.

No. This was not the time, little one.

Not yet.

Not before the event.