Mr. President: You Are The Daddy Of My Triplets - Chapter 492

Chapter 492: 492- Priceless
Rafael’s eyes fluttered open, adjusting to the dim morning light filtering through the curtains. He turned his head and found Marissa staring at their daughter’s face.

Even in his half-sleep state, he could detect longing in her eyes. His eyes darted to Aniya, who lay curled up between them. Her soft breathing was quite audible in the room.

“You’re awake,” he murmured, keeping his voice low, “Did you even sleep last night?”

Marissa didn’t move her eyes away from her face, “I did sleep but kept waking up to check on her,” Rafael couldn’t blame her. Not when he also kept doing the same throughout the night.

“She is so beautiful,” He heard Marissa’s voice and brushed a stray curl from Aniya’s forehead.

He sighed when he felt a bittersweet ache in his chest, “I still can’t believe that she is here.”

They both lay there quietly, not willing to move or make a sound.

“I should make breakfast,” Rafael finally said, but did not attempt to leave his bed.

Marissa started shaking her head, “Umm hmm. No. Stay…”

He rested his head on the pillow, “Yeah. I don’t even know how to get up anymore.”

Marissa let out a soft chuckle and laced her fingers with his over the blanket. Keeping her focus on Aniya’s face, she held his hand and brought it to her lips to kiss it.

“Why did they say that she had…” She couldn’t even say the word, but Rafael understood. She wanted to say ‘died’.

“Yeah. I need to know this too,” he nodded with a sad smile. For some reason, Marissa shuddered.

Many years ago, they were shown a small body that was unrecognizable. According to the police, a container burned in mid-sea, killing all the people who were in it— including their daughter.

He even wanted to do a DNA test but had to stop due to Marissa’s deteriorating condition after the news.

Their family fell apart. Kids took time to recover from the shock. However, Rafael and Marissa?

They could never get out of the trauma. It stayed there, deep inside their hearts. Hurting every part and every organ of their bodies.

For the longest time, the couple kept blaming themselves for the mishap in their lives.

His eyes moved back to his daughter’s face. Time stretched as they watched Aniya, soaking in every detail of her face.

The cute curve of her nose, the flutter of her lashes, the lines forming on her forehead when her body stirred a little.

Very slowly, her lashes flickered before she opened her eyes. A slow smile crept to her lips when she saw those two faces staring at her intently.

She had dreamed of this moment for the longest time. The difference was in the faces that belonged to Alaric and Valerie.

“You guys are awake…” she mumbled, stretching, “And staring at me…” she remarked in amusement.

Marissa cupped her cheek, “We missed you, sweetheart.”

Aniya let out a small laugh, “I’m not going anywhere.”

Her father grinned, ruffling her hair, “That’s good, princess. Because we’re not letting you out of our sight.”

Marissa leaned in, pressing a kiss to her forehead, “And we’re definitely not leaving this bed.”

Aniya squeezed her eyes and giggled at that. Was she dreaming?

“So, if you two are planning to stay here,” she opened one eye, “that means… no breakfast?”

“Aww. She is hungry. How about I fix her a cereal bowl or soup?” Rafael asked her mischievously, and she rolled her eyes before hiding her face into Marissa’s chest.

“Oh, please. No soup or cereal…”

Marissa laughed before combing her fingers through Aniya’s hair, “How about I make you something and you both chill.”

Before either of them could move, a knock sounded at the door.

“Yes?” Rafael frowned, thinking it must be the butler.

The door creaked open, and Ariel walked in, followed by Alex. Each of them was balancing a tray in their hands.

“Morning, everyone!” Alex grinned, “Let’s have breakfast.”

Ariel placed down the tray on the table, “Hope you weren’t planning to ditch Aniya for breakfast because we already took care of it.”

Three of them had gotten up with wide eyes. The tray was stacked with fresh toast, eggs, and a steaming pot of tea.

Aniya blinked at them, “Wait! You two made breakfast? Since when do you guys cook?”

“Relax,” Alex started setting out the plates, “We didn’t burn anything, and we had help,” he then leaned a little to whisper to his sister, “Don’t worry. I’m a better cook than Dad.”

“Shut up!” Rafael left the bed to head to the bathroom. He didn’t forget to kiss Ariel’s head before leaving.

“The point is… You three should stay in bed and enjoy,” Ariel playfully flipped an empty plate and offered it to Aniya “No one’s is leaving this room today.”

Aniya gulped her saliva and accepted it with a wobbly grin. Out of nowhere, George’s face popped up in her head. Ariel reminded her of him.

How would she face him? That, too, when he was her sister’s fiancée?

“Hey, Abi!” Alex poked his finger in her shoulder, “Don’t tell me you are preparing a review for this breakfast.”

“Who knows?” she shrugged casually, “I might be…” she then cleared her throat, “By the way, thank you so much. That’s really sweet of you.”

She then pulled the tray onto her lap, “Aniya! At least brush your teeth!” Marissa scrunched her nose, “Gosh! She hasn’t changed.”

Alex even reached out to take the tray from her hands, but Aniya had already started shoveling food into her mouth like she hadn’t eaten in days.

“I’m so hungry,” her voice muffled because of the food in her mouth, “And this tastes amazing.”

“Princess! You have started without me,” Rafael came out after the shower. Marissa tried to leave the bed, but Aniya quickly grabbed her hand.

“Mom. Breakfast will get cold. One can always brush his teeth later. It’s not that bad.”

“Abigail!” Marissa tried to warn her with a chuckle.

“Please, Mom. Try it.”

Ariel and Alex couldn’t believe that their sister was back. The smiles on their parents’ faces were priceless.

The way she was teasing Marissa, only Abi had the guts to do it.