In Ernest's villa.
By the time Heinz came home with Grace, it was already two-thirty in the morning.
After taking a bath and changing her clothes, Grace entered Ernest's room. The two kids had already fallen asleep.
She sat by the bed and watched them; her eyes filled with tenderness and kindness.
They were her sons.
A short while later, the door opened. A cool and refreshing mint fragrance entered the room.
Heinz, who had just finished showering, entered the room, wrapped in a bath towel.
Grace turned her head to look at him. His chest was still dripping with water and his hair was drenched. He placed a towel on the back of his neck.
"Go get changed," Grace whispered as she was afraid of disturbing the children. "Hurry up. Don't catch a cold."
"It's fine," he said. "I'm happy now, and my immunity is at its best when I'm happy."
"That's not right either." Grace stood up and pushed him out of the door.
As soon as her hand touched his chest, he grabbed her hand and said lovingly, "You've been tired for the whole night and you've also cried for so long. Let's go to sleep now."
"I'm not sleepy." Grace shook her head and tried to pull her hand away from his grasp.
However, she was unsuccessful as his grip was simply too strong.
Grace met his gaze with her own.
Heinz leaned down and whispered in her ear, "We've found our child and my heart disease is okay now. You should unload the burden you've been carrying for so long, too. All we need now is to celebrate this happiness with a round of passionate love."
Grace smiled and thought to herself, "Passionate love? How could he still manage to think of things like that? I don't have the mood to do that sort of thing."
She felt content just looking at her children.
"You go ahead by yourself," she said. "I'll sleep with the children tonight."
"That won't do," Heinz rejected her idea bluntly. "I can't sleep on my own."
"I really want to accompany the children," Grace said softly. "Heinz, you have to learn to understand my feelings. I feel rather uneasy now. Everything feels like a dream."
"I can guarantee that it's not a dream," Heinz said stubbornly. "Come with me to bed. Let's go to sleep together.'¹
"I don't have the strength." She shook her head.
"I'm still energetic. I'm full of energy, so you don't need to use any of your strength," he replied.
Grace looked at him in defeat. "Heinz, I'll have plenty of time to accompany you. I just really want to be with my kids tonight."
"Grace," he started. "I'm glad that you gave birth to two handsome boys. However, if you would only accompany the children and leave me alone, I would be sad too."
He pulled on her hand, his face clouded with defeat and helplessness. Grace paused as she took in his expression.
"Grace, when the children grow up, they will have their own wives to sleep with. You can accompany them during the day, but you belong to only me at night." He gazed at her and said, "I am as happy as a bird now, do you understand?"
"You’re so childish." She shook her head.
"Yes, I am childish." Heinz chuckled and said, "I just can't express this happiness that the both of us share."
Grace wasn't able to pull her hand away from him so she could only turn back and stare at her children.
"They're all asleep. What's there to look at? They won't run away." Heinz continued persuading her patiently. "Besides, we still have a long way to go."
Grace turned her head back to look at Heinz. His hair was still dripping wet.
She said, "Let me go."
"No."
"If you don't let me go, how can I help you dry your hair?" She replied flatly.
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