"Do you want cake?"

"No honey."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Oh okay, okay."

There was a minute of silence between us until-

"Are you sure Nora that you don't want cake? We could just cut the cake?"

"Nope I am cool."

I was finally glad she stopped talking until.

"Now, do you want cake?"

"No Claire I still don't want cake." I was getting a bit annoyed but I was being patient with her because kids can be a handful but you need to be nice to them.

"WHY DON'T YOU WANT CAKE?"

"CLAIRE- I CAN'T-," Yes I was losing my shit now. I love Blair but her kid was getting on my nerves. Before I could tell Claire anything I got interrupted by Vincent.

"Yes, Nora wants cake actually."

"Vincent what the hell no- You know very well what happens when I eat sweets." I mouth "What the fuck" to Vincent after that. After we came over to help, it turned out Blair's stomach was hurting so they had to rush to the hospital. Blair was being taken care of by her husband Keith and her sister Marge was babysitting their four year old daughter, Augusta while Vincent and I were in charge of babysitting Claire. After years of trying to conceive a baby, Keith and Blair adopted two kids Claire and Augusta. But then a few years later, Blair miraculously got pregnant. 

Claire was an adorable kid but she gets hyper if she eats too much sweets so Blair strictly told us to keep her away from sweets even when she was in extreme pain. I was extremely worried about Blair but Claire was doing a good job of distracting me. First of all she asks me if i want cake every two seconds so that she has the perfect excuse to get some for herself and secondly she throws away all her things out of the window. Then, she instructs us to pick it up for her. She is seven but very clever I must say.

"No I don't want cake Vincent," I said trying to keep my calm. If we get this kid some cake she will be throwing us out of the window.

"No she does. I will order some."

"What the hell Vincent? I don't want cake. Cake is not good for us." Blair also told us not to mention that cake gets Claire hyper in front of her because she doesn't like that.

"But I want cake so we're ordering." I saw Vincent typing something on his phone. "Done! It will arrive in 10 minutes," He smirked proudly, keeping the phone on the table.

"Wow I should have asked him for cake. I thought he was fit so he didn't want some, unlike Nora over here. You look like you eat a lot of cake," Claire commented looking at me.

"Excuse me?" Okay kids can be evil. Vincent was laughing his ass off. He threw his arms over his chest and laughed like there was no tomorrow. I was getting angrier at him.

"Really. You shouldn't eat cake. It's not good for you."Claire said in a British accent. Blair always joked about how her child used to seldomly talk in a British accent from watching Peppa Pig so I wasn't surprised when Claire kept on switching to her broken British accent every now and then.

"We are playing hide and seek before the cake arrives!" Vincent announced. "Okay Claire and Eleonora hide while I look for you two. "

Claire got excited and hid behind one of the curtains upstairs. The baby nursery was still under construction so I decided to keep the door closed in case Claire accidentally enters the room. I wouldn't want her getting hurt. Vincent found us but pretended to look for Claire for a long time. I was enjoying myself in the moment as we played hide and seek for a long time. Claire's laughter reverberated throughout the house as Vincent and I played with her. We had so much fun that Claire even forgot about her cake.

Claire started feeling sleepy so Vincent made her dinner and put her to sleep in her room. "I guess you never ordered that cake."

"Yup. I just said that to distract her." He quipped. "Did you get any update on Blair?"

"Yeah. She is doing fine. They are just contractions which are very common in pregnancy so its  nothing to worry about. But the doctor still wants to keep her under supervision till next day in case anything happens. She asked us to stay for the night and babysit Claire so I told her not to worry at all."

"Yeah that's great. I hope we messaged or called every guest on that list to let them know the baby shower has been postponed."

"Yup done!" We didn't have to call much people as Blair and Keith didn't invite many people. I guess she wanted it to be small and intimate. I heated up some food for both of us. We decided to watch something on the TV but it got boring so we just put on some music. Vincent also found some red wine in the fridge. So he poured us some. 

"I am sorry for putting curfew on you. You're an adult and not some sixteen year old girl so I shouldn't have done that. Also, I apologize for not informing you about the stolen money," Vincent said. We finished dinner and now we were laying down on the bed. We decided to sleep in the guest room together instead of being in different rooms."Its just I get really worried about you. It seems like whatever happened to you has traumatized you a lot. You look anxious and even restless sometimes. Then I hear you waking up in the night panicking. I just want you to know whatever has happened its all behind you. I assure you no one can hurt you as long as I am here with you. I promise," Vincent sounded sincere and at the same time concerned. It was like he triggered butterflies in my stomach with those words. I was touched by what he said. But mostly I felt secure. I know someday they might find me but Vincent will protect me no matter what. 

"I just know my anxiety can be too much and irrational but I can't just control it. I know I am safe here but the unreasonable part of me thinks they might come to get me," I said. Vincent pulled me closer and took me inside his arms. It felt good to be cuddled up on the bed together with him.

He kissed me on my forehead. "If you don't mind me asking, what happened? Why are you so scared? Is it your ex? You know I can easily break his jaw if you give me his address." I can feel him clench his jaw in anger.

"No- I. It isn't just him. Its a lot of things. But I promise to tell you one day. Not now. For the time being, I just wanna enjoy being in your embrace," with that I kissed him earnestly to let him know I appreciate his support and everything he has done for me. I contemplated telling him about my past but I know its going to take me more time. Its not like I don't trust Vincent. I do but I just need more time.   

"It's okay amore mio. Now go to sleep. I am here for you. Always."

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Another update! Yayy. I must say writing this book is a good distraction from my hectic life. I wanna know about your day. How is your life going?