She's My Sleeping Pill

“Look at this ma.” Stefan handed the photograph of the ultrasound happily despite looking exhausted. “Yen and I are having triplets.”

Even Dr. Albert was surprised upon seeing the result. He also expected that Cayenne would probably have twins because of her bigger tummy but they were blessed with more. “That’s amazing. Your house will be full of laughter and crying of these children soon.”

“You bet.” Stefan retorted accompanied by faint chuckles. He already imagined Cayenne being the strict mother because of the way she was raised and he, on the other hand, would be the good cop among them. [No, she has to be the good cop. I’m the bad one.] Stefan thought and Cayenne had no idea he was thinking that way right beside her at this moment.

“We’re having two boys and as for the third child, the doctor could not see his or her gender. We’ll keep it a secret until late then.” Cayenne expressed and she could see that Latticia was caressing the photo with her thumb.

“Con..a..tu..la..tion.” she said with so much difficulty but her facial expression told them she was happy and excited to see the children as well. She was even tearing up.

At times like this, Latticia couldn’t help but feel frustrated because of her situation. She wanted to say more, to do more, but her paralysis was hindering her. Although she was thankful that she was slowly recovering, she still felt it wasn’t enough. Sometimes, she felt afraid that karma would hit her for being so greedy.

Cayenne and Stefan stayed for over half an hour in the cabin to share the news with Latticia and just to chat with her about her therapy and other trivial matters. After that, they returned to the mansion, and there, Stefan plopped on their bed. He was so tired.

“I’m going to sleep,” he said, and not long after these words came out of his mouth, he was already sound asleep. He was even holding her hand as if to stop her from leaving because he knew that Cayenne won’t be going to sleep.

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Cayenne could only sigh helplessly. They already warned him not to eat anything from her plate and he did to test things. Now, what they wanted to prevent has happened and she could not do anything about it. Older people say that it would only go away after she gives birth.

“You still have a long way to go. Please don’t hate our children for it.” Cayenne muttered while pulling the quilt to his chest. She massaged his feet a little like how he usually does for her while humming the song that she sang on her wedding day. It was an impromptu vow but it was something that she kept in her heart for a very long time and she wanted to live with it. She wanted her words and actions to align.

At 3:00 in the afternoon, Jackson and Kyle arrived at the mansion together. The former wanted to get Cayenne’s signature on some important documents while Kyle came home early because it was snowing and he wanted to change clothes to go on a date. He didn’t expect to be greeted with boisterous laughter coming from other people he didn’t know.

Cayenne knew that she needed to supervise the people outside just in case they would need anything from her and to do that without worrying so much, she turned on Stefan’s phone and hers. She wore her AirPods and used Stefan’s phone to call her number. She left it that way and kissed the tip of his nose before going out of the room.

“Yen, you got your ultrasound already?” Kyle greeted as soon as he saw his sister coming out of the bedroom. “Is this a gender reveal party?”

“Yup.”

“Why didn’t you record this? You should also show this to your fans. I am pretty sure that they would love to know your baby.”

“Oh, I didn’t think of that. Let’s do it.”

Although this party was decided in haste, the organizer did their best for this gender reveal, especially since their client was Mr. and Mrs. Dumrique. They didn’t want to embarrass themselves with crappy preparation. They had balloons of sky blue and pink colors since the guests will have to guess what was the gender of the babies. At first, when they received the message from Cayenne, they thought that they will be revealing one baby, but when she told them to make it a little bit more unique because she has three, the event planner and her staff were blown away. The ever-generous and kind Mrs. Cayenne Ardolf-Dumrique received so many blessings in one pregnancy.

“So, my sister is preparing a gender reveal party for her friends and family since they finally decided to go and get the result of her ultrasound. We’re all excited to know whether we’re getting a niece or a nephew. Oh, many of you were asking why my brother-in-law isn’t appearing in my sister’s vlogs recently, right? Last month, it was because he has so much work to do to free up his December and January from any schedule. Now, it’s because he’s having couvade syndrome or what some people call sympathetic pregnancy. And he has it worse than my sister. He’s sleeping right now.” Kyle explained while showing the party area which was mainly in the living room because they couldn’t have it outside.

“What are you doing? Are you recording for Yen?” Luiz questioned as soon as he come inside the house. He hasn’t even removed his jacket yet and his beanie hat was covered with snow. He was a ball of energy, though.

“And here we have Luiz,” Kyle mentioned and aimed the camera at his brother.

“Hello everyone! I have something to say but I’ll do it at the end of the video.”

“Go and change your clothes first,” Kyle commented and Luiz gave his brother a salute before leaving.

Soon, more people showed up and some of them were bringing small gifts, others were bringing special delicacies to share with everyone, some brought wine and the winner of them all was Magnus. He brought 3 roasted suckling pigs. When Kyle asked him why he brought so much, he said it was just a lucky number and he just wanted to buy 3 of them for no reason. He would be very surprised later once Cayenne shows the photograph.