Let Me Love You Again
Chapter 130

Nate

I parked the car in front of Maya’s parents’ house while she sat next to me and puffed nonstop. It was Christmas Day and we had decided to spend the day at her parents’ house while the night before we had been to my parents, but Maya did not agree. She woke up that morning and decided she didn’t want to move, she didn’t even want to get out of bed.

I had woken up, washed and prepared, then I had stopped by to set up and prepare Axel and in the meantime, Maya had gone back to sleep. When I returned to my room I found her between the pillows and wrapped her in a duvet that slept happily. I had placed Axel on the bed and he had slowly approached his mother, then put his head next to hers and begin to fill her with k****s until she woke up.

I shook my head and turned off the engine while Maya complained.

“Remind me why we didn’t have lunch at our house,” she said.

“Because otherwise, you’d have to cook yourself,” I said for the umpteenth time.

“I’m not so sure,” she sighed and undone her belt.

“Wait,” I said, and then he came out.

I quickly went around the car and opened the door, Maya glared at me when I tried to help her out.

“I’m not an invalid,” she said.

“I just wanted to be nice”.

“No, you want me to need you so you can control me 24 hours a day,” she said pissed off.

Oh yes, did I mention that? The sweet, whiny Maya completely disappeared the moment she entered the eighth month. Now there was only Maya ever pissed at me for anything. If I woke her up with caresses and k****s she would be pissed because I woke her up, if I didn’t she would be pissed because I hadn’t. If I made her a big breakfast, she’d be pissed that I was making her fat, and if I didn’t, I didn’t love her enough to take care of her.

s*x had become a huge problem, not that we didn’t, on the contrary, Maya was very wild when she was pissed and many times, in spite of who knows what left me without o****m after she came. The house was becoming a horror movie and sometimes I was even terrified to walk for fear of bothering her.

But every day I opened my eyes next to her, I watched her sleep, I watched how every day she became more beautiful and radiant and every day I fell in love more and more.

Her belly had become huge and now you could see when the baby moved, I caressed her and she did the same and my heart did one flip after another. We hadn’t chosen the name yet, Maya and I couldn’t agree on the name, so we decided that we would choose it on the day she would born.

I leaned against the car door with my elbow, waiting for Maya, with all the calm of the world, to come out very awkwardly while Axel from his car seat kept humming cheerfully.

Maya made a few attempts, and she looked at me grimly, with a look that promised b***d and resentment.

“So you’re not even gonna help me?” she hissed angrily.

I rolled my eyes and offered her my hand as I lifted her up and put her on her feet, Maya sighed tired and looked at me with clear eyes. Oh no the crying no.

“I want to go home,” she said in a loud, trembling voice.

“But we’re here now, Mon amour, it wouldn’t make sense to go home now,” I said, moving her hair behind her ear.

“But I’m tired, I’m not comfortable in my clothes and I can’t stand,” she said again, trembling.

“It’ll only be for a few hours and then Axel has to unwrap his grandparents’ presents, then we’ll go home and wait for the harpy and Lucas with the kids,” I said as Axel chirped.

“I don’t want anyone home,” Maya said with clenched teeth.

“Okay, okay,” I said, and I kissed her on the lips.

I didn’t dare imagine what the day of childbirth would be like. Andrew told me that he took several insults that day, as well as threats and vetoes from my sister. I was terrified, not only by Maya’s temper, which had been getting worse lately but also by seeing the love of my life suffer like that without me doing anything to stop it. I wasn’t gonna make it out of the delivery room.

Maya sighed and leaned against the car as I pulled Axel out, grabbed him in my arms and put his hat on his head. Axel raised his head and looked up at the sky.

“Snow Daddy,” he said pointing to the sky, at which moment I noticed snowflakes coming down.

“Yes snow,” he said cheerfully as he watched the snow fall to the ground.

“Let’s hope it doesn’t make a heavy snowfall, I don’t want us to get stuck in the house,” I sighed.

“Why? Are you afraid of having to stay home with me? Don’t you want to be with me?” I Maya heard say behind my back.

“No no Daddy, no good,” Axel said, scolding me.

“I wouldn’t want us to get stuck in the house if something happened,” I said looking at her.

Maya sighed and she passed a hand on her tummy as I began to walk, I froze in the driveway and turned to look at her.

“Well?” I said, raising an eyebrow.

Maya gave herself a push and began to walk slowly toward me.

“I hate you, Dare, it’s all your fault,” he said as he passed me.

“Your fault,” Axel repeated.

“You love me so much, Mrs Dare,” I said, kissing her cheek.

I surrounded her h**s with one arm and together we walked to her parents’ house.

*****

Maya

I was lying on the couch, like a beached whale, my feet swollen, on Nate’s lap as he watched Axel unwrap all the new gifts that Jess and Lucas had brought him.

Lucas and Devon were sitting on the other couch with Megan and Miles in their arms, sleeping happily, while Emma and Liam were sitting on their parent’s lap, watching everyone closely. Emma’s eyes were on Axel who was starting to assemble his new games, before he took one of his lego puppets and kindly gave it to her, she took it and giggled.

I sighed and passed a hand on my stomach, I was swollen and clumsy, I felt like a ball and I could not move, I wanted food all the time but if I looked in the mirror I would cry.

There was no solution.

Lucas passed a gift packet to Jess but she turned away completely ignoring it.

“Come on, Jess, don’t get snooty,” Lucas said, cradling Megan lovingly, “Do you know how long it took me to pick it?”.

“I don’t want any gift from you, anything you can ever give me I won’t like,” Jess said, caressing Liam’s blonde head.

I laughed and I watched Lucas look over at me, full of despair and remorse, remorse because, after the first few days of joy after the twins arrived, Jess had come to her senses and started freaking out about Devon and Lucas not marrying, making him bitterly regret every decision ever made.

Jess was not at all happy that they had not done even a small ceremony, that they had simply signed the documents and were now married when she demanded even a small ceremony.

“Don’t look at me like that, Luc, your problem is not mine,” I said with a sigh as Nate began to rub my legs.

“Why can’t you be like May? Cute and cuddly who accepts any decision others make?”

“Because May was born to settle, she’s content with my brother so it’s no surprise that she’s not complaining,” Jess said sourly.

“How can you stand that big mouth?” Nate asked Andrew.

“She knows how to use it very well,” Andrew replied, shrugging his shoulders.

“Please don’t,” Nate cried.

“You asked for it,” I said, laughing, “Forget it, if you don’t want it, I’ll take your gift, so you learn,” I said, looking at Lucas.

He reached out to give me Jess’s gift but she reached out and took it out of her hand “Don’t you dare” she said.

“Hey!” I complained.

“I thought you didn’t want it,” Lucas said at the same time

“But it’s mine!” Jess said.

“Mine, mine!” Axel chirped, passing another toy to Emma.

“Axel gives it to your cousin Liam too,” Nate said admonishing him.

Axel rolled his eyes and, snorting, took one of the smaller dolls and handed it to Liam without even looking at his face.

“Don’t force him to do what he doesn’t want,” I said, warning Nate.

“If you want to give, you have to be nice to everyone”

“If you force him to do it with everyone then he won’t be with anyone anymore,” I said, looking at him grimly, “And this is my final decision,” I said.

“Someone doesn’t have the balls,” Andrew said.

“Oh shut up, Jess is wearing yours,” Nate replied, snorting.

“Will you fetch me some milk?” I suddenly said, taking him away from the others.

Nate got up immediately, repositioning my feet on the sofa with delicacy and attention, and then headed for the kitchen.

“Milk Daddy, discuit too,” Axel said without looking at him.

“What do you say?” I said, raising an eyebrow.

“Dlease,” Axel said without looking up from what he was doing.

Nate nodded satisfied and went to the kitchen.

Jess shook his head, “Incredible,” she said, pointing to her brother with his head, “It’s only been a year and he seems to have completely transformed.”

“The power of s*x,” Devon said as Miles burst into tears in his arms.

“Stop it,” I said, “It’s the power of love,” I said dreamily.

“She’s lost,” Jess snorted.