Desires Die Hard

Eudora climbed to her feet instantly when she heard the sound of the bell ringing. Her petite form swayed from side to side as she tugged at Ellie and said sweetly to her aunt. “Elle…Elle…”

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“What a good girl you are, Dora! Ellie’s going to open the door now. It must be your mom. She’s back!” Ellie tousled the little girl’s hair fondly. She gave Nathaniel a pat on his head, then headed to the door.

The door swung open. She was right. It was Anya.

Nathaniel and Eudora tottered towards Anya happily as soon as she stepped into the apartment and threw their arms around her.

Anya squatted down and gave them a tight hug. She rubbed her cheeks fiercely against theirs. Her children were simply too adorable. Feeling them in her arms gave her the motivation to keep on going.

“Ellie, I’ve got one bag of milk today. You can warm the milk up for Dora and Nate tonight. I have a lot of work to get done today. I’ll be working late so I won’t be home early,” Anya said as she held onto her kids’ hands and stood up.

There was a note of concern in Ellie’s voice. “You just started work. Why are you working late on your first day at work?”

“Can’t be helped. I’m new and have a lot to learn,” Anya said before pulling out the bag of milk and handing it to Ellie.

The latter hurried into the kitchen and placed the bag of milk in the fridge.

“Right, Anya…about your mother’s inheritance…we should speak to a lawyer,” Ellie said as she made her way out of the kitchen.

“I know.” She couldn’t simply take it forcefully. Life didn’t work like that. “But good lawyers…are expensive. Besides, I’m worried that the MacMillans might pay the lawyers off.”

Right now, all she and Ellie could think of was to find a lawyer who hadn’t been paid off by the MacMillans. It must be a good lawyer who could fight their case for them too.

That was the only way she was going to get back the inheritance that had been due her mother.

As for the rest of her problems? She would find some way to deal with them.

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“I’ll talk to some of my friends.” Ellie might not seem like much but she had gotten to know a few people back in the days when the Albrechts was still been rich and powerful.

She hoped fervently that some of them might be able to help her out now.

“Okay,” Anya said with a nod. She lifted Nathaniel and Eudora into her arms. It was time to feed them.

Warmth and love filled Anya’s eyes as she cradled her children in her arms.

While Anya was breastfeeding, Ellie headed into the kitchen to warm her lunch up. Minutes later, she emerged from the kitchen and brought a tray of dishes to the dining room. “Anya, will you be back in time for dinner tonight?”

“No, I won’t.” Traveling back home and then back to the office after dinner would take too much time.

She wasn’t interested in spending the night in the office. She wanted to come home and sleep with her kids.

“Alright,” Ellie said softly and nodded. “I’ll have dinner with the kids then.”

Ellie had no children of her own.

She treated Anya like her very own daughter.

She felt terrible for what had happened to her elder sister. If their family hadn’t fallen into poverty, the MacMillans wouldn’t have mistreated her sister and subjected her to abuse and torment. They were the reason she had fallen into depression and fallen ill. They were the cause of her eventual death. That didn’t seem to be enough for them. Anya’s vicious stepmother was the reason Anya’s reputation was ruined.

The thought of what had happened made Ellie’s heart break all over again. Fortunately, Anya was strong. She had survived. Now,

they had two precious darlings in their family.

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wouldn’t stop saying the word that he had just learned. “Mama…mama…”

It was as if someone had flipped on the switch in their heads.

They were only one and could barely talk. But they were slowly saying simple words like ‘mama’, ‘Elle’ and ‘milk.

Every time they called Anya ‘mama’, the young woman’s heart would melt.

Eudora started calling Anya ‘mama’ when she saw what Nathaniel was doing.

They wrapped their chubby arms around Anya’s legs like koalas around a tree. She couldn’t walk at all Exasperated, Anya lifted them into her arms again. Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

Ellie could tell how tiring it must be for Anya to carry two kids at the same time. She made her way to the trio and took Eudora from her.

Nathaniel and Eudora wrapped their arms around Anya’s and Ellie’s necks and started calling ‘mama’ and ‘Elle’ happily. These kids were truly mischievous imps.

Having had their fill of milk, they were restless unless they were in someone’s arms.

Anya didn’t manage to have her lunch in the end. She had barely eaten anything before Carol called her and told her to get back to the office. She needed Anya to grab the drafts on her desk and head to a café. She was having a meeting with a client at the café right

now.

Couldn’t Carol have picked some other time while she wasn’t having lunch? Anya muttered under her breath as she ended the call “She’s got fantastic timing…”

“I have to head back to the office, Ellie. Thanks for helping me take care of the kids.” Anya placed her cutlery down, then gave both her children a kiss on the forehead before grabbing her bag and rushing out of the apartment. She raced downstairs and headed straight for the bus stop.

It was half past one in the afternoon. Shane Brown was sitting in a fancy café. He was decked out in limited edition casual clothes and lounging lazily in a suite as he waited for the famous Adonis of Nordeny, Evan Welton, to arrive.