The Billionaire's Runaway Wife

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Iris Williams

"Mommy!" they cried in unison and ran towards me. I kneeled to match their heights and spread my arms widely and received them in a hug.

"Oh, I've missed you all. How have you been? I'm sorry for coming home late, I had a lot of things to do." I apologized while planting kisses on each of them.

"That's okay mommy." Jace, the oldest said.

"But we missed you too so much." Jamie the second one continue.

"But we were very good to Mrs. Anderson. We promise." Jacob finished. I smiled sheepishly and patted his head. I looked over to Mrs. Anderson who stood up and folded her knitted blanket. She was a retired neighbour who often took care of the triplets when I'm away at work. I stood up, making my way to her as I grabbed her daily salary from my bag.

"Thank you very much again Mrs. Anderson. You're such a great help." I said and handed her the money.

She smiled and told me how she loved taking care of the kids, how polite they were and how they don't give her a hard time. She also went on about how she still didn't understand how I could handle three kids at once— alone. When she said all those, I couldn't help but smile and chuckle. She's praising me too much although I do admit that it's been very hard. Especially when they were all just babies.

This was one of our many conversations but always the same subject. Mrs. Anderson was a sweet woman who did generous deeds and never expected anything back. She didn't even want me to pay her for taking care of the kids, but of course that's unacceptable. I know how hard taking care of them can be.

As I was accompanying her to her way out, she stopped in her track and turned to me with a curious expression on her face. "Ah, that's right. I almost forgot. Some men knocked on the door earlier today and they were looking for you." she started. "They looked very suspicious and of course I asked them their reasons before giving away information. They said some relative of yours is looking for you, but I didn't believe they were looking for you for good reasons so I told them that I was the one living in the house and that you were the previous tenant here." she said sounding very proud of what she'd done. I didn't even realize that I was holding my breath until she held my hand. "Now, dear. Have you had some bad dealings in the past? If yes, you know I can always help you, alright?" she ended, her voice still sounding so sweet. No way, I thought.

"Wh-what about the kids?" I asked, the feeling of danger and uncertainty took over me. The feeling was all too familiar.

"They were in their room taking a nap so they were safe." she answered. I let out a deep sigh of relief and had to hold onto the wall.

Someone's looking for me? Is it him? No, no, that's impossible. What would he be looking for me for? And it's been five years, what can he possibly want from me? If he wanted to find me, he would've done so years ago. Whoever it is, I don't think they mean good news.

I thanked Mrs. Anderson once again and as she left, I stayed by the door for a few more minutes trying to think of who was looking for me. What do they want from me? I'm happy enough of what I have and where I am. I can't help but shake the worry of my head, all of a sudden, I didn't feel safe in my own house. I have to be more careful from now on until I find out who those people are and what their reasons are.

I walked back to the living room and found the triplets watching the television with their eyes almost closing. It was already past their bed time and they were still here. Since I was also feeling tired, I made them brush their teeth, wash their faces and change to their PJs. It was the nightly routine and they knew the drill. I did the same thing and after, I climbed into my king-sized bed where they all followed me. They had their own room, yes, but they always still sleep with me.

Jace was on the farthest left and next to him and beside me was Jamie. The one on my right was Jacob and with that, we all drifted to sleep after a long day.

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As usual, I woke up first at 7am to prepare my lovely sons their breakfast. Normally, they wake up with me but since they slept late last night, they were sleeping in today. Besides, it's Saturday and our outing to the movies today wasn't until this afternoon.

I cooked some oatmeal and cut up some bananas, a very simple but fulfilling breakfast. As I was putting their food in each of their little food trays, I hear little footsteps and a whine getting nearer.

"Mommy?" the voice said, it was Jamie. I turned to him and greeted him with a kiss on his forehead. He rubbed his eyes for a while, still looking very sleepy in blue and white-striped pyjamas. He was so cute I couldn't help but pinch his cheek in which he quickly protested against.

"Good morning, my love. Did you sleep well?" I questioned and he answered with a nod. "Good, now let's go wake up your brothers." I said and took him by an arm and effortlessly carried him off the ground. He laid his head on my shoulder as we went back to my room and wake his siblings.

As soon as we entered the room, Jacob raised his head up and seeing us, he smiled sweetly. I put Jamie down the bed and Jacob crawled to me for a hug. I kissed him on his forehead as well while Jamie went up to his brother.

"Jace. Jaceee~ wake up." he ordered, but Jace wouldn't budge. He was, after all, the heaviest sleeper out of all of them. As the oldest, he's always responsible and acts like the older brother to the two, but when it comes to getting up from bed, he was always the last one.

I put Jacob down and approached Jace. I moved the strands of hair that covered his eyes and kissed his forehead. Instantly, his eyes opened slowly. I smiled at him and greeted him good morning.

"Mornin' baby, you gotta get up now. Breakfast will get cold." I told him, but he digs his head into the pillow even more. Meanwhile, Jamie and Jacob jumped out of bed in joy and went straight to the bathroom to wash their faces before eating. I chuckled at Jace and forcefully took him out of bed and led him to the bathroom.