Chapter 16


    Chapter 16″ I’m a father


    “Miss Hilton! Miss Hilton! Are you alright?”


    Lisa’s voice brought Tessa back to the present. It had been an hour since Aaron rushed out of her


    office as if his life depended on it. All she knew was that his daughter called and he dropped everything


    and went to be there for her.


    Tessa didn’t mean to feel bad. She just couldn’t help but wonder if Aaron would show the same love to


    her three children who longed for a father’s love if he knew about them.


    She ended up zoning in and out the entire time during the meeting as they nned the week’s


    schedules.


    “What is wrong with you? You’ve been like this from the time that jerk, Aaron, left. Don’t tell me seeing


    him brought back your old feelings for him?” It was Michelle who remarked this time.


    Tessa sighed and shook her head. Love? She didn’t know what that was anymore.


    Smiling at her friend, she exined, “I just got disturbed. He signed a contract with us so I’ll be seeing


    him a lot. I’m worried he will see the kids.”


    Michelle let out a sigh of relief knowing Tessa wasn’t still in love with the man who broke her heart. She


    smiled and assured her. “Don’t worry. He wouldn’t do anything with me here. My family has ties with the


    military.”


    Tessa raised her eyebrow at her. “You mean the ties you broke when you escaped from getting


    engaged with the pretext of studying overseas?”


    Michelle rolled her eyes. “We are still family friends. I just couldn’t marry a military man. They are busy


    all the time. And often away from home. I don’t want to live like a widow or worry all the time if my


    husband will return or not.”


    Tessa chuckled. “It may not be like that at all. You didn’t even give the man a chance. How did you


    know you would be lonely? And what if you just missed out on your soulmate?”


    Michelle sighed. She had watched too many movies and heard too many stories. She didn’t want to


    suffer in


    her marriage. Those who were in the military were away eighty per cent of the time. She wasn’t willing


    to risk


    her happiness. However, she frowned at Tessa’sst words.


    “It doesn’t matter. I can get a queue of potential soulmates at any time,” she said haughtily.


    Indeed, Michelle was a very beautiful woman. Average height, with strawberry blonde hair and grey


    eyes. Tessa knew finding another man would be a piece of cake for her.


    “You shouldn’t have escaped that way though. The man was probably hurt,” Tessa remarked and


    Michelle’s smile suddenly dropped. She had been feeling guilty for what she did for a long time.


    Seeing that her best friend was getting ufortable with the topic, Tessa decided to change it.


    “Ok, we have a big client now but our other clients need attention as well. Let’s n on how we are


    going to tackle this problem.”


    Meanwhile, Aaron rushed to the school Wi had told him to go to.


    He didn’t know why he went there. But since the little girl had asked for help, he couldn’t just ignore her.


    Besides, for some reason, he felt restless and annoyed that she was being bullied.


    “Sir, we are here,” Enock announced when he parked outside the school.


    They alighted from the car and entered the schoolyard, heading to the principal’s office.


    At the same time, Wi was crying in the principal’s office.


    She had been ying with her legos during break time when Jonas, the ss bully dismantled the


    Castle she had built. When she tried to protest, Jonas shoved her roughly to the ground and she ended


    up bruising her “elbow.


    Her brother, Reagan came to her rescue and hit Jonas in the face. Now they were in trouble and the


    principal wanted to call their mother.


    But the children were worried that Tessa would scold them. They had promised not to fight anymore.


    Wi surprised the other two by telling the principal she would call their father.


    That was how she ended up calling Aaron and luckily, he was on his way.


    Jonas’ parents were already in the office. They saw the red bruise on their son’s cheek and became


    furious.


    “Miss Smith, is this what happens at your school? Why did my son get hit? And why did you not allow


    him to hit the boy back?”


    The principal sighed. Jonas’ parents were rich and had a fewpanies in the City but they clearly


    lacked good parenting skills. Jonas often bullied his ssmates; this was the first time someone stood


    up to him.


    She looked at Jonas’ parents and uttered, “Bullying is not allowed in this school. Reagan will be


    punished for


    hitting a friend and so will your son for bullying.”


    Jonas’ mother gritted her teeth. “How dare you! Do you know who we are?”


    However, the principal remained neutral. “I’m sorry, Mrs Turner. Both children will be punished. No one


    is


    above the other at this school.”


    The Turners were about toin when someone knocked on the door. Then a tall man with a kingly


    aura entered, making the ce fall deadly silent.


    Wi’s eyes lit up when she saw the man. She stopped crying and rushed towards the man while


    screaming.


    “Daddy!”


    Her siblings were Shocked as they looked at the man their sister called ‘daddy’. They thought she had


    called Harry and seeing this stranger made them wonder who he was.


    Aaron smiled the moment Wi called for him. His heart melted and he immediately spread his arms


    wide as he bent over to lift her off the ground.


    “Daddy, save my brother. He was just trying to protect me when Jonas bullied me!”


    Hearing that, Aaron’s eyes trailed around the room but he froze when he saw two children who were


    looking at him with curiosity in their eyes.


    ‘These kids… why do they look like me? Don’t tell me Dad had fathered other children in his old age.”


    These were his first thoughts when he saw the two faces that were simr to his. After all, the only


    woman he’s ever been with was Tessa so there was no way he would have thought the kids were his.


    “That’s your brother?” Aaron asked while pointing at Reagan and Wi nodded.


    “Yes. His name is Reagan and that’s my sister, Nia. I’m the third one.”


    Aaron nced at the principal and asked, “What happened here, Aunt Tina?”


    The Turners were stumped. When Aaron walked in, they were speechless because they didn’t expect


    to run into the City’s most powerful man. He was someone who could make them bankrupt in a day if


    he wanted to.


    To their horror, he turned out to be the father of the three kids and the principal seemed to be his aunt.


    Tina Smith was Aaron’ste mother’s sister and the school belonged to his mother. It was under the


    Wentworth group. This was why status didn’t matter and they treated everyone equally.


    She was shocked when Wi called her nephew daddy. Come to think of it, when she first saw Nia and


    Reagan, she thought they looked familiar. Who would have thought they were rted to her?


    Tina exined everything to Aaron and what she nned to do. The Turners were obedient this time


    and agreed for their son to be suspended for a week. Reagan was also suspended for two days


    because he hit someone which was against the rules.


    Aaron stepped out of the principal’s office with Wi in his arms and Nia and Reagan in tow. They kept


    ncing at him, not understanding why they felt a pull towards this imposing man.


    As Aaron nced at the kids, an inexplicable emotion swirled in his chest. He had to know who these


    children.


    belonged to.


    “Where’s your mother?” He asked gently.


    “She’s at work,” Reagan responded. He hadn’t said anything so far but he had been secretly examining


    Aaron.


    The man looked like him. Was he their father? Did hee to see them? The little boy wondered.


    “What’s your mother’s name?”


    “Tessa Hilton!” Wi chirped while wrapping her tiny arms around Aaron’s neck but she didn’t know her


    answer made Aaron’s heartbeat skyrocket.


    Surely it was not a coincidence. He had met Wi at the mall where Tessa’spany was located.


    His breath caught in his throat as he recalled the words she had said thest time.


    ‘My kids are my world.”


    Aaron felt like a hand was squeezing his heart. Wi was shorter than the two so he didn’t know they


    were


    triplets. His mind reeled with several thoughts. He knew there was a high possibility these kids


    belonged to Tessa. Wi was a carbon copy of Tessa.


    “Little ones, where’s your daddy?” He asked, wondering if Tessa had gotten married while she was


    away.


    “We don’t have a daddy, Mr handsome. Can you be our daddy?” Wi said adorably while Reagan and


    Nia


    shared a look.


    They didn’t object because the man looked like them and he was also powerful. Those who were


    bullying them were scared of him. They thought if the man was their daddy, they wouldn’t get bullied


    anymore.


    Reagan looked up seriously, “Hello Uncle. We are triplets and we like you very much. Can you be our


    daddy and protect us every day?”


    The little boy’s words made Aaron release a breath he didn’t know he was holding. He had thought


    they were “born at different times. His stomach knotted as he nced at Reagan’s face.


    ‘Could these be my kids with Tessa?”


    The possibility made his heart race.


    He nced at his assistant and instructed, “Enock, let’s go to the hospital.”


    He wanted to do a rapid DNA test to find out if the children were his.


    An hourter, Aaron brought the children to his office.


    Wi was still in his arms and didn’t want to let go. Nia wanted to be held too but she was much more


    reserved than her sister. Aaron gave off a fatherly vibe and she wanted to get close to him.


    They all concluded that this man was their father because he had protected them and he looked like


    them.


    “Daddy, is this where you work?” Wi asked sweetly as she looked around.


    Aaron nodded. “Yes, this is mypany.”


    “Wow! Daddy is so rich! Your office is so cool.”


    The other two kids sat on the leather seats in the visitor’s lounge while Wi sat on Aaron’sp on his


    swivel


    chair.


    Aaron ordered Nora to bring some snacks for the children while he anxiously waited for the DNA


    results.


    He couldn’t even focus on work.


    Since he was rich, he used his resources to get the DNA test done rapidly.


    Enock returned to the office quickly. Sweat coated his forehead and he was a little breathless.


    He took out the brown envelope containing the DNA results and gave it to his boss.


    This is property ? of N?velDrama.Org.


    “Here are the results, sir.”


    Aaron quickly opened the envelope. His heart was in his throat as he went directly to the bottom of the


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    Chapter 16 I’m ather


    where he saw the words, ‘There’s a 99.99% chance that there’s a father and child rtionship.”


    The world stopped spinning as those words sank in. Lightbulbs went off in Aaron’s head as his


    momentary shock soon turned into joy.


    Tessa must have gotten pregnant thest time they were together!


    He stood up from his seat, lifting Wi into the air while shouting gleefully.


    “I have kids! I’m a father!”


    Natie


    Author


    Thank you for reading.