Page 167 of Stuck with my Boss Daddies

Kai smirked. “That’s a no.”

Leona sat beside me, her hand warm on my knee. “And how are you doing, sweetheart?”

I hesitated, because honestly? I had no idea how to answer that.

I was exhausted. Overwhelmed. Emotional. But also happier than I’d ever been.

“I’m good,” I finally said, voice soft. “Really good.”

She smiled knowingly. “Motherhood is something else, isn’t it?”

I glanced down at James, who was curled up in my arms, his tiny hand resting against my chest.

I exhaled. “Yeah. It really is.”

Marlene sniffed dramatically. “Ugh, look at you! A little family! It’s disgusting how much I love it.”

Adam groaned. “Mother.”

She ignored him, turning to Richard and nudging him in the ribs. “Well? Say something nice!”

Richard looked cornered. “Uh. The baby’s… small.”

There was a beat of silence.

Milo nodded solemnly. “Good observation.”

I bit my lip hard to keep from laughing.

Samuel did not bother.

Marlene sighed. “You men are useless.”

Alicia smirked. “Tell me something I don’t know.”

The conversation spiraled from there… Leona fussing over the temperature of the room, Hayley giving me a look when I tried to get up, Alicia and Marlene bickering over the best baby books, and Milo and Richard just standing off to the side like twodads at a school function who didn’t know what to do with their hands.

It was chaos.

But it was my chaos.

A family I never thought I’d have.

A life I never thought I’d get.

And as I sat there, surrounded by all of them, loud and opinionated and exasperating, I realized something.

I loved every single second of it.

I had barely gotten an hour of sleep before I woke up to the sound of frantic whispers.

“Shit, shit, shit… where is it?”

“It was right here! I swear I put it right here!”

“Damn it, Adam, this is why we need a system.”

I groaned, rolling onto my side to see Kai and Adam standing over the changing table, both of them looking one spit-up stain away from a breakdown. Samuel stood a few feet away, arms crossed, watching the chaos unfold like a man who knew better than to get involved.

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