20. Back to reality

Eve's POV

My body wakes up around 7:30am, just in time before my alarm goes off, and I turn around to see Alex peacefully sleeping next to me, her back facing me.

I think back to last night's events and gulp. I can't pretend I didn't expect this to happen sooner or later ; I just didn't expect it to feel so... safe. I didn't expect to feel so okay about all of it.

I shake my head, trying not to think too hard about it or else I know it will cause me to overthink the situation.

"Mom!! I can't find my pink shirt!! You know the one with the bear on it?? It's not in my cupboard" I flinch as I hear Cami's voice coming towards my bedroom and trying to unlock the door from the other side. My heart skips a beat as the handle goes up and down. Thankfully it's locked.

Alex wakes up, confused. "Shit" She whispers. I take a look at her. Her eyes are slightly swollen and her hair is all over the place. She looks adorable.

"One second honey!" I shout

"Why's the door locked?" Cami shouts back

"Hide under the bed" I whisper to Alex as she nods and drops on the floor and under the bed. I go up and unlock the door.

"Morning" Cami smiles like an angel when I open the door

"Cam it's still early, your brother and sister are still sleeping, we talked about the yelling okay?" I say and she nods. I know

"I'm sorry but I can't find my shirt" She loudly whispers.

"Let's look for it" I say back

After a while of looking in her room, I go downstairs in case she left it in the living room while they were playing, all while secretly hoping that Alex is well hidden under the bed and that none of the children will have the idea of looking under it, for whatever reason

My heart skips a beat when I see Harvey sitting in the kitchen and working on his computer.

"Morning" He says without removing his eyes from the screen

"What the fuck are you doing here?" I ask. I kicked him out for a reason. I can't believe he just has the nerve to come back here without talking to me and I'm anxious about Alex being stupid and leaving her hiding place

"I'm working at my home" He chuckles sarcastically, not giving in.

"Get the fuck out." I say

"Or what Eve? You can't stop me from seeing my kids or being in my own house. If you're that unhappy divorce me. Oh wait... you don't have the guts or possibility to do that right now" He says, purposely trying to get a reaction out of me

I take a deep breath in and exhale as I unfortunately hear steps coming down

"Hi mom-" Says Cindy and my heartbeat slows a little bit. Thank god it's not Alex.

She throws a look at her dad and ignores him. He slightly smiles, not bothered by the fact that his own daughter does not want him in the house.

"I'll go check on the kids." I say as an excuse to go up and tell Alex to stay under the bed.

"No it's fine I'll go. I'm taking Journey for the day." Harvey says

"Why? Why only Journey? Absolutely not-" I start saying

"I'm allowed to spend a father son day with him, shut up" He harshly replies

"You can't do this to Cami she's going to feel so left out." I clench my jaw at the lack of parenting "I don't care what kind of unfulfilled father son fantasy you have planned out but you are not separating twins and only spending the day with your son. She's young and still holds a high opinion of you unlike your older daughter so be a good parent for once for gods sake" I rat out until he rolls his eyes and sighs

"Fine" He says and I go up the stairs, signalling that I'll take care of the kids.

Once at the top of the stairs I quickly make my way into the bedroom and close the door behind me. Alex is nowhere to be seen.

"Alex?" I whisper and get down on the floor. She's chilling the bed, laying down and being on her phone

"Yeah?" She says

"Harvey's here, I'm so sorry, stay here for a little while please?" I beg

"Sure Eve" She chuckles with a slight look of anxiety in her eyes

I open my bedroom door and see Harvey standing on the other side as I feel like my soul leaves my body.

"What are you doing?" He asks

"I was looking for my phone" I quickly reply and pass him, trying not to show my face

We enter Cami and Jour's room "Get ready you two, you're spending the day with your dad today" I say against my will

"Okay" they reply in unison and start packing a backpack. I turn around and see Harvey facing me, a victorious smile on his face. I shove past him and go downstairs.

"Cind?" I say to my older daughter who's having a bowl of cereal while checking her phone. She looks up at me.

"Wanna go with your dad as well?" I ask. I imagine what her answer may be but I still want to ask her. I don't want her to feel left out of anything.

She shakes her head no and turns back to eating.

Once the kids are all set, they head out as Harvey opens the door. My heart slightly aches every time they leave me, which hasn't happened a lot. This is the first time Harvey's actually taken them away from me and it feels like a divorce ; for the better and for the worse.

"Bye mom" Cami says and comes to hug me. I kneel down and hug her back. Journey joins in and I kiss them both on the foreheads "Bye my loves. Be good." I say and they nod before joining their dad at the doorstep.

"At what time will they be home?" I ask Harvey coldly

"They will be home" He smirks to annoy me. I clench my jaw and close the door after them, after they leave with the car.

I quickly go back upstairs and into my bedroom.

"Alex they're gone, you can come out" I say as she crawls out from under the bed

"I'm really sorry for this" I give her a hand and help her up as she giggles.

"It's fine Eve" She chuckles but I can't quite read her. Her eyes are shining at me, but I can't help but feel that she felt uncomfortable in this situation.

"Hey" She places her hand on my forearm as my skin shivers almost directly at her touch.

"I loved waking up next to you" She says right after I thought she would say something serious. She seems so confident and I feel slightly weak in the legs. I need to get a hold of myself.

I raise my chin up so to reach her height and place a kiss on her lips. Soft enough, but quite passionate. My tongue flickers over her bottom lip as I bite it before I pull back.

The confidence in her face is gone. I smirk at myself before turning around and telling her to join me downstairs.