Chapter 369 Forbidden Fruit

It was good to let Nick know how hard it was to take care of children, Veronica thought.

As Veronica yawned, Cathy reached out to her mom and pat her on the chest. "Let's sleep, mommy."

"I know, Cathy." Veronica smiled and hugged Cathy. "Let's sleep together."

After Nick washed the boys, he went to the bedroom and found that Veronica was sleeping together with Julie, Lily and Cathy. For some reason, he felt a certain kind of warmth he never felt before, but he shrugged it off.

Veronica was tired from work, after all. So, when the three boys saw their mom and their sisters sleeping together, they all decided to cuddle up against their mom. Veronica didn't mind the fact that the children started to cling to her and simply didn't move a muscle.

Nick put the three boys into the innermost part of the bed and lowered his voice. "Make sure to be quiet when you lie down, you wouldn't want to wake up mommy."

The boys nodded and proceeded to lie down next to Veronica silently

Nick looked down at his wet clothes and decided to go to the bathroom to take a shower.

When he came back from the shower and dressed up, he took a glance at the three girls next to Veronica then moved them directly to the foot of the bed and put Cathy next to Julie.

Veronica moved a little, making her wake up for a little while but Nick took Cathy's place and laid down, leaning Veronica's head against his chest and making her go back to sleep.

Nick slightly trembled as he looked down at Veronica. He gently raised her chin, leaving Veronica's face completely exposed to his own. He let out a smile and held Veronica tightly, as if he didn't want to let her go.

The next morning, as soon as Veronica was half awake, she went to touch each child sleeping next to her. She felt that there was one child missing, so she opened her eyes and found out that she was being cuddled by Nick.

That made her lose her composure for a little while, but she decided to get up and count the children. There really was one child missing and it was Peter, who was leaning over the edge of the bed, lying on his back.

Veronica then got out of the bed and picked up Peter, who was half awake.

"Mommy..." Peter murmured as his eyes were still closed.

"Sleep again, Peter. You deserved it." Veronica said as she kissed Peter on the cheek and put him on the bed.

Peter turned over and a cute little leg was then placed on Nick's belly.

Veronica giggled. She left the bedroom and gently closed the door.

As she stood on the balcony, Veronica stretched her arms out, closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She felt as if last night was the most comfortable sleep she ever had. Nick and six of her children had cuddled up to her as they fell asleep and that made her happy.

She then thought that It would be nice if they could do this more often in the future.

She had children with Nick, so she couldn't reject him completely. She knew that. Even if Nick was somehow afraid of her, some things are inevitable.

It was like Nick's forbidden fruit was Veronica, and that made Veronica shiver by just the thought of it.

All of a sudden, there was a noise behind her. Veronica thought it was the children, but she was wrong.

As soon as she looked behind her, she saw Nick who had a messy bedhead, looking like he had just woken up. At first glance, Veronica thought it was caused by the children, but they weren't awake yet.

Veronica looked at Nick nervously. She didn't know what to say to him, so she tried his best not to spoil his mood.

"I-I'm going to make breakfast." Veronica stuttered as she tried her best to avoid Nick's presence.

As soon as Veronica walked past Nick, he simply followed Veronica as she went out of the balcony.

While Nick was following Veronica, she couldn't help but straighten her back slightly because of her nervousness, but then she also noticed that there was something wrong with Nick because she felt as if his body was as stiff as a board.

"Don't be so nervous, Veronica. It's normal for men to get up in the morning." Nick said as he whispered in an audible voice and smirked, clearly sensing Veronica's nervousness.