Chapter 216 - Fight Over Wife

"Sit inside the car or standstill," Santiago said in a warning tone. "You are making me dizzy." 

Persephone narrowed her eyes at him, stopping for a moment and then started pacing around again. 

How can he not see that she was excited? And extremely so? 

"Red, you will be exhausted until they come," Santiago told her in exasperation. 

It was only when Persephone was tired did she listen to him. However, much to her joy, the people she had been anticipating to see appeared with luggage. 

If not for the huge bump she would have run to hug all of them. 

"Oh my God, look at the glow," Valencia said, hugging her. "You look so gorgeous and healthy." 

Persephone squealed. This had to be the first time that Valencia said that she looked healthy. She turned to give Santiago a look that said 'look you can't force me to eat vegetables anymore.' 

"Emma. Ellison, " Persephone hugged them together. They greeted her back with equal gusto. 

"Hey boyfriend," Persephone gave Junior Santiago a high five. "You look so handsome. I'm so glad to see you." 

The boy showed a shy expression but put it aside by hugging her legs. "I'm so happy to see you too, Red." He showed her a smile showing his perfect whites. 

Santiago groaned. "That would be Aunt Percy for you, kid." 

Of course, Junior didn't pay any attention to him aside from greeting him as his mom had taught him. He wouldn't embarrass his mom by being a brat. 

Cameron, who was given the job of picking Emy appeared last.

"Hey, Percy." He waved his hand at her as he found hugging such a heavily pregnant woman awkward. And nodded at Santiago in acknowledgement. He wasn't a hugger, to be honest, and shaking hands seemed too formal. 

"Hey, Cameron," Persephone enthusiastically waved back. She walked to him and pulled his sleeve to make him bend a bit. He was just as tall as his big brother. He raised his brow in confusion but she surprised him by ruffling his hair. 

"I always wanted to do this. But I never got a little brother," Persephone explained to him. "Now that I have you, I am gonna do this to my heart's content." 

Cameron rolled his eyes at her but felt sweet in his heart. He had always liked Persephone not in that way but in a way one calls people family. So, he would always give in to his antics. 

"Give me Emy, " Ellison said, taking her sleeping baby from him. "You help Santiago with luggage." 

Ellison, Emy, Valencia and Emma left in a car that Santiago's driver was driving while everyone else went in the one he was driving. They were going straight to his house where Lara had arranged lunch for them. After that, they would drop Ellison and Emma at Killian's house which was just in the neighbourhood. 

"This is gorgeous," Cameron looked out of the window in awe. "No wonder you never came home." Before he could stop the words from escaping his mouth, he fired them. He met Santiago's eyes in the mirror and sighed in relief when he saw that he just smiled at him and didn't get offended. 

"No matter how beautiful a place is, it's never more beautiful and happier than home," Santiago said after a while. 

Persephone, who was engaged in a conversation with Junior, didn't notice the moment that passed between the two brothers. 

"Then, why didn't you come back?" Cameron asked in almost a whisper. 

"I had my reasons, kiddo," Santiago replied back. Cameron hadn't thought that his whisper would be heard by him. But after getting the answer, he just nodded with a stiff smile and turned his eyes to look out of the window. They were driving on a highway road and they could still see the vast ocean as far their eyes could take them. 

It was a beautiful sight. 

No wonder Persephone liked it too. 

"Red, this place is so gorgeous," Junior said with a look of astonishment. "It's like paradise." 

Persephone grinned at him. "I know right. I love this place a lot. You should see our home. It's so beautiful. Your Uncle Santiago bought me the most stunning house ever." 

"He is not my Uncle," Junior was quick to say with a frown. "And I am not going to call you aunt. That will not be okayish. I will call you Red like I always do." 

"He doesn't like you calling me Red," Persephone told him. 

"Why is it so?" Junior said with a furrowed brow. 

"Because Red is our secret code. It is something he came up with. So he only wants himself to call me Red," Persephone explained to the boy. 

"How unoriginal," Junior said with a snort. "And how petty too! My mom said we should always share with everyone. Why can't he share the nickname with me?" 

"Because she is my wife," Santiago replied to the boy. "When you have a wife, you can give her all the names you want. But you are not allowed to call someone else's wife with a nickname, especially mine." 

"You stole my wife," Junior accused him without flinching. No, he wasn't scared of this big badass man. He couldn't understand why his Uncle Cam was intimidated by this man. He was just a normal man, no superman. 

Of course, Santiago didn't fight with the kid over his wife. After all, Persephone was his wife and he didn't need to engage in a verbal battle with a kid. 

… 

Just like Persephone all the other three ladies were in love with this house immediately. And how could they not love it? It was located in such a beautiful location. Clear blue sky and magnificent vast ocean in the background

"I can now understand why you didn't want to come to New York just yet," Emma said with an eye roll. 

Persephone just smiled and took them inside. 

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Author Note: Now should we go back to angst and drama? Isn't lovey dovey enough already?