(Autumn's POV)
He had come back into my life to make things chaotic. I was in shock when I saw him at the door. To be honest, he had been on my mind for the past few months but it wasn't because I was interested in him. He just seemed different. Of course, I had to stop him at the door and ask why he was there. But his expression and reply caught me off guard. He said he wasn't here for me but for his kids. He walked into my house like it was the natural thing to do. I couldn't stop him anymore because he wanted to see his kids. I couldn't believe that after all this time, he just realized that he had kids. Was he here for them or could he have been using them as an excuse? I had to make sure he didn't do anything crazy.
I closed the door and went in and found him holding our daughter, Madison. The way he looked at her reminded me of back when I was a kid. The children at school always got that expression from their parents when they came to pick them up. I always wanted my father to look at me that way. He wasn't faking the expression. I stopped my thoughts when I noticed he was carrying her the wrong way. It was a bit amusing that he didn't even know how to handle a child. I quickly took her away from his embrace. He looked confused when I took her away from him. But then he walked back out of the house. I wondered if he was going to leave just like that. But to my surprise, he came back holding a lot of bags. He had brought gifts for the kids. I didn't expect it. I had to ask him why he was doing this, and he said that it was his responsibility as a father to do this. I was touched. My father never did this for me. He never cared about his daughter. I was so grateful to him because even if he was using this to get close to me, at least he still had a heart for his kids.
Suddenly I heard a loud cry. It was my Mason. He was born weaker than Madison, so he cried a lot when he felt uncomfortable. Immediately I handed Madison over to Grey and rushed to the room. He followed me into the room and stopped when he saw Mason. I wasn't focused on Grey because I was trying my hardest to calm Mason down. It wasn't working. He never acted like this. I didn't know what to do. While I was panicking, Grey took him away from me and held him in his arms and he stopped crying. I was surprised. Truly, blood is thicker than water. He must have stopped because he recognised his father. I was relieved and sat down to rest. I had been busy all day and hadn't had time to rest. Honestly, having Grey around to help out wasn't a bad idea. "Wait, what did I just think about". His plan was slowly working. I was already starting to warm up to him. I can't let it happen. I don't know him well enough to trust him. But then he said something to me, and it was like he read my thoughts. He told me that he wasn't going to ask for my hand anymore, rather, he wanted permission to take care of the kids. He wanted to share the responsibility with me. He also told me that he knew I didn't trust him, but he wouldn't harm his kids. My parents never harmed me even though they wanted a son. Even though they didn't show me any affection, I never actually lacked anything else. Even though they made a wrong decision, they still didn't let me leave without anything. My ex-husband only got permission to marry me because my parents saw him as someone who would take care of their daughter and let her live luxuriously. Thinking back on these things, my parents might have loved me but just never showed me. I was getting emotional. Honestly, I wanted to reject Grey but right now, I needed a lot of help. I thought it would be easy to raise them on my own but it's not working and seeing that he genuinely wanted to help, I didn't reject his offer. I agreed. But this doesn't mean we're getting married, and it doesn't mean that he has won. Since he wasn't like my parents and cared about his daughter and not just his son, he had the right to take care of them. We don't have to be married nor do we need to live together to take care of them. We just needed to allocate days that each of us would take care of them. Or he could watch over them during the day and I'll watch them at night. Since he doesn't work during the day, it'll be convenient for both of us. Most importantly, my kids wouldn't live without a father. They would get the love they deserve from both parents just like other kids. I might not get married again but Grey might find someone else. If he does, he might spend less time with the kids but at least they would still forever have him as their father. He wasn't a bad guy so I could at least try to trust him, at least for the sake of our kids. It's not like he treats me badly, he was nice to me and even helps me out when I need it. I'm beginning to see his good side and I'm pretty sure that's what he wants. He may win me over at this rate and his face wasn't making matters better.
He was very handsome. He brought me out of my thoughts by asking for our kids' names. I don't know why but I found myself smiling and he did the same. When I saw his smile, I started laughing and he followed suit. His smile was quite lovely, but I didn't expect him to smile back at me. I told him their names and I had given them his last name since he was their father. He was surprised that I had done that. I couldn't have given them my last name when they had a father. I had tried finding out about him when I figured out that I was pregnant because I couldn't give them my last name and he just so happened to appear in front of me before I submitted their birth information. He was grateful that I had given them his name and I could see him tearing up. Who would have thought that he could get this emotional because of something like that? I felt like I was falling for him little by little.