“Sssh sssh, don't wake Daddy up," I whispered in my child's ear and she immediately hushed before looking up at me with her huge, crystal blue eyes.

"Good girl," I replied kissing her gently stroking the curls of blond hair on her head before placing her carefully back into the crib beside her twin sister. "I'll miss you, my babies," I added resting my hand on Francesca and then Marie's cheek.

"Mommy?" a little voice said from the open doorway of the twin's nursery.

"Cato, what are you doing awake?" I asked my little toddler as I lifted him into my arms. "It's so late."

"I wanna play a game," he protested hugging me tightly.

"I know a good game," I replied taking one last look at my sleeping twins before carrying Cato down the hall and back to his room.

"What is it?" he asked.

"Sssh. You have to whisper. Daddy is sleeping remember?" I said quietly.

He nodded before we got to his room and I closed the door.

"What's the game, Mommy?" he questioned in the best whisper he could muster.

"It's called...sleeping lions," I said with a smile. He let out a giggle before slamming his tiny hand over his mouth.

"How do we win?"

"You have to stay totally silent and you definitely can't move. If you do, I win. If I do, you win. Okay?"

He nodded again before lying down on his bed as I took a seat on the armchair beside it. I waited for ten minutes before I was sure he was asleep.copy right hot novel pub