Jiyong stirred in sleep. There is something that is bothering his peaceful sleep and he just can’t shoo the uneasy feeling away. He slowly rolled to the other side and a small smile tugged at the corner of his lips with what he saw. There, on her side, was the most beautiful woman he ever laid his eyes on. And up until now, he still can’t believe that he was married to a goddess, the epitome of beauty.

 

 

He scooted to her side and planted a soft kiss on her forehead. Dara stirred in her sleep but doesn’t wake up. Jiyong was about to lie down on the bed once more and continue his peaceful sleep when he heard cries coming from the baby monitor on his bedside table. He smiled to himself as he set the blanket aside and stood up from the bed, ready to greet his twins a good morning even if it’s still four o’clock.

 

 

Before he went out of their room, he went to Dara’s side first and turned the baby monitor off. He doesn’t want to wake her up when he can take good care of the babies. He wanted her to have the rest she deserves, besides, he wanted to spend more time with his twins.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He was surprised with what he saw inside the twin’s room that he stopped midway on his step. A smile forming on his face seeing Eun mi looming down on his baby sister’s crib, Hyun-Ae. Jiyong shook his head in amusement seeing his daughter Eun mi all wide and awake at four in the morning, looking out for her younger siblings.

 

 

“Anneyeong, Hyun-Ae ah.. I’m your unnie..” Eun mi whispered but Jiyong heard it loud and clear. “What’s the matter, eh? Do you want something?” Eun mi continued to talk to the baby as if it would understand her.

 

 

“Hey, princess,” Jiyong greeted her as he went to her side. He, then, kneeled down so he could face his daughter and kissed her cheeks softly. “Why are you awake at this hour? Girls like you should still be sleeping…”

 

 

“Hi, daddy..” Eun mi greeted back as she kissed her daddy on his cheek as well. “ I heard cries coming from here and checked it out. Seems like Hyun-Ae needs something,” Eun mi, then, frowned seeing her little sister still crying.

 

 

“Daddy, I think Hyun-Ae wants mommy..”

 

 

“But mommy’s still asleep, princess… Why don’t we try and make Hyun-Ae to sleep again, neh? Maybe her sleep just got disturbed that’s why she’s crying,” Jiyong then bent down over the crib and gathered his tiny daughter in his arms. He glanced at the other crib and smiled in satisfaction seeing Hyun-Ki sleeping peacefully.

 

 

“I think Hyun-Ae wants her Eun mi unnie to read her a bedtime story… Why don’t you pick a book that you would read to your sister, neh?”

 

 

“Arasso, daddy,” Eun mi said as she beamed on her father before running towards the shelf where variety of children books were placed. The little girl contemplated on what book she would read to her sister, then, as she come across her favorite book, she decided that it was the book she wanted to read to her sister.

 

 

“Cinderella?” Jiyong asked Eun mi when the little girl came running back towards her. She, then, settled herself on the small couch beside her father before nodding her eyes.

 

 

“Yes, daddy..”

 

 

“Why Cinderella, princess?”

 

 

“It’s because she had her ‘happily-ever-after’ with her prince.. Just like you and mommy!”

 

 

Eun mi squealed as she remembers her mommy and daddy’s wedding day. She was wearing the identical dress her mommy is wearing and she finds it so amusing throwing petals of flowers side by side as she walks down the aisle. And she remembered that time when her daddy kissed her mommy in front of everyone, and on her young mind, she thought that witnessing her mommy and daddy kiss in front of her with so much love is much more magical when Cinderella married her prince.

 

 

Jiyong chuckled as he rocked his arms a little to put Hyun-Ae to sleep. He briefly glanced at his daughter Eun mi and smiled seeing how concentrated she was with reading the story to her little sister. Then, he shifted his gaze towards the crib opposite Hyun-Ae’s crib and his smile grew bigger seeing his son still sleeping after the fuzz his twin sister made a while ago.

 

 

Being surrounded with his children in their playpen made his heart swell with so much love. And knowing that just on the other room lay his beautiful, loving wife made his heart want to burst because of the overwhelming love he has for his family.

 

 

“Cinderella has two wicked step siste…….” Jiyong was brought back to reality when he heard Eun mi’s faltering voice. He immediately looked at her side and smiled seeing the Eun mi’s eyelids falling. He, then, glanced down on Hyun-Ae and smiled once more seeing her sleeping again.

 

 

Jiyong slowly got the book from Eun mi’s hands and made sure that his daughter won’t stir in her sleep. Then, he made Eun mi to lie down on the couch as he stood up and walked over to Hyun-Ae’s crib to place her down. As soon as he is sure that the baby is deep in her sleep, he went to Eun mi and gathered her in his arms. Then he looked at the twins for the last time before he turned the lights off and closed the door.

 

 

Jiyong slowly made his way towards Eun mi’s room and placed his sleeping daughter carefully on her bed. He stood just beside Eun mi’s bed, staring at his daughter with so much love in his eyes. He, then, bent down and kissed the top of her head before tucking her hair behind her ears.

 

 

“Daddy loves you so much, princess..”

 

 

Jiyong whispered first before going out of his daughter’s room and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for his family.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dara’s eyes immediately opened when she realized that her husband is not beside her anymore. With her eyes wide, she sat right up on the bed and roamed her eyes around the room, trying to look for her husband. But na-da, Kwon Jiyong is nowhere in sight.

 

 

Dara furrowed her eyebrows as she set the covers aside and her eyebrows furrowed more when she remember that she hadn’t heard the twins crying in the middle of the night. It was a miracle, in their part, because the twins will always wake up in the middle of the night, wanting for Jiyong or her to put them to sleep again.

 

 

But as soon as she glanced on her bedside table and noticed that the baby monitor was turned off, she realized that they did woken up in the middle of the night, it’s just that her husband took care of it all. A smile formed on her pink lips and immediately jumped out of the bed to look for her husband.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Hey,” Dara greeted as she wrapped her arms around Jiyong, who’s still busy with cooking their breakfast. “Good morning,” then she kissed his cheeks.

 

 

Jiyong smiled to himself as he turned the stove off and turned around to face his lovely wife. “Good morning, baby,” he greeted back and kissed her on the lips. He walked her towards the kitchen table and made her sit down on one of the chairs.

 

 

“Ji, why did you turn my baby monitor off.. I told you to don’t do that again,” Dara said as she placed her elbow on top of the table with her hands rested on her palms.

 

 

“You just look so peaceful when you sleep.. I just don’t have the heart to wake you up..”

 

 

Dara blushed like a teenager.. Her husband sure knows how to sweet talk.. And her husband sure knows what words to say and when to say them to flatter her and make her blush.

 

 

It has been months since they were married and those months are nothing but bliss. Kwon Jiyong never fails to make her fall in love with him over and over again. He never fails to make her heart beat faster and slower at the same time. And he never fails to make them feel that they are his life, they are the things that completed his existence, Dara and their children.

 

 

“Hey Ji,” she called.

 

 

“Hmmm?” he hummed as he turned his back on her and got the foor he prepared.

 

 

“Have I told you that I love you?”

 

 

Jiyong smiled, the heart stopping smile that Dara oh so loves, as he faced her and placed the food on the table. Then he leaned on her that it’s only an inch that separates their faces, the tip of their noses touching.

 

 

“Yeah… You’ve told me you love me before we went to sleep last night.. But I’m sure it won’t hurt you to say it again..” grinning, he brushed his nose on her some more.

 

 

“Hmmmm,” Dara sighed in contentment as she closed her eyes momentarily before opening them once more and staring straight into her husband’s eyes.. “I love you, Ji..”

 

 

“And I love you too,” he whispered softly and slowly closed the gap between their lips.

 

 

It was his kiss that made her feel so overwhelmed, that her heart felt like it wanted to burst out from her ribcage. It’s what in his kiss that made her knees buckle at so much emotion running through her veins. And it’s what  he made her feel like whenever he would kiss her, it’s like she was the queen of the world and he’s ready, willing to do everything at her command.

 

 

Dara smiled through their kiss as she slowly wrapped her arms around his neck. She slowly stood up from her seat without breaking their kiss and leaned more on him, making their kiss deeper as possible. Jiyong encircled his arms on her hips as he sighed in contentment. Ah, this is life, he thought while kissing his wife.

 

 

”MOMMY! DADDY!” they broke out from their kiss when they hear their lively nine-year old daughter as she run as fast as she could to get to her parents.

 

 

Jiyong bent down and opened his arms wide for his daughter.. And seeing that her daddy’s arms is waiting for her, Eun mi immediately jumped in her father’s arms and giggled when Jiyong blew soft kisses on her little neck.

 

 

“Good morning, mommy,” Eun mi greeted as she leaned her half-body towards her mother, with her father still carrying her, and kissed Dara soundly on the cheeks.

 

 

“Good morning, baby,” Dara greeted back and smiled to her daughter.

 

 

“You know what, mommy? I put Hyun-Ae to sleep!” the little girl exclaimed excitedly as he father sat on the chair, with her mother following them.

 

 

“Really? You were awake that early?” Dara asked.

 

 

“Yes, mommy.. I heard Hyun-Ae’s cries from my room… And I was worried that she might be scared because of monsters, so I went to their room and made sure that she and Hyun-Ki will be protected.. I’m their big sister after all, I need to protect them all the time,” she said as Eun mi dramatically puffed her chest that made her mommy and daddy to burst out laughing at her cuteness.

 

 

“Hyun-Ae and Hyun-Ki is so lucky to have you as their big sister, neh?” Jiyong asked as he nuzzled his nose on his daughter’s hair, smelling her scent that reminded him of flowers.

 

 

“That’s right, daddy!” Eun mi nodded her head, a big smile plastered on her lips. “I promise to you and mommy that I’ll always protect them no matter what,” she, then, lifted her right palm like she was taking an oath..

 

 

“Aigoooo, my baby Eun mi-ah,” Dara giggled as she ruffled her hair. Dara then leaned down on her daughter and kissed the top of her head before standing up from her seat.

 

 

“Why don’t we check if the twins are awake already, neh? So they can play with their big sister, neh?” Dara offered her hand to her daughter which made Eun mi to smile some more. She jumped out of her daddy’s lap and took her mommy’s hand.

 

 

Jiyong stood up from his seat as well then made his way towards Dara and Eun mi. He held her daughter’s hands as he glanced at his wife, and seeing that she’s looking back at him, he mouthed the words, ‘I love you’. Dara smiled at her husband and mouthed ‘I love you, too’ then made a kissy pose that made Jiyong to chuckle.

 

 

Eun mi, seemingly oblivious that her parents are still flirting with each other, tugged on her parents hands and walked towards the stairs.  She’s really excited to start the day with her little brother and little sister.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Jiyong stirred in sleep. There is something that is bothering his peaceful sleep and he just can’t shoo the uneasy feeling away. He slowly rolled to the other side and a small smile tugged at the corner of his lips with what he saw. There, on her side, was the most beautiful woman he ever laid his eyes on. And up until now, he still can’t believe that he was married to a goddess, the epitome of beauty.

 

 

He scooted to her side and planted a soft kiss on her forehead. Dara stirred in her sleep but doesn’t wake up. Jiyong was about to lie down on the bed once more and continue his peaceful sleep when he heard cries coming from the baby monitor on his bedside table. He smiled to himself as he set the blanket aside and stood up from the bed, ready to greet his twins a good morning even if it’s still four o’clock.

 

 

Before he went out of their room, he went to Dara’s side first and turned the baby monitor off. He doesn’t want to wake her up when he can take good care of the babies. He wanted her to have the rest she deserves, besides, he wanted to spend more time with his twins.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He was surprised with what he saw inside the twin’s room that he stopped midway on his step. A smile forming on his face seeing Eun mi looming down on his baby sister’s crib, Hyun-Ae. Jiyong shook his head in amusement seeing his daughter Eun mi all wide and awake at four in the morning, looking out for her younger siblings.

 

 

“Anneyeong, Hyun-Ae ah.. I’m your unnie..” Eun mi whispered but Jiyong heard it loud and clear. “What’s the matter, eh? Do you want something?” Eun mi continued to talk to the baby as if it would understand her.

 

 

“Hey, princess,” Jiyong greeted her as he went to her side. He, then, kneeled down so he could face his daughter and kissed her cheeks softly. “Why are you awake at this hour? Girls like you should still be sleeping…”

 

 

“Hi, daddy..” Eun mi greeted back as she kissed her daddy on his cheek as well. “ I heard cries coming from here and checked it out. Seems like Hyun-Ae needs something,” Eun mi, then, frowned seeing her little sister still crying.

 

 

“Daddy, I think Hyun-Ae wants mommy..”

 

 

“But mommy’s still asleep, princess… Why don’t we try and make Hyun-Ae to sleep again, neh? Maybe her sleep just got disturbed that’s why she’s crying,” Jiyong then bent down over the crib and gathered his tiny daughter in his arms. He glanced at the other crib and smiled in satisfaction seeing Hyun-Ki sleeping peacefully.

 

 

“I think Hyun-Ae wants her Eun mi unnie to read her a bedtime story… Why don’t you pick a book that you would read to your sister, neh?”

 

 

“Arasso, daddy,” Eun mi said as she beamed on her father before running towards the shelf where variety of children books were placed. The little girl contemplated on what book she would read to her sister, then, as she come across her favorite book, she decided that it was the book she wanted to read to her sister.

 

 

“Cinderella?” Jiyong asked Eun mi when the little girl came running back towards her. She, then, settled herself on the small couch beside her father before nodding her eyes.

 

 

“Yes, daddy..”

 

 

“Why Cinderella, princess?”

 

 

“It’s because she had her ‘happily-ever-after’ with her prince.. Just like you and mommy!”

 

 

Eun mi squealed as she remembers her mommy and daddy’s wedding day. She was wearing the identical dress her mommy is wearing and she finds it so amusing throwing petals of flowers side by side as she walks down the aisle. And she remembered that time when her daddy kissed her mommy in front of everyone, and on her young mind, she thought that witnessing her mommy and daddy kiss in front of her with so much love is much more magical when Cinderella married her prince.

 

 

Jiyong chuckled as he rocked his arms a little to put Hyun-Ae to sleep. He briefly glanced at his daughter Eun mi and smiled seeing how concentrated she was with reading the story to her little sister. Then, he shifted his gaze towards the crib opposite Hyun-Ae’s crib and his smile grew bigger seeing his son still sleeping after the fuzz his twin sister made a while ago.

 

 

Being surrounded with his children in their playpen made his heart swell with so much love. And knowing that just on the other room lay his beautiful, loving wife made his heart want to burst because of the overwhelming love he has for his family.

 

 

“Cinderella has two wicked step siste…….” Jiyong was brought back to reality when he heard Eun mi’s faltering voice. He immediately looked at her side and smiled seeing the Eun mi’s eyelids falling. He, then, glanced down on Hyun-Ae and smiled once more seeing her sleeping again.

 

 

Jiyong slowly got the book from Eun mi’s hands and made sure that his daughter won’t stir in her sleep. Then, he made Eun mi to lie down on the couch as he stood up and walked over to Hyun-Ae’s crib to place her down. As soon as he is sure that the baby is deep in her sleep, he went to Eun mi and gathered her in his arms. Then he looked at the twins for the last time before he turned the lights off and closed the door.

 

 

Jiyong slowly made his way towards Eun mi’s room and placed his sleeping daughter carefully on her bed. He stood just beside Eun mi’s bed, staring at his daughter with so much love in his eyes. He, then, bent down and kissed the top of her head before tucking her hair behind her ears.

 

 

“Daddy loves you so much, princess..”

 

 

Jiyong whispered first before going out of his daughter’s room and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for his family.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dara’s eyes immediately opened when she realized that her husband is not beside her anymore. With her eyes wide, she sat right up on the bed and roamed her eyes around the room, trying to look for her husband. But na-da, Kwon Jiyong is nowhere in sight.

 

 

Dara furrowed her eyebrows as she set the covers aside and her eyebrows furrowed more when she remember that she hadn’t heard the twins crying in the middle of the night. It was a miracle, in their part, because the twins will always wake up in the middle of the night, wanting for Jiyong or her to put them to sleep again.

 

 

But as soon as she glanced on her bedside table and noticed that the baby monitor was turned off, she realized that they did woken up in the middle of the night, it’s just that her husband took care of it all. A smile formed on her pink lips and immediately jumped out of the bed to look for her husband.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Hey,” Dara greeted as she wrapped her arms around Jiyong, who’s still busy with cooking their breakfast. “Good morning,” then she kissed his cheeks.

 

 

Jiyong smiled to himself as he turned the stove off and turned around to face his lovely wife. “Good morning, baby,” he greeted back and kissed her on the lips. He walked her towards the kitchen table and made her sit down on one of the chairs.

 

 

“Ji, why did you turn my baby monitor off.. I told you to don’t do that again,” Dara said as she placed her elbow on top of the table with her hands rested on her palms.

 

 

“You just look so peaceful when you sleep.. I just don’t have the heart to wake you up..”

 

 

Dara blushed like a teenager.. Her husband sure knows how to sweet talk.. And her husband sure knows what words to say and when to say them to flatter her and make her blush.

 

 

It has been months since they were married and those months are nothing but bliss. Kwon Jiyong never fails to make her fall in love with him over and over again. He never fails to make her heart beat faster and slower at the same time. And he never fails to make them feel that they are his life, they are the things that completed his existence, Dara and their children.

 

 

“Hey Ji,” she called.

 

 

“Hmmm?” he hummed as he turned his back on her and got the foor he prepared.

 

 

“Have I told you that I love you?”

 

 

Jiyong smiled, the heart stopping smile that Dara oh so loves, as he faced her and placed the food on the table. Then he leaned on her that it’s only an inch that separates their faces, the tip of their noses touching.

 

 

“Yeah… You’ve told me you love me before we went to sleep last night.. But I’m sure it won’t hurt you to say it again..” grinning, he brushed his nose on her some more.

 

 

“Hmmmm,” Dara sighed in contentment as she closed her eyes momentarily before opening them once more and staring straight into her husband’s eyes.. “I love you, Ji..”

 

 

“And I love you too,” he whispered softly and slowly closed the gap between their lips.

 

 

It was his kiss that made her feel so overwhelmed, that her heart felt like it wanted to burst out from her ribcage. It’s what in his kiss that made her knees buckle at so much emotion running through her veins. And it’s what  he made her feel like whenever he would kiss her, it’s like she was the queen of the world and he’s ready, willing to do everything at her command.

 

 

Dara smiled through their kiss as she slowly wrapped her arms around his neck. She slowly stood up from her seat without breaking their kiss and leaned more on him, making their kiss deeper as possible. Jiyong encircled his arms on her hips as he sighed in contentment. Ah, this is life, he thought while kissing his wife.

 

 

”MOMMY! DADDY!” they broke out from their kiss when they hear their lively nine-year old daughter as she run as fast as she could to get to her parents.

 

 

Jiyong bent down and opened his arms wide for his daughter.. And seeing that her daddy’s arms is waiting for her, Eun mi immediately jumped in her father’s arms and giggled when Jiyong blew soft kisses on her little neck.

 

 

“Good morning, mommy,” Eun mi greeted as she leaned her half-body towards her mother, with her father still carrying her, and kissed Dara soundly on the cheeks.

 

 

“Good morning, baby,” Dara greeted back and smiled to her daughter.

 

 

“You know what, mommy? I put Hyun-Ae to sleep!” the little girl exclaimed excitedly as he father sat on the chair, with her mother following them.

 

 

“Really? You were awake that early?” Dara asked.

 

 

“Yes, mommy.. I heard Hyun-Ae’s cries from my room… And I was worried that she might be scared because of monsters, so I went to their room and made sure that she and Hyun-Ki will be protected.. I’m their big sister after all, I need to protect them all the time,” she said as Eun mi dramatically puffed her chest that made her mommy and daddy to burst out laughing at her cuteness.

 

 

“Hyun-Ae and Hyun-Ki is so lucky to have you as their big sister, neh?” Jiyong asked as he nuzzled his nose on his daughter’s hair, smelling her scent that reminded him of flowers.

 

 

“That’s right, daddy!” Eun mi nodded her head, a big smile plastered on her lips. “I promise to you and mommy that I’ll always protect them no matter what,” she, then, lifted her right palm like she was taking an oath..

 

 

“Aigoooo, my baby Eun mi-ah,” Dara giggled as she ruffled her hair. Dara then leaned down on her daughter and kissed the top of her head before standing up from her seat.

 

 

“Why don’t we check if the twins are awake already, neh? So they can play with their big sister, neh?” Dara offered her hand to her daughter which made Eun mi to smile some more. She jumped out of her daddy’s lap and took her mommy’s hand.

 

 

Jiyong stood up from his seat as well then made his way towards Dara and Eun mi. He held her daughter’s hands as he glanced at his wife, and seeing that she’s looking back at him, he mouthed the words, ‘I love you’. Dara smiled at her husband and mouthed ‘I love you, too’ then made a kissy pose that made Jiyong to chuckle.

 

 

Eun mi, seemingly oblivious that her parents are still flirting with each other, tugged on her parents hands and walked towards the stairs.  She’s really excited to start the day with her little brother and little sister.