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...Eight months later......

Nicole quirked an eyebrow and suppressed a chuckle at the sight in front of her.

Her dear old best friend was exchanging saliva with yet another bimbo he picked up from a club - she was one to quickly judge, she knew that. But she just couldn't help it. Her best friend always brought home the worst kind of women.

She strode in, pulling her forever untamed hair together and tying them up in a messy top bun before she tied her robe tightly around her. She hadn't got much sleep last night, or for the last two months for that matter, so she probably looked like a zombie right now.

The woman in his arms caught sight of her and pulled back, her eyes wide as her arms dropped from his chest.

"Who is she?" she asked, looking flustered and almost cheated. Has some self-esteem, good. Maybe not a bimbo after all.

"I am the landlord and his best friend." Nicole smiled at her. Her beautiful features eased out as she got off the counter.

"I should be leaving." She said, tucking a loose strand of her luxuriant blonde hair behind her ear. Ah... To have hair that sit where you want it to!

"No no, stay for coffee." Nicole said, making her way to the coffee maker and pressing the power button. "Take a seat." She gestured to the stools behind the counter.

She had to give credit to herself for this; she had done a great work with the interior designing of the place. Of course, she might have annoyed the designer to the point he would probably never work for her, but the place was pure perfection, not too flashy and very homey.

"Thank you." The woman smiled at Nicole, climbing onto a stool.

Jake grinned at his best friend, wiggling his eyebrow at her from behind the woman he had picked up from the club last night while she nodded in approval.

This was the first woman he had brought home in a long time, whom Nicole did not dislike at first sight. And no one could blame Nicole; though Jake was a pain in the *** and the personification of irritating, she still thought the ladies didn't deserve him. Her boy was just too awesome!

"What's your name, by the way?" She asked, taking out three coffee mugs from the wooden cabinets.

"Olivia Spencer." The gorgeous girl smiled genuinely. She had a very pretty smile, with incredibly white teeth.

"And I am-" Nicole didn't get to finish it, when one of her kids started wailing at that exact moment.

Jake held a finger up knowingly and flicked it. As if on cue, the other one joined the morning chorus.

She placed the mugs down and was about to rush towards them when Jake held his palm up and gestured to himself. "I will take care of them. They obviously love me more." Nicole rolled her eyes as he turned on his heels and jogged towards the nursery.

"Are they…" Olivia trailed off, looking surprised again.

"Mine? Yes." Nicole smiled. "He's their godfather."

"And the father?" Olivia asked as she poured the coffee into the mugs.

"Not in the picture." Nicole offered her a warm mug of coffee which she gratefully accepted. She passed her the cream and set Jake's mug down next to her before getting her own and climbing on to the kitchen counter.

"So what do you do?" She asked, taking a sip of the delicious coffee, savoring every drop. She had missed it during her eight months of being pregnant.

The children were born at thirty-four weeks. A bit premature. They had managed to strangle each other with their umbilical cord, so they had to operate them out.

They both had some breathing troubles at first. But it was kind of normal for twins to be born before forty weeks. Nicole had some complications as well.

Well, she did have a very difficult pregnancy. The three were kept at the hospital for two more weeks and now were completely fine. Now she had two healthy two-month-old babies. A girl and a boy, as she had predicted. Maddison and Mason Thorns.

"I work at Seth. I am the assistant to the PA of the President. " Olivia said. "And you?" Nicole nodded.

Seth Industries were pretty famous and the former chairperson was one of Dr. Green's patients. "I am a resident doctor. I am going to resume work in a few months."

"What about the kids?" She pointed at the door Jake had disappeared into.

"My mother and grandmother are more than happy to take care of them." She smiled at the guest.

The two women fell into a comfortable silence, the only sound the occasional whimper or chuckle from the nursery.

"Do you miss being pregnant?" She asked out of the blue.

Nicole was confused by the question. That really was a dumb question.

"I miss my bump." She shrugged unsure, as she took another sip from her mug.

The both of them stared at each other for a second before they burst out laughing. They were catching their breath when they heard Jake make his way back. Nicole quirked a brow seeing the expression etched on his face.

"Oh my god!" Jake joined them on the table.

"What on earth are you feeding them?" His face was scrunched, and his forehead beaded with sweat.

Olivia and Nicole looked at each other, and burst out laughing again, clutching their sides.

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