Desires Die Hard (Anya and Evan) by Beryl Occam
Desires Die Hard Chapter 144

Chapter 144

“Mama…” Eudora reached out, wrapped her arms around Anya’s neck and started to whine softly.

But the girl didn’t know how to speak. All that came out of her mouth was garbled sounds that made no sense

“What’s wrong. Eudora? Did you miss Mommy?” Anya had no idea what Eudora was protesting about

She simply kissed her little girl’s cheek softly. Her eyes shone with love as she gazed at her daughter

Eudora nodded. She wanted to tell her mother that she missed her but she wasn’t as smart as her brother who had slinsedy

leamed to talk

All she knew were a few simple words like mom and Elie

Beyond those simple words, she didn’t know anything else.

She wanted to talk to her mother like what her brother was doing and cheer her mother up after an exhausting day but the

didn’t know how.

All she could do was mumble garbled sounds like an idiot

The girl couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed by sudden misery. Why was she so supic?

“Well, Mommy’s back now. You don’t have to miss me anymore,” Anys smiled as she gazed fondly at her daughter’s adorable little face. The thought that her daughter was upset because she missed her mother made Anys’s heart swell wits

love.

She carried Eudora to the couch. “Mommy’s going to try and make it home earlier so that she can spend more time with you and Nathaniel, alright?”

Anya’s comforting words were like a soothing balm. The girl began to calm down. After some time, she nodded quiety

Anya got both her kids in her arms and began breastfeeding.

Ellie made her way to the trio while Anya was feeding her kids. “I fed them formula milk twice today. They drank it making a fuss. You can start to wean them off breast milk”

Anya nodded. She was of the mind to do that as soon as possible.

Her job required her to work late and entertain clients occasionally. That meant she wouldn’t be able to breastfeed her kids

as regularly as she wanted.

“I’ll get you some buckwheat tea after you’ve weaned them off breastmilk. It’ll help,” Ble said.

“Thanks, Ellie.” Anya felt her heart swell with gratitude. Her aunt had done so much for her.

If her mother had been around, Ellie wouldn’t have had to take on the burden of taking care of Anya and her kids.

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Chapter 144

The pension she had would have guaranteed her a comfortable retirement.

But here she was taking care of Anya and Anya’s two children.

Anya couldn’t stop the waves of guilt from surging inside her. She swore that she would repay Ellie back for what she had done after she had made a name for herself. She would make sure Ellie lived a comfortable life when she was rich.

Dawn broke the next day.

Anya woke up when the alarm went off. Her two precious angels were still sound asleep.

The young woman got out of bed quietly to wash up. Then, she headed outside for breakfast.

Ellie laid breakfast out on the table. She had gotten up early that morning to buy breakfast. “Anya, come and have breakfast.”

“Ellie, that’s a lot of food for breakfast.” Anya sat down and reached out for a piece of toast and butter.

They usually made do with a few slices of buttered toast for breakfast.

The occasions when they had waffles, scrambled eggs, and bacon were far and few between.

The young

10 woman wondered what occasion it

it was.

Ellie took her seat at the table and smiled at her niece. “Have you forgotten what day it is today?”

Anya froze momentarily. Work and Evan had her overwhelmed recently. She had no idea what day it was today at all. “What day is it?”

“It’s your birthday, silly!”

She had forgotten about that. Anya smacked her forehead lightly. “I’ve been so busy lately. I can’t believe I forgot my own birthday.”

“Let’s eat out tonight,” Ellie suggested. “I’ll buy dinner.”

“I can’t have you buy dinner,” Anya blurted out. She wasn’t going to let her aunt use her pension to pay for her birthday dinner. “I’ll buy dinner. I’ve been thinking of buying Cindy dinner. We could have dinner together.”

“I’m not going to let you pay for dinner,” Anya added. “You should keep that money. I’m working now. Let me pay for stuff.”

Ellie knew that she wasn’t going to change Anya’s mind. She simply smiled. “Sure, that sounds like a great idea. I know how much Cindy cares for you. She’s a great friend.”

“Yup.