The Twin Brothers

Matthias keeps laughing seeing the two guys in cat makeup. Liana tries her best to wipe off the makeup on Adam’s face while Felix did it by herself. It did come off but needs some time for it to off.

“It’s not funny, Mat.” Felix groans.

“Oh gosh. Sweetie, you have such a good makeup skill!!” He praises Liana while laughing. She sheepishly smiles. “Why don’t you use gum all over their face?”

“Don’t. Suggest. It.” Felix glares at him.

Matthias raises his hands with a goofy smile. “I’m just saying.” He chuckles.

“Mat, what’s the thing that you said urgently just now?” Leo asks.

His expression changed into a serious mode. “I found the real name of Thaver’s child. I got it from the doctor that Thaver works with. He didn’t keep everything about his child, but he just know the name of the child.” He explains.

“What was his name?” Enzo asks.

Matthias chuckles. “Dude, it’s not he.”

His statement makes the twins’ exchange look shocked. Not he? The child’s gender is not male? They know, that in one mafia clan, females are not supposed to be forced to be the next heir. But if they want, they can. But, it rarely happened. Enzo furrows his eyebrows, didn’t like the next word will come out.

“Don’t tell me it was a girl.” His jaw clenching.

“It is. Her name is Rosie Thaver. No wonder why we couldn’t find Thaver’s child because we keep thinking it was a male. Who expects Thaver has a princess for his next heir.” Matthias chuckles.

Leo sighs. “This will be hard. I rather handling with males than females. Does that mean we have to find her?”

“Yes. Like it or not, we have to find her before Damien did. We all know how he is.” He rolls his eyes before taking a sip of his wine.

Enzo pokes his inner cheeks, thinking. If it was a male, they didn’t care. Maybe it is easy for them to handle. But, Thaver’s child is a girl. More like the princess of the mafia. She alive or not, they didn’t know. That’s the problem.

“Don’t tell this information to anyone. We don’t want any risk if Damien knows about this.” Enzo spokes. “He already come to us just because we agreed to take over Thaver’s clan. I can see the planning something just looking into his eyes.” He states.

Matthias chuckles. “That dickhead will never change. Trust me, he will stay selfish and greedy.” He knows how Damien is. Causing them to cut all his ties with him after what he did. He couldn’t believe Damien was still brave to meet the twin.

“Yes!!!! My face is clear like crystal!!” Adam yells. He jumps up and down like a little girl. “I’m back sucker!!!” He laughs.

“Prepared our car, Adam. We need to go to the black house.” Enzo spokes as he stood up.

Adam nods and rushes outside. Felix helped Liana clean the tools. “Why? Is there something we should talk about?” He asks.

“We will discuss Rosie Thaver,” Leo answers. He kneels beside Liana who busies in her own world. “Little one, can we leave you here with Matthias for a while?”

“W–What?” Panic appeared in her eyes, her smartwatch beeping. Not because of Matthias but because of Alex. What if he comes back and they are not here?

“Hey hey, shhh, calm down.” Enzo immediately kneels beside his brother. His hand slowly stroked her hair. “We can’t leave you alone, just in case. Mat will accompany you. We wouldn’t take too much time, we promise.” He smiles as he brings out his pinky. Liana looks at it. “It pinky promise. You know pinky promise can’t be broken.” He smirks.

Liana giggled and wrapped her pinky around his. “Leo?” She brings out her other pinky.

The guy couldn’t help but chuckle. He wrapped his big pinky around hers. “Be a good girl. You are a good girl, right? Such a pretty little good girl.” Leo’s soft words just gave her butterflies and warmth in her.

“I–I am.” She nods.

Enzo ruffles her hair and helps her stand up. “We’re going now. Stay with Matthias always, okay?” He firmly said. The tone makes Liana nods immediately.

Before they go, both of them landed a kiss on her forehead. It makes her flustered and looks down at her fiddling fingers. The twins smirk at her and walk out not before stroking her hair. Liana watches them get in the car and it starts moving. She couldn’t see them since the glass was tinted black.

But, she just waves them goodbye. “You really have` them wrapped around your tiny little fingers, sweetie.” Matthias chuckles behind her.

“I–I am?” She innocently asks.

“Yup. I saw that side of them. Trust me. Their clan at black house will shock once they saw you.” He smirks, slightly pulls her inside, and closes the door.

Black house?

“W–What is… b–black ho-house?” She asks following him like a lost puppy.

“Black house is their clan house. It is like a mansion and their gangs live there. They name it black house. Do you know Leo and Enzo’s clan name?” Mat turns to her. But seeing her lost expression already answers the question. “Their clan name is Dangerous Twin. It might sound weird or unattracted, but you didn’t see the inside of it. Don’t judge a book by its cover, isn’t it?” He smirks.

“D–Dangerous… T–T–Twin?”

“For short, DT.” He shrugs his shoulder and continues walking to the kitchen. He knows the little girl following him behind.

“Umm… s–sir—”

“Just call me papa.” Mat accidentally blurt it out.

Papa?

Liana frowns. “P–Papa?”

“I’m sorry, Liana. It just… I really want a daughter. Having a son is… blast I guess. But, sometimes, a grown old man needs a princess also.” He chuckles but she can sense the sadness in it.

That was when it hit her. She hasn’t seen his wife or a girl here. Liana wanted to ask but she was afraid if he thought she was nosy. Matthias turns around when notices silence from her. He can see her in deep thought. A smile appeared on his face before snap his fingers. Liana flinches when realizes the man trying to catch her attention.

“S–Sorry…” She shyly looks down.

“It’s okay. You want this?” He shows her the potato chips and a bottle of strawberry juice. Liana vigorously nods her head. Mat slightly laughs. “That was quick. Don’t tell the twins I gave you this.” He winks at her and walks away.

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Is it not that they care about what she ate anyway? Why should she tell them? Liana shrugs her shoulder and rushes to follow Matthias’s long legs. Matthias who heard the sound of tiny feet running, he turns around only making her bump into him.

“Oh. I’m sorry, sweetie. Are you okay?” He frowns, bending his knees to reach her height.

“T–Too f–fast.” She quietly said while rubbing her nose.

“I’m sorry, sweetie. Let’s pick you up.” Matthias didn’t wait for her answers. He picks her up and set her on his hip. “Let’s go.” He continues walking.

One question.

Why did all people she met, treat her like a baby? Liana mentally frowns. She has grown up not a toddler or something. But she admits it to be picked up like this. Maybe some people didn’t like it. She was too busy with her thoughts until she didn’t realize, they were already inside Matthias’s office.

“You stay here while I work. Okay?” Mat puts her down on the couch. He took out some stuff, like drawing stuff, a candy jar, a juices box, and other stuff that can entertain her. “Tell me if you want something else okay?” He asks.

Liana just nods, and nibbles on her potato chips.

Matthias back to his office chair. Before he turns on his laptop, he looks at Liana. Something off about her. The way she acted more like a toddler. She didn’t protest when he picked her up. Do the twins know this girl has toddler headspace? Maybe not because they haven’t say about it.

“Liana, do you like that stuff?” He asks.

“Y–Yes. Th–Thank you.” Liana nods.

Matthias gives her a smile.

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It was almost night. Maybe around 6 pm like that. They walk in and notice no one in the living room. Adam didn’t say anything but just rush to the kitchen since he keep whining over food.

“Where is Dar?” Felix asks.

“I don’t know. We will go find her.” Leo said and walks upstair with Enzo.

They know once Matthias focus on his work, he wouldn’t notice what happened around him. Making it dangerous for him to babysit Liana. Without knocking, they open the door. The scene makes them melt. Liana who was on the couch now on the floor. With colored pencils, crayons, and drawing paper scattered around her.

Candy was half-eaten scattered around her also. There’s one in her hand and sugar all over her mouth. While Matthias doing his work and it was obvious he didn’t realize it.

“Mat.” Enzo spokes.

He startled and lifted his gaze. “When did you guys come back?”

“Just now. And…” Enzo looks at the situation. Matthias follows his gaze and gasp.

“Woah.” The only came out of his mouth.

Liana who nibbles the candy notices the twins. “Leo? Enzo?” Her voice changed. More like high pitches.

“Little one.” Leo crouches down in front of her. He wipes off the sugar on her face. “Are you okay?”

“Leo!!” She giggles and hugs him tightly.

The twins look at Matthias. “Did you give her something?”

“No. I didn’t. But…” He stood up and walks towards them. “Do you guys know she had toddler headspace?” His statement makes their jaw drop.

“Toddler—WHAT!?”