The Billionaire Twins Need A New Mommy! novel Chapter 434

Chapter 434: Second Life?

Proposing to Lola in a cemetery, under the pouring rain, and in poor condition, wasn’t in the plan.

What Atlas had envisioned was far from this. He wanted perfect weather, a cozy setting filled with warmth, maybe a quiet place where she could smile without pain behind her eyes. He wanted the kind of moment that would make her heart light, not heavy.

But as he stood there that night, soaked and surrounded by the remnants of her anguish, the only thing he could think of was taking her away. Away from everything that had hurt her, away from the ghosts of the past, and away from the ruins she had been forced to live in all her life.

He wanted to take her somewhere safe — somewhere her heart could finally rest.

Atlas had felt pain before. It was pain that molded him into who he was, that tempered him into steel. Yet what he felt now was different. Watching Lola crumble had shaken something inside him that he didn’t even know was capable of breaking.

For the first time, he wished he weren’t who he was.

He wished he could be like everyone else. Someone who knew how to comfort, who knew how to express the right words he never said, or someone who could take her pain and carry it himself. He could endure it; he could take the damage. That much he was sure of.

But he couldn’t take away hers.

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SLAM!

The sharp sound of glass meeting wood snapped him out of his thoughts.

Lola grinned, her eyes glimmering as she held the empty shot glass high. "This is nice!" she cheered, her tone too bright to be real.

Around the table sat Atlas, Penny, and Slater. The four of them were gathered in the mansion’s dining room, the storm long over but the weight of the night still lingering in the air.

Lola, however, acted like nothing had happened. Her laughter was loud, her smile wild, and her cheeks flushed from alcohol.

"You guys should drink too," she insisted, reaching for the bottle again. Her gaze landed on Penny. "Penny, we’re sisters now, right? Drink up, girl!"

Penny let out a quiet sigh before forcing a smile. "I don’t drink," she said softly, then raised a glass filled with grape juice. "But for you, I’ll make an exception."

She downed it in one go, earning a giggle from Lola.

Lola turned next to Slater, who had barely touched his glass. "What’s wrong with you?" she asked, squinting playfully. "Slater, stop looking at me like that. If you’re here to cheer me up, then drink with me!"

She grinned, the mischief in her eyes betraying the exhaustion beneath. "Aren’t you happy? Your brother and I are engaged!"

Slater forced a half-smile and clicked his tongue. "Yeah, sure. The two of you are engaged — but what the heck kind of proposal was that?"

"Hehe. We’re weird," Lola chuckled, turning to Atlas with a tipsy smile. "Right, Baby? Weird in a good way."

Atlas shot her a sidelong look and reached for her glass, downing the rest of her drink in one gulp. His face didn’t even flinch.

"Mhm," he hummed, meeting her gaze. "Good in a way."

"Hehe." Lola giggled, leaning closer to him as she faced Penny and Slater again. "See? We’re fine. If your brother didn’t ask for my hand, I would’ve gotten down on one knee myself."

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