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Kalani's POV

Currently, I have six kids. The infamous quadruplets, and then it's the twins. The quads are sixteen and the twins are six. I did promise Montero, ten children, after I asked him to marry me. So six down, one is on the way, three more to go.

And yes, I was the one who asked him for his hand in marriage. But that was after he asked me first, three days before, while I was in a semi-coma after having to deliver the quads via the caesarian procedure.

I figured life was too short to be beating around the bush. So the moment I woke up, hurting as was, I knelt on one knee, asked him to marry me, just as he did.

So my six kids.

There is Enzo who is the firstborn, the leader of the pack. Charlie, Montero's replica, is the second born. Then it's Placido, the peacemaker of the house, who is the third born, and Eawa, daddy's little girl, who is the fourth born.

Then it's Dakota, the most friendly in the house who is the fifth, then it's Rumi, the one who always sees us, her parents, in very compromising positions, is the last born, for now.

Luckily this time I'm pregnant with only one kid. Well, I hope I am. The last time I thought I had triplets then bam, I had quads.

A lot has happened in the past 16 years. My wedding took place when the quads were three months old. Montero's mother was able to grace us with her presence. Shortly after, she lost her battle with cancer.

It was the most heartbreaking thing I have ever seen. Mainly because I've lost a family member, my grandfather, to cancer. You are never ready for that. To lose a family member. The pain that comes with that. Even if you knew that they were dying, it just never gets easier.

The memories that crash right after hurt the most. Montero was a mess. Even though on the day of the funeral, he was strong for his sister, Reiley, when we got home, he crashed.

Never have I ever seen him so broken.

He even drank himself to sleep that day. And quite frankly, it took him a while to get back at his feet. To heal that is. He will never get over it, that I know. He just deals with the pain in a much better manner than before. And I know in his heart, his mom will always hold that special place.

Because there was a part of him that was reserved for her and her only. Yes, they had their problems, but who doesn't? At the end of the day, that was his mother and he loved her for who she was. And I respected that. I loved him more for it.

Our wedding was a small one. I didn't want a whole nation of people whom I didn't know invading us. But of course, we gave the media some pictures for them to stop pestering us.

My mother finally came around and she came to my wedding too. My whole family came too. Kolini was still proud that I hit it big.

Eva married Johnathan. I'm shocked as you on that one, but they stimulate each other.

Sometimes when Eva is acting crazy, Johnathan is sane. And when Eva is sane, Johnathan is mad out his wits. They have two daughters together, Iris and Olivia.

The girls are two years apart, but the way they are so close to each other, you would think they were twins.

I finished school, got my degree, and was able to start a small private firm. Well, I started a small firm from home because Romano wasn't keen on the idea of me working with four kids at the time, so home it was. It was an Auditing firm.

I wanted to be somewhat independent and not just lean on his money all the time. I knew he was wealthy, but I wanted to use my expertise and knowledge for something worthwhile. I couldn't study, then not work.

I just simply refused. So I am by self-created law, an independent and successful housewife.

And of course, running my business from home required me to hire some workers. And that's where Alina and Lola came in. Lola is my assistant and Alina, is my Secretary.

You would think it's not so necessary to have a personal assistant and a secretary but trust me, with my kids, I need all hands on deck.

I also become a part-time author because I get bored at home when auditing gets annoying.

And on most days, Lola and Alina come to my house. Ramsay is our housekeeper, but she's more like a good friend of mine.

She keeps me company when we are done with the house chores and she grounds me when these children are out to get me. Montero quit his other world. The one that wasn't legal, and he gets well with my dad now.

But now and then, I can still see the darkness lingering in his eyes. Some days he can come home all jolly and other days, he can come back and go to his private gym.

I have never entered that place because a part of me feels like Montero's past life lives there. And I'm not sure I wanna see what goes on in there. Eawa goes there on weekends, and she gyms with her dad for about two hours.

The boys go during the weekdays. And out of all of them, Eawa is the one who's closest to Montero. You would swear she's the last born but nope. He or she is yet to be conceived.

Seven is still my bodyguard. And over time, he's become one of my closest friends and confidante. And since his mother is very old, they now live in the cottage outside our house.

We have a couple of bodyguards who live in our residence too. Montero said it would be safer if we had people making sure we were protected.

He would go to work assured. I didn't object because deep down I knew, although Montero left that other lawless life, a lot of people who were his enemies were not so keen on what he did to them and their turf.

So he had to make sure that we are protected, even when he was not at home. So everyone has to practice hand combat, knife fighting, and go through firearms practice at least once a week, including me.

I don't particularly like the gun part, but I know Maria is coming.

Call it whatever you may, but I know she's going to mess up a lot of things and I need my family protected from the storm that's about to hit. Even when I don't like the idea of it all. I guess it's the price I have to pay for being good-hearted.

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