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Friday, September 30, 2022.

Marina Bay - Central Area, Singapore.

Charles was counting the minutes to reach the "Marina Bay Sands", as soon as the clock marked 00:00 he began to walk accompanied by his little bodyguards, also known as his three children, the omega could have asked Pierre or Daniel to help him find or request a taxi, but he needed his children to expend as much energy as possible so that they could sleep at night and not be affected by jet lag.

Or rather, he needed his two oldest sons to burn off whatever was left of their enthusiasm and intensity so that they would get enough rest so they could last all Friday without extra naps than they have at home, it's not like Charles would complain about having to stay longer waking up with Hayden and Hudson or having to make a makeshift nest so the twins could sleep more soundly while they were in the paddock, if not the fact that both 2-year-olds (coming soon 3 on December 9) were the more excited about this secret trip to celebrate his father's birthday; on the other hand, with his youngest son he had a clear ease, since with Brooklyn he only needed to breastfeed him, give him his stuffed hippopotamus and wrap him in his blanket, the little boy of one year and one month was unaware of much of the things that happened to his around.

The four had arrived in the small Asian country on Thursday at 4:00 p.m. Singapore time but for their children it was as if it were 10:00 in the morning because of the sudden time change, so while the twins were super active, Brooklyn barely fell asleep they got into the car that Victoria had rented to pick them up from the airport, they preferred it to be that way and not that he will pick it up with the car that Red Bull provided to Max during his stay in Singapore since the Monegasque did not want to leave any kind of proof that they were in the city-state so as not to spoil the surprise, and Charles knew the Dutchman extremely well to know that he would smell the characteristic odor of each of his children no matter how much they clean it, the same reason why he chose not to use AirMax (added to that the Dutchman had given account that his plane was not in Singapore) and preferred a flight of almost 20 hours from Marseille with a stop over in Paris of approximately 5 hours.

Since they got off the plane Hayden and Hunter had been desperate to get to their dad as soon as possible, even though Charles had told him that they were in Singapore as a surprise for Max's birthday, the two of them asked him every hour to go and where he was dutch alpha, they only managed calm down when they saw that their younger brother had woken up and they had a new distraction, which was to help their mother to take care of their little brother and to do some things without the help of Charles since their father had told them that they had to protect and cooperate with his mom because he couldn't.

The 8 hours flew by, between the tourism they did visiting the Hindu neighbourhood and trying the typical Indian food, taking photos in the famous Tan Teng Niah, as well as going to Chinatown and their children were amazed by the shape of the houses and the Chinese red lanterns; It was supposed that they would stay in their hotel until it was time but it was practically impossible to find Max or any person related to him other than his sister, Pierre or Daniel (who were the only accomplices that Charles had) so they barely finished dinner in one of the hawkers they set off for their hotel so they can shower and get their children's backpacks so they can go spend the night with Max.

Little more than 5 minutes had passed since Charles last checked his cell phone, that when he arrived at one of the bars located inside the Marina Bay Sands belonging to Gordon Ramsey, the music was louder than he expected, he saw how Brooklyn bothered from his baby stroller, his brothers ignored the fact that they were finally a few steps away from his father and approached to calm his brother down by cooing as his father does with them, Charles released pheromones to calm the baby, at least no one had noticed his presence still, so the surprise was still standing.

Charles signaled to his twins not to make noise, while he gave his youngest son his pacifier, when they were a little over 20 steps away he crouched down to tell his children to run to their dad, although he did not he couldn't even get up when he felt about 10 pairs of eyes on them.

"Surprise" said Charles getting up from the ground, meanwhile Hunter found the situation totally comical and ran to where his paternal family was, on the other hand Hayden stayed with his mother crossing his arms in front of his chest, when the Monegasque asked him what it was what happened to him the little alpha replied that 'he was angry because the surprise had been ruined', Charles did his best not to laugh and offend his son even more so he just smiled at him and grabbed him with his available hand to go to the table where all of Max's loved ones were there.

As soon as they reached the table located on the balcony of the bar, he saw how Sophie who was sitting next to Max got up to offer him his seat, as much as Charles would have liked to refuse, he knew that it was impossible to argue with his former mother-in-law, Max's eyes did not they left him in no time, just he sat up envisioning Hunter sitting on his dad's leg eating what appeared to be ice cream, while Hayden was sitting on Charles's leg resting his head on his mom's shoulder, Brooklyn on the other hand was kicking his little legs happily from his stroller for baby to feel the scent of his father.

"Happy birthday daddy, I love you" Hayden spoke sending a kiss to the Dutchman, he could see how the Red Bull driver was looking longingly at his eldest son (for three minutes but he was the eldest after all), he knew that Max did not would make the first move since the alpha didn't like to disturb the tranquillity and the safe place of their children, that is the arms of Charles, but the children had been talking since Wednesday about what they would do with their father for his birthday, so the omega was in charge of reuniting his son with his father.

"Hay, do you want to stay with me?" Charles asked nuzzling his son's neck with his nose "Or would you like to go sit with your dad and Hunt?"

"Dad can't hold both of us" Hayden replied sadly as he sniffed at his mom's scent gland.

"Oh mon tresor, would you like me to ask him if he can?" Charles felt his son nod his head, he also knew that the rest of the table was aware that something was up, specifically Max since the smell of sandalwood and grapefruit was stronger than before, it was evident that Max was trying to reassure his son even from afar.

"Yes, come here honey" Charles couldn't even open his mouth that Max already answered him, the whole table laughed in unison, but the Dutchman was absorbed in the little alpha who was looking at him, he extended his right arm to grab his son and sit him next to his brother, Charles helped him sit down as best as possible in Max's lap, Hunter barely saw his twin sitting next to him offering him the rest of what was left of his ice cream.

The Monegasque took advantage of the moment that everyone was delighted and watching his two older children to grab Brooklyn from his baby stroller, the 13-month-old baby was looking at his dad.

"Happy birthday daddy, we're sorry we missed singing 'happy birthday' to you" said Charles making a baby voice as if it were Brooklyn speaking, although it was true, his twins love to sing happy birthday in French and Dutch, besides blowing out the candles make three wishes.

"No, you didn't miss anything" Max replied caressing the cheek of the youngest of his children "we just ordered ice cream, since Victoria and Daniel started arguing about the taste of the cake, now I understand a little more that it was just to buy some time"

"Oh, are you mad that we made you miss time on your birthday?" Charles questioned as he hugged Brooklyn.

"On the contrary" replied the Dutch alpha, hugging his children by placing their backs against his chest "this also helps me understand why I had not received any calls from you"

“Would you have liked them to call you? The guys wanted to do it but I preferred that it be better that they tell you in person, I'm sorry" said Charles giving him some of the ice cream that Tom brought to Brooklyn, through his peripheral vision he saw Victoria talking to the waiter, he didn't pay enough attention to clearly hear the conversation but it sure was to order the birthday cake.

"You don't need to apologize, I'm not angry, rather surprised because they hadn't called me, and in Monaco it was only 6:00 p.m., but this is a thousand times better than a FaceTime call" Max stated, observing Charles with his same look in love since they ended their relationship.

They spent the rest of the time eating the cake flavoured with berries and chocolate, they took a vast number of photos, it was a quiet night until it was time for Charles to return to his hotel.

"Oh I have to go back to my hotel, I only have until 01:30 in the morning to get in and it's already past 01:00" said Charles after looking at the time on his phone.

“Would you like me to take you? It's dangerous for you to walk alone at this time Charlie" Daniel spoke getting up from his seat, the Australian alpha had always been extra helpful with any omega he was around but it seemed as if he had a certain favouritism with Charles and Lando, perhaps because they were his closest omegas.

"Do you have to go mommy?" Hunter questioned grabbing Charles's right leg, watching his mom hug his little brother.

“We had agreed that you would stay with your father and I would go back to the hotel, if that is why you helped me build the nest, do you remember?” Charles asked his eldest sons, while he perfumed his youngest son.

"But something could happen to you, please stay" Hayden spoke, holding his mother's left leg, worried about what could happen to him.

"Guys nothing can happen to me, Uncle Daniel is going to take me and he won't leave until I lock the door" said Charles crouching down to the height of his children, he saw the concern in their eyes and the aromas of wood mixed with chocolate belonging to Hunter, the lemon combined with eucalyptus that was Hayden's own, and the faint fragrance of latte incorporated with candied peanuts that Brooklyn possessed, the scents were as strong as the three little boys could emit "it's only a few hours apart, we'll even go to breakfast the five of us together"

"Then let's go with you" the twins spoke at the same time, Charles just smiled at his children, obviously his children would want to go with him instead of staying with their father if that meant they could take care of their mother, Max who he was a little further away talking with Christian and Checo he burst out laughing as he listened to the pair of two year olds.

"You guys have to stay for the sleepover with your dad, it was the only thing you talked about when we were in Paris" replied Charles watching his sons' cheeks turn reddish.

He watched as Hayden's blue eyes lit up, which just meant an idea had occurred to him, and Charles couldn't refuse.

"DAD" shouted the eldest of his children, the Dutch alpha quickly approached where the four were on the ground, his gaze seemed to be looking for something in the four that had caused that cry, Jos and Carlos also did it, the situation in another time it would have been funny but at that by now sleep was invading much of Charles's system and he wanted to sleep.

"What's up Hayds?" Asked the Red Bulls driver crouching down to be on the same height, the smell of grapefruit and sandalwood was soft, as if he was trying to calm his son.

"Can mom sleep with us?" Hayden questioned hugging his dad, making the same puppy eyes as Charles.

Max's eyes fell on Charles, they hadn't shared a bed since the night before Charles found out about Max's infidelity, the twins will undeniably have no memory of what it was like to share a bed with their parents and Brooklyn couldn't even experience it, it was a step giant, Max's eyes expressed the need to accept but he didn't want to commit Charles to something he might not be ready or want.

"If dad doesn't mind, I can stay" answered the Monegasque omega looking at his eldest son.

"Of course not, the five of us entered the suite without any problems" Max answered, getting up from the ground and releasing pheromones to defuse the situation and provide reassurance.

If Max paid extra to agree that his whole family could stay in the suite that only allowed three people, it was something that no one else needed to know.

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Max’s Suite

The ride inside the elevator was strange, there was no awkward silence as both adults were more focused on their children, but at the same time there was a slight but existing tension between them about what was going to happen next.

When they arrived at the suite that Red Bull had reserved for Max, the latter limited himself to helping his twins change their clothes and diaper, while Charles retired to the bathroom with Brooklyn to change his diaper and put on more comfortable clothes.

"Are you sure the five of us will fit in the bed? I can sleep on the sofa and you sleep with the boys" questioned Charles as soon as he left the bathroom, realizing that perhaps the only available bed only fit three people at most.

"Of course, it's a king size bed" replied Max looking for something in his suitcase "and if for some reason we don't all fit in, I'll sleep on the sofa"

"How are you going to sleep on the couch? It's your birthday" Charles exclaimed, handing his red lion to Hunter so he can lay down on the bed.

"And you're the mother of my children" the older alpha replied, helping Hayden on to the bed with his very own stuffed lion "not to mention that guys are totally used to sleeping with you when you're around, and there's no way I'm going to sleep with you to alter the sleep and serenity of the three of them"

"Well, I hope all five of us can fit in the bed then" Charles said sticking his tongue out at Max, his two older sons laughing while Max pretended to be offended.

After putting his youngest son in bed with the supervision of his other two children, Charles began to prepare the two bottles for the twins, such as leaving anything they need at night, be it diapers, creams, water hot or milk (powdered and breast); when he was to give both bottles and nurse Brooklyn remembered something.

"Maybe there is a problem" Charles spoke suddenly, seeing how he had the alpha's full attention he continued "I don't have comfortable clothes to sleep, and there is no way I sleep with jeans on"

Max didn't even answer, he just gave him the change of clothes that apparently was what he was looking for in his suitcase a few minutes before, it was one of his basic white t-shirts and one of his orange shorts, Charles said a "thank you" and went to the bathroom to change quietly, by the time he came out he noticed that most of the lights were off, with only the TV on for some video of 'cocomelon' (Hayden was terrified of the dark, so it was obvious that Max put that "annoying channel of YouTube", according to his own words, for his son to have a good night's sleep), and the huge window over looking Gardens by the Bay with no curtains, the omega didn't ask any questions since it was Max's birthday and this was his suite, he just settled into the bed after grabbing his thirteen-month-old son from his father's arms as carefully as possible, his two oldest children were already in the middle of the bed, with both bottles without a single drop of milk remaining.

The Monegasque began to breastfeed Brooklyn, Hunter turned on to his stomach to hug his mom, while Hayden was practically lying on top of his dad's chest, the Red Bull driver was completely enthralled with the fact that he had his whole family in the same place.

Max stayed awake for a while longer after the other four people had fallen asleep, he was afraid to fall asleep and that when he woke up none of them would be there, but when drowsiness won him Max slept happy not only feeling the breaths but also for the mixtures of scents filled the room, and the alpha within him rested like he hadn't since Brooklyn was born.

Max got up after 7:30 in the morning, he heard how the rain began to fall, but what caught his attention the most was that the bed was completely empty, he knew that he had not dreamed everything that happened with the night because he remembered feeling like Charles got up at least twice during the night, the television was completely off and the curtains were drawn.

There was no way that Charles would have abandoned him, firstly because of the current weather situation in the small Asian country, and secondly because he did not believe that the Monegasque omega would get his children up so early to abandon him.

The Dutchman's nightmare ended when he heard the door open, the sound of a pair of little feet hitting the ground followed by others behind them as the door closed again.

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Rooftop restaurant.

After the mini heart attack that his family had caused him as soon as the day began, some time later he found out that they had gone to buy clothes to spend the day for Charles, and that his children insisted on accompanying him so that "nothing happens to him", they enlisted for breakfast on the top floor of tower two of the hotel.

They were on the 57th floor, the views of the small country located on the Malay Peninsula were spectacular from there, even if their children were delighted with the pool than with the splendid landscape that Singapore offered them.

Sophie, Victoria with Luka, Lio and Tom, Blue and Jason were also there only without Jos, apparently Max's father didn't want to have breakfast with them, they were waiting for them at a table near the railing.

They ordered a plate of tropical fruits, with coffee for Max, Sophie, Victoria and her husband, while Charles accompanied him with a cup of tea, and for the children they ordered an orange juice, neither Max or Charles were used to breakfast, but there was a list of activities for today so they would have to have the most energy to last the whole day.

Max was enthralled with the situation, having his entire family for his birthday was the best gift he had received in a long time, and the best thing was that the day had just begun.

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Gardens by the Bay.

They arrived at the garden by the bay at a time close to 8:30 in the morning, falling asleep admiring such a landscape was paradise for the omega, the best thing was that the park was extremely close to the hotel, so as soon as they finished breakfast they went back to the suite, the Monegasque took care of bathe and change their children's clothes and diapers while Max prepared the backpacks for the twins, the bag and the stroller of Brooklyn, it was only a 20-minute walk but Max insisted on going by car, since it was faster and that way they got wet no matter how much the only thing that was falling it was a light drizzle.

Charles was fascinated by the huge park built on the land that was "land reclaimed from the sea", he loved Singapore not only for its visual appeal but because the small nation reminded him so much of Monaco, it was a shame that he is away the first time he will visit the country after three years.

"Dad, look, it is giant trees" Hayden said as he stretched out his little arms as if he wanted to reach a leaf from the 'supertrees', interrupting the avalanche of thoughts and feelings that Charles was experiencing at that moment.

His two oldest sons were overjoyed at the wonder of plant-clad steel construction, his boys loved nature, the smell of wet grass was one of his children's favourite non-parent scents, Brooklyn on the other hand he was excited with the colours.

Hunter was ahead of them when they reached the greenhouse, Max ran after him as soon as he realized what his middle son had done, when they returned with the rest of the family the little alpha was on his father's shoulders, so Charles let him die the topic.

The dome of flowers was a sight to behold, the plants of different colours and from all over the world were totally a visual delight.

"Mama, they look like the flowers Grandma has at her house," Hunter said, pointing to a group of lavender flowers nearby "and they smell like Aunt Victoria."

The gardens dedicated solely to the flora of South America and Australia, the African baobab trees, everything seemed to come out of a fairy tale, and from the smile that Max had not only when taking photos, it seemed that he was the one who most enjoyed ' trip'.

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Kampong Glam.

A nine minute drive from Garden by the Bay was Kampong Glam, it was 10 am when they arrived, the weather had cleared enough to leave the windbreaks inside the car.

Unlike the hotel and Garden by the Bay, people were coming up to Max for a photo and autograph, or to give him gifts for his birthday, with everyone wishing him to win the Singapore Grand Prix.

When they were near the Sultan Mosque, Charle just admired it from the outside, he felt his son moving in his baby stroller, as soon as Brooklyn saw his mother's face he began to babble with his fist in his mouth, a clear sign that wanted to eat, so the omega wanted to give him his bottle, but the thirteen-month-old baby did not want to hold it.

"Don't you want the bottle Brook?" The Monegasque questioned grabbing his son from his baby stroller, when the baby felt that he was in his mother's arms he put one of his little hands inside the shirt, Charles quickly caught the hint "oh mon amour I can't right now"

Apparently the answer was not to the liking of his youngest alpha son, since he began to whimper on his mother's shoulder, Charles did not know what to do, as much as he wanted to breastfeed his son right there, neither of them would be comfortable with the situation, so he did the most sensible thing possible: ask Max for help.

"Victoria, could you help me with something please?" Charles asked his ex-sister-in-law who was the person closest to him, when he saw Max's sister nod he continued "I need you to bring Max here, I would go myself but I'm afraid to move and bother Brooklyn even more"

He watch as Victoria left Blue and Jason with Tom, then approached where Max was with his mom and the four remaining children, he didn't know how to read lips but apparently whatever Victoria told him worked, since he left it up to both women to their twins and trotted over to where Charles was there.

"What happened? are you ok?" the Red Bull driver asked as he gave off pheromones with the concern clearly noticeable in the scent.

"First please calm down" sentenced Charles supporting his only available hand on the ample chest of the alpha, calming the alpha in front of him and the one he had in his arms "second, Brooklyn needs to eat, but he doesn't want the bottle"

He saw how Max nodded until he understood what Charles's words implied, he looked at him for a second or two to change his gaze and behaviour to that of the 'alpha father', he found a coffee shop near the mosque, he spoke with the person who attended, when they confirmed that they could stay inside so the omega can feed his baby they moved to the back of the small bar.

Charles never kept Max away when he was nursing, and after he had just done much less.

"Why is it called 'Arab street'?" Max asked as he played with the feet of his youngest son.

"Because this was one of the first inhabited areas in the entire country, and its habitants were Arabs, so that name stuck to it" replied Charles, releasing pheromones to reassure Brooklyn, since the smallest alpha was very concerned about the situation and was bothering him having a hard time lactating "what owe your question?"

"I know you're uncomfortable nursing in places you don't consider safe, and adding to Brookie being overly nervous, I'm trying to lighten the mood and make sure you're as calm as possible," replied the Dutch alpha, positioning his body in a way that covered much of the omega breastfeeding is son so that no one can watch more.

Charles would not admit it publicly but inside him the butterflies that he tried so hard to extinguish came back and stronger than ever.

As soon as they left the small coffee shop, Max left a juicy tip even though they hadn't consumed anything, they met Sophie with the twins and the baby stroller, the two little alphas seemed worried, they began to bombard their parents with questions, Max dedicated himself to answering as each of them walked towards Bussorah Mall which was north of where they were now, Charles just put his youngest son back in his stroller and chatted with his former mother-in-law.

In Bussorah Mall they visited the different stores that were on that street, they bought souvenirs for Charles's mother and brothers, he bought his boys traditional Malay slippers, as well as some traditional puppets called wayang kulit, they spent hours visiting each store available, until it was 12:00 in the morning, so they stayed for lunch in a local Arab restaurant.

As soon as they finished their lunch they walked to the car, without skipping Arab Street, the most representative street in all of Kampong Glam, the various fabrics and rugs filled Charles with the desire to buy them, but he limited himself to only buying a perfume for each member of the group his family. Twelve hours into Max's birthday, it was almost impossible to tell who was enjoying it more, Max, his children, or Charles himself.

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Marina Bay Sands / Max's Suite.

The rain fell again as soon as they got into the car, when Charles saw his children sitting in the back seats in their car seats he noticed that Hayden was looking out the window, while Hunter and Brooklyn slept, with the peculiarity that Hayds maintained each other's hand of his brothers, since he was the one in the middle seat, Charles's heart softened completely.

When they got back to their hotel, which took 10 minutes because of the rain, and they went to pick up Charles and the children's bags from their previous hotel, Charles was carrying Brooklyn, while Max had both children in his arms, in the end Hayden also ended up falling asleep, they met Jos in the lobby, it was an open secret that Charles didn't like the older Verstappen, and it was a reciprocal feeling until the twins were born, he also knew the ex-pilot was 'on his side' if he could tell somehow with the theme of Max's infidelity, but still Charles wasn't someone who would quickly forget or could just ignore all the things his children's grandfather had done to Max when he was a child.

The oldest alpha walked them to the door of his suite, told his son that he wanted to talk to him alone before retiring back to the elevator, when Charles told him to come with him after putting his three children to bed, Max refused adamantly, not only to not let his children without the protection of some of their parents, but also because he did not want the Monaco-born to hear what the older Verstappen was going to say.

As soon as Max left the room, he started to make an improvised nest for his children, today they left too early and were close to alphas, betas and omegas that they did not know, they were in contact with strange aromas for them, so Charles surrounded them with clothes impregnated with pheromones of his parents, Charles changed his clothes to something more comfortable, he did not know if they would leave before going to the Circuit or not, he prepared the clothes and diapers for his children so he only had to bathe them when they got up and prepared the backpacks of his twins and her baby's bag.

He barely sat on the sofa in front of the huge TV after taking a shower to put on baggier pants because he was tired of his tight jeans, and on top he put on a simple T-shirt next to a Red Bull jacket belonging to Max, and when he was about to dedicate himself to pump milk from their breasts because they were beginning to bother how full they were, he hear the door being opened, and a slight sour smell filled the room.

“Do you want to tell me what happened?” Charles asked as he began to express milk "What did your father tell you?"

"Nothing important, just that I'm not the alpha that he had raised, the same as always" Max answered sitting on the same sofa where Charles was.

"You know that you are nothing like him Max" said Charles taking his winged alpha by the hand "You knew very well how to break the cycle and I will never regret that you are the father of my children"

The Dutch alpha stayed watching as the omega finished pumping his milk and writing down the date that was expressed, today was the most times he saw him either breastfeeding or expressing his milk since they ended their relationship, since they started dating Charles's nipples were his biggest weakness, and since the little muscle grew from being filled with milk was definitely Max's downfall, from the moment he started producing milk he was addicted to the sweet taste of Charles' milk, the typical sweetness along with the aroma of cherry and watermelon from the omega were a exquisite combination for the Red Bull driver's palate, more than once Charles had told him that he had a kink with breastfeeding, he could continue seeing the Monegasque's chest for longer if he didn't notice something on Charles's wrist.

"Why do you have a mark on your wrist?" Max questioned, tracing the perceptible mark on the omega's right wrist with his tongue “Is there an alpha courting you right now? doesn't it bother you that you've already been claimed?"

"Actually you would be surprised by the number of alphas who have as a kink or fantasy to sleep with an omega with a permanent mark or who already has puppies" said the Monegasque smelling the aroma of sandalwood and grapefruit mixed with a certain possessiveness and jealousy in him, he wanted to mess a little more with his ex-husband "Also the mark on the neck is not as visible as before, I can cover it with make-up"

What followed was the strangest and most exciting thing to happen to Charles in the last 21 months, he suddenly went from sitting on the couch to being completely lying down with Max between his legs with both arms of the alpha holding his arms above him. his head.

“Listen to me, and do it well Charles Leclerc, that mark will never disappear from your neck because you are completely mine as I am yours, it is the second greatest demonstration that we are true mates because the first is those three little alphas that are sleeping in the nest what did you do, for more than we are divorced if it is not in this life it will be in all those that come, but we are destined to love each other for the rest of eternity, so tell the alpha that you already have not one but four and you do not need more" he said, Max ending his speech with kisses along the neck of the omega below him and changing the location of his hands to bring them towards the small waist of the Monegasque.

Charles was aware that if he let the situation progress any further, he wouldn't be able to calm down, so using the last remaining coherence forces in his brain that hadn't been conquered by the intoxicating scent emitted by the alpha above him, he remembered of something.

“We brought you a present,” Charles said running his hands through Max's short hair, pulling it away from his neck.

"A gift was not needed, you gave me the best gift of my life on December 9, 2019 and August 27, 2021" Max replied, sitting between Charles' spread legs, his hands never leaving his ex-husband's waist.

"Seriously, the boys took a long time choosing what to give you, and they did it with a lot of love" Charles spoke, letting go of Max's hands as he got up from the sofa, going to look for the gifts in his suitcase.

There were a total of six gifts, one for each son and one for Charles himself, while another gift was from the three boys together and the last of the four together; the gifts included: drawings, letters written by Charles that were clearly dictated by both twins, a painting with the hands and feet of the three little alphas, polaroid photos of Max with his children and a gold and black bracelet.

“Surely some of them you already knew what they were, because they will have appeared in your card summary, but I hope you still like them” said Charles, seeing how Max looked at his gifts.

"I never see your expenses, you could go and take away all my money, I wouldn't care" answered the Dutchman, seeing how the omega blushed, he was going to continue talking until he heard a faint cry that came from his youngest son.

He watched as Charles took off his Red Bull sweatshirt and began to pick up his other two children, he entrusted Max to take care of them while he bathed and got Brooklyn ready, while he watched the scenes unfold in front of him, his alpha screamed inside him that this was the reality that him needed and they deserved their whole family, the five of them were a herd, Charles may never want to hear their version of events, but he would fight to deserve a second chance, or at least to be friends again.

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Canopy Park.

Around three in the afternoon it stopped raining, but just in case they preferred to go indoors before risking it raining again and getting their children wet/sick, so they chose to go to the Canopy Park, which was located inside from the airport just under 20 minutes by car.

The park had already caught the attention of Charles and his children had barely arrived in Singapore, Hunter, for example, wanted to go that same Thursday, but since his godmother was waiting for them, they had to leave earlier.

First they were going to go to the huge slide that looked like a work of art, but seeing that their two oldest children did not meet the necessary age or height, they preferred not to expose Hayden and Hunter to something that could hurt them, no matter how much the manager has recognized Max and assured him that it was sure.

Then they chose to do an activity that the five of them could enjoy, so in the end they decided to play in the mirror maze, Charles's first idea was to leave Max with the children on one side and him on the other, but in the end Max stayed with Hayden and Brooklyn, while Charles would run the course with Hunter, each starting from a different entrance, whoever got to the other entrance / exit first would obviously win.

While Charles and Hunts were trying to make as few mistakes as possible and not run into any mirrors since every time that happened Hunter would tell his mom to be careful and growl at the mirror that he "dare to hit his mom", the situation was absolutely adorable, the omega was aware that his son didn't start running or freaking out to win just because he was holding his hand and he was the one who had to "protect" Charles; on the other hand Max had taken the challenge of getting to the other exit faster as if it were a Formula 1 race, and it seemed that Hayden too for how he complained and grunted every time they ended up in a dead end, while Brooklyn only giggled at the rapid movement that Max caused when jogging, at least one of the three Verstappen alphas was having fun.

At the moment that they were in what seemed to be the middle of the maze, Charles began to feel a slight aroma mixed with lemon, eucalyptus, coffee with milk, candied peanuts, sandalwood and grapefruit, along with the clear smell of sweat, made him a He motioned for Hunter not to speak and they moved closer. slowly to where the different pheromones guided them.

"Did you make my children run a marathon Verstappen?" Charles questioned with a mock offended voice as soon as they turned the corner.

"You scared me" Max said pulling Brook closer to his chest "and answering your question, no, we were just trying to win the race and get the fastest lap"

Charles just rolled his eyes, in the end they ended up going back the way the Dutchman had taken to start the 'competition' so when they arrived Before leaving for the hotel on the way back so that Max can change his clothes and prepare everything his children need so that they do not get bored and/or can sleep without major inconveniences at the Red Bull facilities, Charles uploaded a story on instagram where you could only see the eyes of the Dutch omega and alpha with their backs to the selfie and with their faces buried in the junction of the Monegasque's neck and clavicle, with a text "gelukkige verjaardag mijn leeuw 🇳🇱🧡, de 🧒🏼🧒🏼👶🏼 en ik hou van jou", as soon as he published it he had already regretted it but it was too late to delete it, and besides, the omega inside Charles was meowing with happiness at seeing that caption.

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Marina Bay Street Circuit.

Max and his family arrived at the street circuit five minutes before it was 5:00 p.m., the alpha just gave him a flirtatious smile when he saw Charles' instagram story and reposted it including five orange hearts and the flags of Monaco and Netherlands.

In the Paddock most of the people came to wish Max a happy birthday, the Formula 1 camera followed him absolutely everywhere, they only stopped when Max kindly asked them to suspend the recording because the lights and being the spotlight the was making his children uncomfortable, in the time that he was not with any member of his family they could record it and do all the tiktok they wanted, but at that moment the serenity of his children was more important.

It was more than complex to get to the Red Bull facilities, from time to time Max greeted the fans who had come to see, as well as chatted with the people who approached him to talk, however every time a pilot wanted to touch or talk either with his sons or charles the alpha would get defensive and quickly cut off the conversation; at the time they showed up at the Austrian team's establishment, Max's mother was already there along with Victoria, Blue, Jason, Tom and Max's nephews, Checo, Daniel, Lando, Pierre and Yuki were also there, and obviously Helmut and Christian with other Red Bull employees wearing bonnets in the colours of the Dutch flag while trying to sing 'Happy Birthday' in Dutch.

Moments later Max was called to make his press rounds and prepare for the first free practice session of the afternoon/evening, so the Monegasque stayed with Max's family.

"I'm glad you gave it another chance" Sophie said suddenly, releasing happy pheromones mixed with her signature scent of vanilla and tangerine.

"I haven't given your son any new chance" replied Charles as calmly as possible, he didn't want to get upset because that would end up with three small whining alphas.

"Oh, as I saw the photo you posted on instagram and you smell like him, I thought I had finally explained what happened at that party" spoke the grandmother of his sons, no longer emitting any kind of pheromones with emotions.

"I smell him only because this is his jacket and when he perfumed the children he ended up doing it with me to help our children be calmer" replied the omega, ignoring the part of the story on instagram.

"He wasn't unfaithful to you Charlie" Sophie said grabbing both of the Monegasque's hands with her own "I don't understand why he hasn't told you yet, but he didn't even dance with that Piquet girl, she drenched him with her pheromones when he was talking with Martin that he was going to retire early from the party because he missed you three even though at that time there were already four of you"

Charles and the omega inside him wanted to believe in the words of Max's omega mother, but that January 18 was very present in Charles's head to forget it so quickly, there were still nights when he cried until late every time he woke up, he remembered that damn day.

"If Max had cheated on you I would have castrated him without anaesthesia for having ruined his family, but you and I know very well that Max is not a cruel person or stupid enough not to wash or try to hide the smell of his 'lover' from his shirt" said Max's mother in a whisper.

Charles did not realize that he began to cry at the same time that another period of rain began in the Asian micro state, it was not until Sophie hugged him and began to coo that he felt the tears run down his cheeks, perhaps he needed someone to make him see the situation from another perspective.

"Maybe now it's too late to recover the family we had" murmured the man born in Monaco after several minutes, the two women at his sides began to laugh, as if he had told a joke.

"Oh Charlie, Max is able to wait for a new opportunity until the last day of his life, there is no person who can take away the privileged position that you have in my brother's heart" Victoria spoke looking at her former brother-in-law "if you tell him that as a condition for them to be again together is that he retired from formula 1, he would do it without hesitation"

They were interrupted by Hunter who was drawn next to Christian, Charles's other two children were sleeping in Max's driver's room, but smelling an aroma of cherry and watermelon with a slight mixture of anguish, he left his drawings to approach to his mom.

"Are you crying mommy?" Hunter asked, putting his little hands on Charles's face to wipe his tears the same way the Monegasque did with them.

"Yes Hunny, but don't worry, I'm fine now" replied Charles smiling at his little alpha.

The rest of the time Charles stayed chatting with his ex-husband's family, sending messages to his family in Monaco and making plans with Pierre, within an hour Hayden ended up waking up from his nap and 20 minutes later Brooklyn woke up too, and the four stayed watching free practice, with the three little alphas clapping (although it's Charles helping Brooke clap) and yelling every time a car tried to pass his dad's car, Charles gave him a funny look along with exaggerated white eyes when Christian told him that "thanks to him Red Bull was going to have three new drivers in the next 20 years and they wouldn't miss Max", as much as Charles didn't like the idea of his kids doing something dangerous, he also knew his kids loved the 'vroom vroom' fast that their dad drove and they loved the shiny trophies that Max won and it was practically impossible not to think of some future where his children weren't racing drivers.

At the moment that Max finished with his first fast laps, staying with the first position, he approached his family who was enjoying the show that was Formula 1, Charles barely saw him sit next to him, he approached to kiss him on the cheek, did not know the reason behind such action but he wasn't going to be an idiot and ask him why, so he enjoyed the moment in peace with his family, if it wasn't for the mandatory patches that the FIA required, he would be releasing happy pheromones.

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Merlion Park.

By the time Max finished his first free lap taking the fastest lap and talks with the team about where and what to improve he was released for a little over an hour so he can lead the boys away from all the tension of the situation.

Since it was only a 4-minute drive away, they chose to go to Merlion Park, as the rain had cleared up enough to go out with only a windbreak each and carry an umbrella only as a precaution, so their children enjoyed the outdoors as well spacious that Singapore provided.

"What is that animal Mommy?" Hayden asked pointing to the Merlion statue.

"It's a mythical animal, a lion with a fish's tail" replied Charles, taking a photo of said statue.

"A lion? Like daddy?" Hunter asked, interspersing his gaze between the creature and Max, it seemed as if he was looking for the similarities between the curious figure and his father.

"Why do the boys associate a lion with me?" Max asked when he was alone with Charles, since their children went to continue touring the park with Lando and Carlos (as much as the Monegasque and the Dutch wanted to have their children only for themselves, they trusted the British and the Spaniard, plus the news that Carlos was sterile was very recent), while Daniel was taking photos of the three smaller Verstappen alphas.

"It may be that I have told you a few times that your dad was very similar to a lion, because he was very fierce and protective at the same time, the lion is the one who rules in the savannah, and you are the one who does it in formula 1" he said, Charles sitting down on an available bench, Max just laughed as he mimicked his action.

"I talked to your mom, she told me your version of the events of that January 18" said Charles suddenly as he looked at the crystal clear South China Sea, as much as Max is wearing the patches, he felt his ex-husband's body turn tense, the omega was thankful that his children were not with them right now since the talk they were going to have was too important for the future of their relationship and their family "it made me see that you are not an infidel, but rather an idiot, is it true that Piquet perfumed you without would you notice?"

“Yes, I know it's hard to believe, but as soon as I arrived I had already regretted going, it was our last night in Ibiza and I was in a nightclub instead of staying with you and the twins in the house, I would do and give what I wanted was to reverse the events of that day" said the Dutchman looking at the Monegasque at his side “I promise you for our children Charles, you will never experience these 21 months again, if I were to reiterate the pain that I caused you I will not come near you again, I will have someone else look for the boys when it is my turn to have them at home, but I guarantee that if I You grant a new opportunity I will not waste it"

Charles felt again how the tears accumulated in his eyes, he had no intention of crying again, perhaps it was because of everything that happened today, it was the time he had spent the most time with Max since they ended their relationship, except for the day Brooklyn was born, and in turn saw how it was Max with his children, adding to the enormous revelation that the Dutchman had not been unfaithful to him changed something inside Charles, he no longer saw him as the man who ended his childhood dreams, but rather that he was the father of his children. children, the alpha whom he had married in 2019 and formed a family.

"But it wasn't your fault, it was all a giant misunderstandings, I think I have more responsibility than you" said Charles releasing a soft aroma of cherry and very sweet watermelon, wrapping his arms around Max's neck hugging him.

“Of course it was my fault, that day I didn't tell you what happened, I just said the only sentence that no one should say 'it's not what it seems' although it wasn't what my shirt looked like it was enormous proof that I looked like a liar, I should have called Martin to explain the situation orto force Piquet to tell you how things really were" The Dutchman answered, bringing Charles's body closer to his chest, at this moment he hated the patches, he wanted to perfume Charles so much that no one would have any doubts that it belonged to Max and only to him.

"If we keep blaming ourselves we're going to waste time and we'll never tell the boys we're back" said the Monaco-born, looking at the Red Bull driver as if he were the one who placed the stars in the sky.

"Does that mean I can go back to the house? Am I allowed to court you again?"Are you going to accompany me to all the Grand Prix from now on?" Max questioned giving Charles a kiss on the neck for each question, when he was about to touch the Monegasque's lips with his own for the first time in almost two years the omega away "Hey, and my kiss of reconciliation?"

"Oh of course not, the kiss will be if you win the Singapore Grand Prix and proclaim yourself two-time world champion or if you don't have to wait until Japan" Charles replied, moving away from the hug with Max to go to where his children and friends were.

Max walked behind him, enjoying the sight of his omega, his children and his friends under the lights of Singapore, and right now he had a bigger plus to win the championship in the small Asian country.

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Marina Bay Street Circuit / Max's Driver's Room.

Charles and Max entered the circuit at 19:40, the temperature dropped radically, so they bundled up to avoid getting sick, it wasn't raining anymore, but the floor was still wet.

"Mama look, it's the Monaco flag" Hayden said pointing to a Singaporean flag, Charles couldn't help but laugh while his son looked at him offended.

"No Hayhay, that's the Singapore flag because it has a moon and five stars" the omega replied to his doubt "I only laughed because your dad told me the same thing in 2019, he was trying to distract me from how uncomfortable he was and it was the best what happened"

They continued talking about different topics until they reached the Red Bull facilities, where two small cakes without any type of cover, cream or fondant were waiting for them, since none of the Verstappen alphas were very fans of the biscuit with cover that has not been cooked by Charles, that rule could be implemented in most of the existing foods, since the four of them were very picky about the generality of foods.

When Max was on lap 35 of 61, Brooklyn began to get impatient, so the omega began to prepare the entire place to feed his son and continue to see Max lead the free laps, plus he had Red Bulls's authorization to be able to do it there and not have to go to the room that belongs to Max so he didn't have to distract and disturb Hayden and Hunter from where they were watching free practice with Christian and Jos, under the narrow gaze of Sophie and Victoria.

At the moment that he was about to lift his black shirt to start breastfeeding Brook, he felt a strong smell of broccoli mixed with a low quality liquor and a predatory look on him, he began to look for the origin of that until he saw blue eyes belonging to Mazepin on him, the Monegasque was terrified, he had not seen the Russian driver since the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last year, he knew it was those alphas with prehistoric thoughts who thought that omegas were only used to procreate, take care of children and the house, more than one time during the past year he try flirting and courting him, the situation had escalated so much that during the Monaco Grand Prix he dared to touch Charles's 5-month-old belly, Max had never found out about it because Pierre had taken care of Hass' current ex-driver; he didn't know what he was doing in Singapore, and even more, what was he doing so close to the Red Bull facility?

“You are prettier than before doll” said the Russian pilot, when Charles did not answer him but rather ignored him, he continued speaking “I thought I would never see you again in Red Bull or wearing Verstappen clothes”

The omega just ignored whatever Nikita was saying, just as he kept his scent as serene as possible, he put his shirt back on since he believed that the Russian alpha would leave, but it seemed that that action did not go well taken by the younger man.

"Oh ко́тик, don't let this present me bother you so you can feed your puppy" The Russian started a conversation again, failing miserably "there is nothing more pleasant for a true alpha to see an omega performing basic actions of their hierarchy"

Charles was getting irritated by the situation, for every word that Hass's previous driver uttered, the more he wanted to shout his truths or tell Max to put the young Russian daddy's boy in his place, but he had Brooklyn in his arms, and it was in a public place, if you wanted getting rid of the annoying alpha had to come up with a good plan.

"It's a shame that the three of them are the living image of Max, with blond hair and those blue eyes, they are even all men and alphas" said the Russian looking directly at Brooklyn "It's a real shame that you don't have a little omega like you, if you paired up with me I am sure that our puppies will be of different hierarchies and genres”

It was clear that Mazepin intended to continue speaking, but the death glare the Monegasque gave him made him fall silent and take a couple of steps back.

“Yes, I am like a human photocopier, and no, I don't mind being part of the small group of one in a million pregnancies that have three or more children only from just one 'hierarchy', I don't need more children either since three was my biggest dream or regret not having 'an omega child' to have a mini me or do all those stereotypical omega things” Charles got fed up, the man who only became a Formula 1 driver because his father's company was the main sponsor of Hass crossed a border, he had messed with his children and the monegasque would not allow the imbecile in front of him he would get away with it.

The thick smell of broccoli and cheap liquor invaded all of Charles's personal space, he didn't know if he was doing it to perfume him or annoy him, but he wouldn't fall for his stupid game so quickly, so he stayed calm and wrapped his thirteen-year-old baby months with his father's jacket (luckily being a waterproof jacket, the nauseating smell only stayed on the outside) and he rested his little head on the junction of the neck and the shoulder, so he could feel only the two aromas of his parents, Charles's eyes were looking for some way to get out of that situation without the Russian alpha getting closer to them or wanting to continue talking to him, and that was when he saw the Mexican driver drinking water, Checo had not participated in these free laps since that Red Bull had used his car to test a young driver from his reserves, the older man was very familiar and had always treated Charles and his children well, it was his best chance to completely remove Mazepin from the safe zone of his youngest son.

"Hi Checo" Charles said/yelled to get the Mexican alpha's attention, he did it in Spanish since Nikita couldn't understand what he was saying, he was grateful to Pierre for forcing him to take those Spanish classes during quarantine.

"What's wrong Charlie? How can I help you?" asked the second Red Bull driver, also in the same language.

"Mazepin has me looking and talking for several minutes and I'm too uncomfortable, I need you to move him away and accompany me and the boys to Max's room please" Charles spoke smiling, not wanting the Russian alpha to think he was talking bad about him.

The Mexican alpha only nodded his head, then he looked with threatening eyes at the young man still in front of them, at the moment that Charles got up to leave, the Russian approached to hold the omega's arm, an action that not only caused Checo to get in the way grabbing the young alpha's arm and telling him "Don't think that I, Pierre, Daniel and much less Max will allow this to come to nothing Nikita" but rather that Max's family saw said commotion and Tom along with Sophie approached where Charles was, the calm face of the Monegasque finished as soon as he saw Mazepin go, his face he expressed the concern and terror that made him live those minutes that he was 'alone' with the Russian, luckily no one dared to ask him anything, his children, smelling the sour aroma of their mother, became worried and went after him, before entering the room that belonged to Max, Charles took off his jacket he was wearing, the horrible smell of Mazepin permeated the entire exterior and at that moment he just wanted to try to forget what had happened.

When Max finished the second round of the free race, he was ecstatic, the car felt good, once again he took first place, with a difference of 10 seconds over Carlos, and he had reconciled with Charles, Singapore was magical, but still had the feeling of discomfort, it appeared when he was still in the car, it was like an itch inside his skin, although it had dissipated it was still slight but noticeable. Upon arriving at the establishment of the Austrian team, Charles and his children were not found, his alpha quickly joined the ends and knew that the feeling of disgust came from something that Charles had experienced, he asked if something had happened, but his mother was the only one who speaks to him, and It was to tell him that his family was in his driver's room.

The moment he arrived at the door of his living room he saw his own jacket thrown away, when he approached to take it he could smell the unpleasant smell of broccoli and low-quality vodka, the primitive feeling of protecting his family began to take shape inside Max, and it was even greater when opening the at the door the sour aroma of cherry and watermelon invaded him nostrils, but he didn't know what to focus on first: the horrible smell of his jacket, the sadness in Charles' scent, the fact that neither of them were wearing the same clothes as before, or the totally improvised nest.

"I didn't know you were still nursing Hayds," Max whispered, seeing his thirteen-month-old son sleeping in the center of the nest, when he was allowed to enter the nest after changing his clothes and removing his patches (as much as he and Charles had returned to be a couple and they were his children, he did not want disturb the safe zone of his family), at another time the image would be adorable, the hand of his eldest son holding a couple of fingers of his mother, half asleep with the nipple still in his mouth, but the occasion did not warrant such emotions.

"Mostly I only do it when he's too sad, worried, or having a nightmare," Charles answered, gently stroking his son's cheek.

"What happened? Why are they locked up here?" Asked the Dutch alpha, wishing it was just that his head was playing a misunderstanding, that it was his instinct to protect his family that brought up dire scenarios.

"A man bothered mom, Uncle Checo had to help him" said Hunter hugging his dad, the aroma of wood and chocolate was not impregnated with the sweetness that characterized it, but was accompanied by a slight sadness and annoyance, yes before Max and his inner alpha wanted to defend at all costs to his family, right now he intended to hit whoever that man was.

Max began to release calm pheromones, no matter how much anger he had internally at this moment, he should have been in charge of providing serenity and security to his entire family, the different aromas were balancing until they returned to their typical smells.

"Who harassed you schatje?" asked Max as softly as possible, he didn't want to break the tenuous peace they were in, listening to their children's breathing while they rested, but he needed to know who he should hit.

"Mazepin, appeared suddenly and began to bother me, I had to ask Sergio for help because it was my only option, inside I was horrified" said Charles to proceed to tell him everything that happened without keeping any details, he saw how Max's look darkened and smelled the scent of sandalwood and grapefruit that was getting stronger, maybe Charles was selfish but knowing what his alpha is capable of doing to defend him and his children made his heart beat very fast.

Max forced to control himself, today was going to be a great day, he could take care of Nikita later, first he had to thank his team-mate for protecting his family, and second he had to think of a way to give the stupid young alpha Russian.

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Singapore Flyer.

Both adults let their children get up at their own pace, they were aware that too many naps would ruin their schedules, but the day was quite busy and they deserved their periods of absolute peace.

When they finished putting together their makeshift nest, Max watched as Charles perfumed his three children, If the Dutch alpha could keep a single mental image of the Monegasque, it was this one: that of the omega mother who would do anything for her children, not for nothing was the version of Charles that most fell in love.

As they still needed to distract their children from all the previous tension, they decided to go to the giant Ferris wheel that was next to the circuit, when they left Max's room they found the Dutchman's family and friends waiting for them, the birthday boy just invited them to continue celebrating birthday since "there were still three hours left" In each 'capsule' of the wheel of fortune up to six people entered, as Brooklyn was in the group of "under 2 years" he could go on the lap of one of his parents, so with them they could go at least two friends or relatives of Max.

Needless to say, he didn't ask anyone, which earned him quite a bit of ridicule even from Charles himself.

"The landscape is so spectacular" said Charles grabbing Max's hand, seeing how the small country of the Malay peninsula lit up before the different lights "It's like Monaco, only its Asian version or maybe Monaco is the European version of Singapore"

As Charles rambled on and pointed out different landmarks of Singapore, Max noticed something strange on his wrist.

"Do you have a new mark?" Max asked, trying to remember if he was as deep and remarkable when he first discovered his as he was now.

"We did it" Hunter spoke up sounding super proud of his action.

"As you marked mommy on the neck, we do it on his wrist" said Hayden continuing his brother's idea "Mom and uncles do it with grandma"

Max exchanged glances between his children, the omega and his wrist, now that he had a good look at it he noticed that the teeth mark was irregular and quite small, so Charles provoked the scene of jealousy and possessiveness in the hotel for his own pleasure.

"Yes, Maxy, since they found out that my brothers and I were marking my mother, they started doing it, didn't I tell you?" Charles said with a feigned innocence in his voice.

Max just congratulated his children for taking care of their mom, while he looked at Charles letting him know that this topic was not going to die there.

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Clark Quay.

They decided to end the night by going to the port of Singapore, it was a 10-minute drive away so they could see the different wonderful structures that the city-state had. The lights and the atmosphere combined perfectly, all the places that Charles consulted were right, the night gave its special touch to this area of Singapore.

Charles wanted to get on the G-Max, Pierre agreed to get on with him, but Max was terrified of the great slingshot that catapults people at more than 200 kilometres per hour, he earned the laughter of all his companions since he drove cars that reach and far exceed that number, but one thing It was him who did that because it was his job and passion, and something very different from Charles doing it and getting hurt, what Pierre did did not interest him much.

Because of the schedule and that tomorrow would be a busy day for the pilots, they preferred to go to Boat Quay to have dinner at a restaurant near the river, there was too much insistence on the part of the waiters who began to make the large group of people impatient, but it was not until than in a restaurant almost at the end of the street, no worker bothered them to choose their restaurant, so they sat down.

They ordered typical Singaporean food, Max with his family ate a Char Kway Teow, which was a dish that had noodles, peas, Chinese sausage, fish paste and seafood, at first glance it seemed to be just a plate of stir-fried noodles, the taste was very different and quickly became of the Max's favourite foods, and from the look on his family's faces when they ate it, he knew they thought the same as him.

The day ended when each group of people went to their respective cars, there were only 45 minutes left for Max's birthday to end, so the rest of his loved ones decided to leave the family of five alone to finish the day Friday them together only.

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Max's Suit.

They arrived at the hotel when the clock showed 11:30 p.m., Charles prepared his twins to sleep, meanwhile Max took care of Brooklyn, the feeling that he had lost a lot of time doing this with Charles invaded him, it was 21 months where could not be as long as he would have liked with Charles in his last pregnancy, where he could not live in the same house as his children, he had to move to his old bachelor apartment, his mother could not see his grandchildren as much as he wanted, he did not accompany them to all the races that would like, he had missed a lot because of a night he didn't even enjoy.

He will have been silent for a long time for Charles to snap him out of his reverie, when Max saw the suite he realized that the lights were off with only the television on, the different scents mixed together were driving his inner alpha crazy, this was something he thought would never live.

"Happy birthday my love" said Charles giving the father of his children a kiss on the cheek, before going to bed to feed Brook.

His whole family was in the same bed with him, his omega was feeding his last child while the two eldest finished their bottles, it was heaven for Max, two of his three birthday wishes had come true, now there was only Sunday left to achieve the latter.

He had never been a believer in things like fate, luck or karma, but if there was such a thing as almighty, Max was grateful that it had provided a sequel to their love story.