It was all rather confusing, their situation was far from normal at best and it seemed that there was surprisingly a way to complicate things even further. Now he wasn't just helping her to raise the kids, he was considered a parent in his own right. It was fair enough if he was happy to accept the title though to actually officially name him as a father would only obfuscate the situation even more so. She would keep quiet now, pause and let him speak.
The soft smile would fall upon her features as Valerius confirmed that he'd granted Cecily permission to think of him as her dad. It was certainly nice to have some sort of family structure, both parents there for them though still she wasn't sure what this all meant for Valerius and herself if anything more at all. She certainly would agree with him on Cecily being difficult to say no to, though he didn't stop on that light comment. The next words were a little more serious; he hadn't wanted to say no. She was surprised but her smile remained in place, a little more emotional now though, touched that he would truly want to play such a role for her children. Their children in a way she supposed, though that thought certainly wouldn't be put out there just yet.
Her golden gaze would meet his still not entirely certain what else to say. Thank you for being so great through everything? She hadn't wanted such a situation though to find yourself suddenly stuck raising someone else's kids was surely far more unexpected for Valerius. But he wasn't stuck though really, through it all he'd chosen to help her and now he still continued to entwine himself further into the little family. To be honest it had gotten to the stage that it wasn't just the children that needed him in their lives, Emer did too.
