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Ivy was fast asleep on the sofa when Jacob and Christian came back, pouring themselves drinks from the kitchen area.

The tv was on but she was snuggled under the blanket and fast asleep, breathing steadily with a hand on her huge bump.

Daniel was at the law office all day and Jacob and Christian had spent several hours at the Grey Enterprises building talking over the merger idea.

Christian had a glass of wine and Jacob had a short whiskey measure with ice in a tumbler as they sat at the kitchen island, the tv audible in the background.

Jacob twisted his glass idly in his hand as he took off his tie, sitting back in the chair, clearly exhausted

'your father... He contacted me last week...wanted to see you both'.

Christian looked closely at his uncle 'And what did you say?'. He half shrugged

'I told him you were old enough to make your own decisions and Ivy has made it more than clear that she wants nothing to do with him...she said she doesn't even want him to see the babies...I told him it wasn't my place to mediate either. You're both adults, both with your own lives, and you've both been let down by him, her more than you of course but still... He can't just come walking back into either of your lives without working for it'.

Christian nodded slowly 'that must have been hard to tell your brother?'. Jacob snorted with derisive laughter and shook his head, taking a long sip of his whiskey

'Lewis is my brother, but I've got seven others, of all the arguments and idiots in my family he's pretty much the worst one. He's a nice enough guy, but he's a terrible father, it just angers me. If I had children, they would be my everything. Lewis just wasn't a fit parent...admittedly it's not like Ivy exactly made it easy in return, but he didn't try. So no, telling him that was quite satisfying really'.

Christian laughed lightly 'when are your brothers getting in today?'.

Jacob glanced at his sleeping niece briefly 'another hour or two, they said they could meet us here if that's okay with you?'.

Christian shrugged, not bothered.

Three of Lewis and Jacob's brothers were coming to visit them for a week or two, partially to help hash out the deal between the two companies and also to see their only niece- and the nephew they'd never known they had.

Willem, Ethan and Leo had spent many summers treating Ivy like a daughter and were now happy to visit and see her all grown up and happy.

Of course they weren't blind to her problems of self harm, drugs or destructive behaviours through the years. However, they had all seen in her what their father Simon had, and had all been more than happy for her to receive the largest share of the company.

Jacob shook his head 'the thing is Christian, my father left the significant part of his company to his only grandchild, he didn't even know he had a second one... He would have left you a portion I can guarantee...he would be very glad that you are working with the company now'.

Christian smiled 'well, it's a perfect situation really isn't it. I must say, he did leave an incredibly large share to Ivy'.

Jacob laughed hollowly 'probably an apology for the way his son raised her, bloody idiot. You probably dodged a bullet being adopted by the Grey's'.

Christian nodded slightly, sighing 'anyway, we have work to do. We should leave her to sleep, it's the last good nights sleep she'll get in a long time'.

Three hours later Ana walked into the main room and did a double take. Christian and Daniel were standing talking to what looked like four Jacob's.

They all had the same grey eyes, same hair in various styles, and same boy next door smile that Christian had inherited.

She was quickly introduced to Christian's three other uncles, all of whom had strong south African accents.

Willem and Leo worked on the board in Cape Town and Ethan was head of shipments in Pretoria.

'Uh, Daniel, where's Ivy?' he glanced over 'she's on the phone to my uncle Barney in the other room, she needed some air I think'.

She nodded and accepted a glass of wine from who she assumed was Willem but it was hard to keep up.

'Thanks. So, what were you going to call the company once it's merged? Keep the names or get something new?'

Everyone glanced at eachother in silence for a minute before chaos ensued.

'It's a family name Christian, you're a part of that'

'Dad wouldn't have wanted it changed'

'Change it and make it your own?'

'Merge them together?'

'It's Ivy's choice if she keeps the Van Rensberg name surely'

There was a loud cough from the doorway and they all turned towards the noise that had broken their argument.

Ivy rolled her eyes 'as much as I would love to sit around and listen to this conversation you guys, my waters have just broken'.

As one, everyone turned to look at Ivy, who was standing in the doorway, car keys in hand.

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