Chapter 721 - Nobody Noticed
Within the organized mess called the construction site, a new shipment of steel pipes had just arrived. They were in different sizes, from small, thin ones to huge, thick structural pipes. Individually, an average steel pipe was quite lightweight compared to its sturdy appearance, but since these pipes were packaged in huge industrial bundles, they weighed a few tonnes altogether.
The foreman was in charge of ensuring that the correct sets of pipes were delivered to the right place within the construction site. He was almost finished giving out instructions when his full bladder complained, giving him no choice but to answer nature's call right away. He called another senior colleague to finish up the task.
"These are the last bundles. They go to the ground floor. Just make sure that before they're moved there, you check that all the ties holding them together are secure so they won't fall all over the place while being transported." After giving instructions, the foreman rushed to the nearest portable toilet.
His colleague was also experienced, so he took no issue in handling the task. He began checking the remaining bundles with an expert eye. But before he could finish checking the final bundle of regular plumbing pipes, another colleague called him for help. Seeing that all the other bundles had no problems, he only gave a cursory glance at the final bundle and deemed it safe before leaving to help his colleague.
After he left, another group of construction workers arrived. Although the foreman was not present, they found the written marks on the pipes indicating that they had already been checked, so they didn't waste any time transporting the pipes to where they were supposed to go.
Unknown to them, the final bundle of steel pipes began to loosen from their packaging. The ties holding the pipes together looked worn and in danger of breaking. The good thing was that the pipes only needed to be transported to the building's ground floor so the distance was shorter compared to the other bundles which needed to be lifted to the upper floors by crane. The ties held on and didn't break after arriving at their designated place in the ground floor.
Even then, the ties continued to stretch, silently breaking apart little by little. But nobody noticed.
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The food that Iris ordered for the construction workers started arriving by the time Jin Liwei and his entourage made their way back to the ground floor of the unfinished building. Delicious aroma permeated the air and made everyone salivate. There was nothing fancy about the lunch but the portions were big and the dishes familiar. They were guaranteed to satisfy the worker's hungry stomachs. There was a selection of different types of desserts included as well.
Xu Tian stepped forward and announced that everything was ordered by President Jin's fiancée which most of them already knew was the celebrity Iris Long. It caused an uproar not only among the construction workers but also to the people in the middle of delivering the food. [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you're not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It's very discouraging to see thieves profitting from my hard work. Please read this novel on W e b n o v e l. Thank you! -Arria Cross]
"Holy shit!" one of the younger delivery guys exclaimed. "Don't tell me that the man my mom was taking the orders from on the phone earlier was the famous Dom Chua, Boss Iris' best friend and assistant extraordinaire? Ah! If I knew, I would've snatched the phone from my mom and took the lunch orders myself so that I could brag about it to my fellow Black Stars online!"
Within minutes, the news that Iris Long ordered a generous lunch feast for all the manual workers who were working on a Jin Corporation project spread all over the internet. Once the Black Stars learned about it, they descended in droves and shared the news like crazy online. They were all very proud and couldn't stop praising their Boss Iris to the heavens as the most generous woman in the world. The news spread so fast that even a few major news outlets decided to feature it, mostly because it involved not only Iris Long but also Jin Corporation.
"Multi-Award-Winning Musician Iris Long Generously Orders Warm Lunch for Hundreds of Construction Workers"
"Iris Long Serious About Taking on Role as Next Madam Jin by Feeding Fiancé CEO Jin's Employees"
"Celebrity Iris Long to Leave Showbiz Career After Marriage to Focus on Cementing Position as CEO Jin Liwei's Wife?"
"Critic: What Generous? Iris Long Only Putting Up Fake Appearances to be Worthy of Madam Jin Title in Public"
Different speculations were being thrown around online about the real reason why Iris Long gave out lunch for hundreds of construction workers. Many praised her but there were also quite a number of haters who accused her of having ulterior motives and only pretending to be generous for the sake of looking good to the public.
It didn't take long before the Slipper Army was summoned among the Black Stars to scold and troll all those criticizing their Boss Iris. Prominent troll leader KittyBaby, who was quickly surpassing the original Slipper Army leader iEatSlippers in infamy, led the charge online. Her precise and lightning-quick attacks silenced the critics in no time.
Back at the construction site, the people weren't aware that all this drama was happening on the internet. They were busy feeling excited about the food.
After learning from Xu Tian that it was Iris Long who ordered the food for them, the workers thanked her in front of Jin Liwei, even though they were nervous of talking to him. Some even felt scared. But upon seeing his easygoing attitude in accepting their thanks which was the complete opposite of his usual icy one, they couldn't stop themselves from being shocked speechless.
"Damn, this is unbelievable," they whispered among themselves. "If I didn't see it with own eyes, I would say that you're lying if you told me that President Jin is capable of giving a sincere-looking smile. Now we know to use Iris Long's name the next time the president scolds us. Maybe he won't be as scary like usual."
They nodded at each other in agreement.
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Chapter 722 - Chaos
Jin Liwei didn't leave immediately, deciding to stay and watch for a little while until most of the workers received their lunch. Since he didn't move, the elite group accompanying him didn't dare rush him even though their own stomachs protested in hunger.
Their eyes roamed, filled with envy, at the workers who were enjoying their delicious-smelling food before them. It was only when some of them could no longer conceal their loud, grumbling stomachs did Jin Liwei turn to them.
"My fiancée didn't reserve any shares for us because she knew that I have plans on taking you out for lunch," he said. "Too bad. You're stuck going with me to another place. You'll need to wait a little longer before you can eat."
A series of "that's okay", "we can wait", and "no problem" answered him. He nodded and gestured for them to follow him.
But before they could reach the exit, the loud screech of clanging metals assaulted everyone's ears. Jin Liwei's quick reflexes allowed him to save himself but then he saw the slower Xu Tian in danger. Not thinking about anything else, he returned and reached out to save his assistant.
"PRESIDENT!!!"
Shouts of warning and horror surrounded him, but all he could feel was immense shock and pain from the hard impact. Then it was chaos.
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Jin Liwei inhaled sharply as the doctor wrapped the final length of bandage around his torso. He clenched his jaw tight to prevent himself from cursing due to the pain. He was sitting on the edge of the bed inside the hospital's private room. The room was relatively quiet despite the number of medical staff going in and out of the room in an effort to take care of him and make him as comfortable as possible. Even the hospital director was informed of his presence and promised to drop by to visit him later before he left.
On the sofa opposite him sat Xu Tian who was also being treated by a nurse. His assistant looked terrible with angry scratches and bloody scrapes all over his face, hands and legs because Jin Liwei pushed him facedown to the ground when he saved the man from the falling metal pipes.
Jin Liwei, on the other hand, looked better with very little external wounds on his body. He only had a couple of small scratches on his hands. His appearance, however, was very deceptive because he unfortunately took the brunt of the impact when the metal pipes landed on his back after shielding his assistant under him.
The doctor told him that medically speaking, his overall injuries were far worse compared to what Xu Tian sustained. Unlike Xu Tian's external wounds, his injuries were mostly internal. Before the doctor treated and bandaged him, his entire back down to his posterior hips and thighs were all swollen and covered with ugly different-coloured bruises.
He wasn't going to lie. In all honesty, Jin Liwei felt like a truck had ran over him. He was bruised and battered but thankfully still alive and kicking. That was the most important thing. [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you're not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It's very discouraging to see thieves profitting from my hard work. Please read this novel on W e b n o v e l. Thank you! -Arria Cross]
"You're lucky that the pipes didn't hit your head or break any bones," the doctor said after he was finished bandaging him. "Your initial scans show that none of your organs have been injured. The safety protective gear and thick jacket protected you. No serious excessive internal bleeding either which is very good but those bruises are going to hurt like hell, please excuse my language. So don't hesitate to take the pain medications that I prescribed you."
Jin Liwei could only grunt in assent. It hurt like a son of bitch, but fortunately he could feel that the pain meds were starting to slowly kick in.
"Your second brother is in the middle of performing a surgery right now, but I already instructed someone to inform him when he's done that you're here. I'm sure that he'll see you later."
"There's no need to do that but thank you, Doctor," Jin Liwei said, already feeling slightly better from the pain meds.
"You're welcome. Rest here for now. I'll come back later after I receive the results of your other medical tests. You don't need to stay here at the hospital overnight, but you need to carefully follow my home-care instructions if you want to recover as quickly as possible."
Jin Liwei nodded and moved to lie down on his stomach on the bed while the doctor talked to Xu Tian next. He couldn't wait for the doctor and nurses to leave so that he could call his baby girl who was most likely freaking out right now. He needed to reassure her that he was now safe.
Ketchup had immediately informed Iris right after he got injured, despite there having no surveillance cameras in the area where the accident occurred. The cat AI had her own unique methods programmed by her creator mother, the great hacker Drakon.
Right now, his company was investigating the accident. After all, the President-CEO was injured. Even without being told, he was certain that his hacker wife and cat daughter were also performing their own investigation from afar. With two computer geniuses like them, he should learn about what really caused the accident soon.
He also requested the hacker mother and daughter's help in suppressing the news about his accident from spreading to the public, in addition to his company's efforts to do the same thing. This was to prevent any hidden vultures from taking advantage of the situation and using his injury to pull him down from his lofty position. The malicious ones would probably even accuse Jin Corporation for not following proper safety protocols because of the accident and splash mud all over his company's reputation.
As the company head, there was no way he was going to allow any of these to happen. He always ensured that all Jin Corporation projects followed strict safety protocols. Accidents happened in the past but nothing major and always through no direct fault of his company. He was hoping that this time was no different.
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Chapter 723 - Lifelong Deb
There was no use fretting about the real cause of the accident at the moment. All Jin Liwei could do was wait until the investigation results were out. Only then could he decide what the appropriate thing to do next.
When the accident happened earlier, everything was in chaos. The construction site was located in a rural area out of town. It was a place that Jin Corporation predicted would prosper in the future, so his company decided to spend an enormous fortune to develop it right now in the hopes of being the first ones to reap the biggest rewards when the time came.
Because the area was so underdeveloped, there were no hospitals or any good modern clinics nearby. If this was a normal situation, there was no need to worry about it because there were always some medical practitioners hired to be on duty in all construction projects funded by Jin Corporation. The problem this time was that the one injured was Jin Liwei, the President-CEO.
The nurse on-site immediately became intimidated in front of him, the big boss, that she almost forgot her medical training at the beginning. It was only when she calmed down a few minutes later that she started patching him up before recommending him to go to a hospital and see a doctor.
Since there were no hospitals or clinics nearby, Jin Liwei decided to return to the city. It was a good thing that he took the helicopter to come to the out of town construction site, so he took it again to fly straight to the city hospital where his Second Brother Wang Yingjie worked. It was a painful ride but nothing he couldn't handle. He knew that his baby girl experienced far worse injuries in the past, like that car accident that sent her into coma for the first time and that bomb incident which almost sent his soul flying out of his body when he first heard about it.
"President," Xu Tian called, interrupting Jin Liwei's thoughts.
From his position on the bed where he was lying on his stomach, Jin Liwei looked at his assistant who was still being poked and prodded by the doctor. [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you're not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It's very discouraging to see thieves profitting from my hard work. Please read this novel on W e b n o v e l. Thank you! -Arria Cross]
"I'm so sorry, sir," Xu Tian said, his face filled with guilt. "If you didn't save me, you wouldn't have beenâ"
"You've apologized to me so many times already. I don't want to hear about it anymore."
"But sirâ"
"It's my decision to save you and I don't regret it. I know that if our situations were reversed, you would also save me."
"Of course. But that'sâ"
"Don't disturb me anymore. I need to rest," Jin Liwei said before closing his eyes.
Silence.
After a minute, Jin Liwei heard Xu Tian say, "Thank you very much for saving me, President. I owe you my life. This is a lifelong debt that I'll surely find a way to repay someday."
Jin Liwei opened his eyes and was about to reply when the door opened with a bang and a frantic figure rushed towards him. He immediately tried sitting up but froze and winced instead. However, he didn't give a damn about his pain at the moment. All he cared about right now was his baby girl who looked like she was about to rocket-launch herself to him if she could.
"Slow down, love."
She didn't hear him and even sped up.
"Don't run," he cautioned again.
"Liwei!" Iris exclaimed when she finally reached the bed. She looked like she wanted to throw herself at him but stopped after seeing the thick bandages covering his torso. Her eyes were filled with tears, but she was doing her best not to let them fall. She roved her eyes up and down his entire body as if trying to make sure that all his limbs were still attached to where they were supposed to be.
Jin Liwei tried sitting up again.
"Be careful!" Iris' voice was shrill. She reached out and helped him sit up on the bed.
"I'm fine, love. Don't treat me like a fragile old man with creaky bones."
She didn't speak, only giving out a pained sound from her tight throat. Behind her, Dom also entered the room and closed the door behind him. Jin Liwei only gave the also teary Dom a perfunctory nod before focusing his entire attention on his distraught baby girl.
When Jin Liwei finally managed to sit on the edge of the bed, she framed his head between her hands, holding his face with extreme gentleness. His cheeks could feel the tremor of her hands. He placed both of his hands over hers, trying to calm her down with his touch. The rapid rise and fall of her chest and her pale complexion indicated how worried she was. And in turn, it worried him seeing her like this. But before he could once again reassure her that he was fine, she turned her head and spoke to the doctor who was still inside the room.
"Doctor, what's my fiancé's condition?"
Jin Liwei saw his baby girl visibly pale even further than she already was when the doctor explained everything to her without sugarcoating anything. He couldn't stop himself from interrupting because she looked like she was going to have a heart attack any moment now.
"It sounds serious with all the medical terms the doctor is using," he said. "But actually, the bruises are the worst of it. I'll heal soon, so don't worry anymore."
She turned her head back at him. Her nostrils flared as she glared. "Don't worry?! You're telling me don't worry?!!"
"That's not what Iâ"
"I already told you this morning before you left home to be careful, didn't I?!" Her voice became shriller and shriller the more words flew out of her mouth. "You said that you'll be fine but then I receive a call saying that you got into an accident! Do you know how frightened I was?! And now that I see you, you're like a mummy covered in bandages!! How can you tell me not to worry?!!!"
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Chapter 724 - Don't Do This To Me
Jin Liwei pulled his hysterical baby girl in his arms and wrapped her trembling body in a tight embrace. His face tightened to prevent himself from grimacing from the pain. He saw the doctor step forward, about to stop them from aggravating his injuries, but Jin Liwei shot a cold glare at the older man.
The doctor sighed and shook his head before silently excusing himself and the nurse from the room to give the couple some privacy. Xu Tian with his ugly wounds also followed suit and pulled Dom with him out of the room.
"Ssshh." Jin Liwei ran his hand up and down her back, trying to soothe her. "I'm sorry for worrying you. But look at me. I'm safe and alive. That's what's important."
His chest tightened in distress when he felt her tears soaking his shoulder. "I'm okay. I'll be okay. So please don't cry anymore."
"You...you can't die, Liwei," she cried, her voice shaky. "You can't! You're not allowed to die and leave me!"
"Yes, yes. I won't."
"I'll kill you if you die!"
His mouth twitched.
"I'm serious!"
"Yes, of course," he quickly said. "I know that you're serious."
"I d-don't want to be...a widow!" She was crying so hard now that she started to hiccup.
He inhaled sharply hearing her words which shot straight to his heart and filled it with a mixture of love and pain. Loveâfor positioning herself as his wife with such a serious and emotional tone even when they weren't officially married yet. And painâfor thinking of the possibility that he would leave her a widow so soon.
"I won't leave you," he swore to her in his most solemn voice.
That seemed to finally calm her down. The trembling of her body eased, and she started to relax in his embrace. Her tears also slowed down, no longer soaking his shoulder so much. He could still hear small whimpers escaping from her lips, though.
"I'm sorry," she whispered.
"What for?"
"You're the one injured so I should be the one taking care of you."
"Ssshh. Don't think too much. I'm fine." He kissed her hair.
"I love you."
He smiled. "I love you, too. So much."
She took a deep breath and inhaled his scent. Then she closed her eyes and melted in his arms. She now allowed herself to fully relax in their current positionâhe sitting on the edge of the bed and she leaning on him in his embrace between his legs. She murmured something but her voice was too soft for him to catch it.
"Did you say something?"
She didn't answer. Instead, her head lolled back at the same time her knees buckled. His arms caught her on instinct.
"Xiulan? Hey. What's happening to you?"
His heart stopped for a few beats before it started galloping inside his chest like it wanted to jump out. He looked down and her body sagged on him like a rag doll.
"Don't do this to me. Wake up, baby." He shook her and patted her cheeks but she didn't respond. His jerky movements caused his injuries to hurt but he didn't give a damn. His heart continued hammering, even as he grew increasingly frightened seeing her pallor and feeling the cold touch of her skin.
No.
This wasn't happening.
No, no, no.
Not again!
"Xiulan!"
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When Iris' eyes fluttered open, her mind felt hazy. She found herself lying on a bed and looking up at a white ceiling. Her brows furrowed in confusion at the unfamiliar place. [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you're not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It's very discouraging to see thieves profitting from my hard work. Please read this novel on W e b n o v e l. Thank you! -Arria Cross]
"Where am I?" she croaked before noticing that she was hooked to an IV drip. "What happened?"
The small bag of clear fluid hanging above was almost empty, indicating that she had been unconscious for quite some time. A tiny prick of pain also caught her attention from where a cotton ball and tape were stuck on her inner forearm. It looked like her blood was drawn.
"You're awake!" A shadow fell over her. "Thank God. I was so worried."
She looked at the person sitting on the bed beside her. It took a few seconds before her memory returned. She remembered feeling upset and crying in her man's arms. After losing control of her emotions which seemed to happen quite a lot lately, she somehow managed to calm down after being comforted by him. All she could feel after calming down was tremendous relief that her man returned to her safe and alive. As she relaxed in his embrace, the dizziness hit her and everything went black.
"Huh? What?" Her wandering mind returned to the present upon noticing that her man was talking to her.
"You said something just now when you woke up," Jin Liwei said. "It's in Russian, I think."
"Oh." She didn't realize that she spoke in Russian while her mind was not in a fully-awakened state yet. Jin Liwei could already recognize the language even though he couldn't understand it. He already got used to hearing her conversing with either her big brother or Ketchup in Russian whenever they felt like it.
When she didn't immediately answer, Jin Liwei didn't bother about it anymore. He was more concerned about her well-being.
"How are you feeling? The doctor said that you only lost consciousness and that you'll soon wake up. But I...I thought that you fell into coma again." His voice was hoarse and his eyes reddened.
Iris' chest tightened seeing him like this. She could feel the fear and worry for her emanating from him. What upset her even more was that he was supposed to be the patient today yet here she was lying on his hospital bed.
Why had she become so useless like this? It was so infuriating! Ugh! She wanted to punch something to ease her frustration.
They were interrupted when the door opened. Both of them looked over and saw Wang Yingjie walk inside wearing his white lab coat and holding a folder. They greeted each other.
Jin Liwei eyed the folder. "You have the test results?"
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Chapter 725 - Take Them Out Of Me
Iris sat up on the bed beside Jin Liwei. Then she looked at the two men, confused at what they were talking about. "What test results? Liwei's? I want to know what his test results say. Is he really fine?"
"No, not Third Brother's," Wang Yingjie replied. "His test results are all done and my colleague already conveyed it to Third Brother earlier. Don't worry because your man will be just fine after his bruises heal."
"Oh. That's good." Relief flooded her. She had already forgotten that she was feeling frustrated and even wanted to punch something before Wang Yingjie arrived. It was as if it never happened. Now she smiled at Jin Liwei who draped an arm over her shoulders.
Wang Yingjie continued talking. "These are yours, Xiulan. I'm glad that you're awake now because I prefer to tell the results to both of you together."
She frowned, feeling more confused than ever. "Mine?"
Wang Yingjie gave her an apologetic smile. "I took some of your blood while you were unconscious to conduct some tests."
"Why? Is there something wrong with me?" She paused and thought about it. "There must be something wrong with me, right? I've been feeling off lately. And I fainted just now. Second Brother, what are my test results? Please hurry and tell us."
Jin Liwei's arm tightened around her shoulders but she didn't bother with it. Both of them leaned forward to listen to Wang Yingjie announce her test results, whatever they may be. Sensing the weird atmosphere, she began to feel nervous. Was something really wrong with her health? [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you're not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It's very discouraging to see thieves profitting from my hard work. Please read this novel on W e b n o v e l. Thank you! -Arria Cross]
"Hmm." Wang Yingjie studied the two of them first. The couple felt too nervous that they missed the mischievous glint in their second brother's eyes before he quickly hid it. "I'll announce the results later."
"Second Brother," Jin Liwei growled.
Wang Yingjie ignored his third brother's dissatisfaction. "Let's do something else first. I'll remove your IV drip now, Xiulan. Then I'll take you to another place in the hospital."
"What about my test results?" Iris' curiosity burned, and in turn, worsened her nervousness into full-blown anxiety.
"I'll tell you later," Wang Yingjie said with his neutral doctor's smile.
His smile failed to reassure her at the moment, especially with the way he was acting so mysterious and refusing to announce her test results. It was making her think of the worst-case scenario. Maybe she was terminally ill and was going to die soon?
No!
She had already died once before. She already accepted her tragic fate in her past life, but there was no way that she was going to accept dying so soon in her current life. Leave Jin Liwei and make him a widower? Over her dead body!
Er, that was not the correct expression she wanted to use right now.
In any case, she didn't want to die just yet. She wanted to live a long life this time and enjoy a loving marriage with Jin Liwei and build a happy family together while also pursuing all of her dreams. Big dreams and small dreams, she was going to achieve all of them with Jin Liwei.
After the IV puncture on her hand was patched up, Wang Yingjie led the couple out of their private room. The hospital was big and busy but this special wing ensured privacy for VIPs like them. They arrived at a smaller room that had a familiar machine with a monitor.
"Lay on the examination bed, Xiulan," Wang Yingjie instructed before sanitizing his hands and snapping on a pair of gloves.
Iris glanced at Jin Liwei who somehow calmed down after entering the room and seeing all the equipment inside. He even looked like he already had an idea what was going on. Unfortunately, the same couldn't be said of Iris. Her confusion and anxiety were only growing stronger by the second. Her voice was shrill when she said, "Tell me what's really going on."
"Relax, Xiulan," Wang Yingjie said as he tinkered the controls of the machine. "You'll be just fine."
"Love, lie down on the bed," Jin Liwei said next in a gentle voice. "Second Brother is an excellent doctor. We can always trust him. Let's do as he says, alright?"
She opened her mouth to argue but finally relented after seeing her man's expression which oozed with reassurance. "Fine," she muttered before scolding Jin Liwei who moved to help her. "I can get on the bed by myself. Don't move too much or you'll aggravate your injuries!"
Thankfully, he didn't argue and allowed her to get on the bed by herself. He held her hand after she took a lying position on the bed. Both of them watched Wang Yingjie finish preparing.
"Uncover your stomach for me," he instructed.
She obeyed and flinched a little when Wang Yingjie squirted a generous amount of gel on her flat stomach. Good thing that it had been warmed up beforehand. It lessened the uncomfortable feeling as Wang Yingjie used the ultrasound transducer probe to spread the gel all over.
"I'll have to press a little hard," Wang Yingjie told her. "Bear with it for now. It'll be over soon."
She nodded and felt Jin Liwei give her hand a comforting squeeze.
Everyone was silent while Wang Yingjie glided the probe on Iris's abdomen down to her pelvis and clicked on the controls of the ultrasound machine. Iris waited with bated breath.
"Look here," Wang Yingjie said, finally breaking the nerve-wracking silence for Iris. He pointed at what looked like two small beans on the monitor. "You have one, two growths inside, Xiulan."
Her eyes widened with dread. "Two?! Are they dangerous? Second Brother, you're a surgeon. Take them out of me!"
Jin Liwei remained quiet and instead waited for his second brother to clearly explain everything.
Wang Yingjie gave another neutral smile. "I don't think you'll want me to take these two out."
"You can't take them out safely? They're that dangerous?" Iris was now starting to freak out.
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Chapter 726 - Title Is A Spoiler
"Second Brother, you're scaring Xiulan too much," Jin Liwei said. "Why don't you just tell us what's really going on?"
Wang Yingjie chuckled. "I think you already have an idea, Third Brother."
"En."
Iris looked back and forth between the two men. Seeing her man's demeanour which was the total opposite of hers, she also started to calm down. If Jin Liwei wasn't worried, she didn't have anything to worry about. She trusted him more than anyone else.
"Look here again." Wang Yingjie pointed at the ultrasound monitor. "This little bean here is Baby A and this other one is Baby B." Then he once again faced them and gave a big smile. "Congratulations. You two are going to become parents to twins in a few months."
Iris' mind went blank. "W-what?"
Wang Yingjie was calm as he told her, "Xiulan, you're pregnant. You're going to be a mother."
Her breath caught in her throat. She stared wide-eyed at the two little beans shown on the monitor with a mixture of shock and wonder. Then panic and fear rushed in, overwhelming her until her chest tightened and she felt suffocated.
"Breathe, love. Come on, breathe." Liwei swooped in and forced her to look at him with a firm touch. "Everything will be fine. Believe me. There's nothing to be afraid of. I'll be with you every step of the way."
She nodded because, yes, she believed in him. And it was all she could do at the moment because she was frozen speechless. Jin Liwei looked very calm, so she focused on him until she no longer felt like having a heart attack. His mere presence alone centred her and lightened the heavy emotions currently shaking her entire being. Afterwards, she noticed that he wasn't showing any emotions except for utter calmness.
Grabbing his hand, she couldn't help but ask, "Are you...happy?"
His lips only showed a small, restrained smile but the joy in his eyes couldn't be faked. It lit up his entire face and shot straight to her heart.
"En." He didn't add any other words but that didn't detract from the delight and excitement emanating from him.
His emotions were so infectious that Iris also started smiling. And when she finally smiled, Jin Liwei no longer restrained himself. He grinned like a man who just won the entire world and all the good things in it. They grinned at each other like two stupid idiots.
Iris turned to look at the monitor again. The two little beans didn't resemble anything human just yet, but Second Brother said that they were her babies. Her babies! Hers and Jin Liwei's.
It was as if the proverbial scales on her eyes fell off. All the signs and symptoms she had been experiencing in the past few daysânow everything made sense!
Perhaps she subconsciously rejected the idea that she might be pregnant even after experiencing all the tiredness, cravings for sweets, breast tenderness, and mood swings because just the thought alone of becoming a mother was enough to make her tremble in fear.
But now?
Her mind cleared.
She now realized how her fear narrowed the scope of her usual logic and made her completely misread why she was feeling so off lately. The fear shut down the possibility in her mind that she might be pregnant. It made her attribute all the signs and symptoms as mere results of exhaustion due to her busy work schedule. She mentally berated herself for not realizing that she was pregnant sooner.
Even when Dom, the household staff, and her bodyguards started treating her with extra care because Jin Liwei most likely hinted at them that she might be pregnant, she only brushed all these aside as her man acting overprotective and overthinking about her well-being as usual. [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you're not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It's very discouraging to see thieves profitting from my hard work. Please read this novel on W e b n o v e l. Thank you! -Arria Cross]
Her thoughts were interrupted when Jin Liwei leaned over and kissed her on the mouth. It was a messy kiss but she could feel his happiness through it. The kiss didn't last long because he once again forced her to look at him.
His expression was serious when he asked, "How about you? Are you happy?"
She didn't even think about it before nodding.
"Really?"
"Yes, really." She puckered her lips, asking for another kiss, hoping that it would make him stop doubting that she was also happy. He complied with her silent request and dipped down his head to give her a sweet peck on the lips.
"I'm glad," he murmured.
'I'm happy because you're happy,' she thought but didn't say out loud.
His gaze at her was filled with tenderness. "This babyâ"
"Babies," she corrected. "There are two of them."
He chuckled. "Yes, indeed. There are two babies. They're blessings to us, love. We're going to become so much happier when they join our family, I promise."
"I hate to interrupt your moment but let's wipe the gel off from Xiulan's belly and cover her up first," Wang Yingjie said. "I don't want her exposed to the cold especially right now that we've confirmed she's pregnant. We need to be extra careful with her health because the first trimester is the most dangerous."
Jin Liwei instantly became serious. He took the paper towel from his second brother and wiped Iris' belly himself. After he was done, he bent down and gave her still flat abdomen a loud, smacking kiss and a gentle rub.
"Hello, babies. I'm your dad. Be good and grow healthy inside there. Don't bother your mom too much, alright? We're very excited to meet you."
Iris' eyes reddened. Watching him talking to her belly like this, it was now beginning to really sink in that she was really pregnant. That she was going to be a mother. It was really happening!
The fear was still there, but seeing her man's joy and excitement tamped the negative feeling down. With Jin Liwei beside her, she felt like she could do anything.
And if she was going to be a mother, then so be it.
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Chapter Title: Pregnant
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Chapter 727 - Role Swap
The three left the ultrasound room and returned to Jin Liwei's private room together. Wang Yingjie finally showed the couple Iris' positive pregnancy test result.
"I guess your appointment with me on the weekend is no longer needed," Wang Yingjie said.
Iris was too absorbed reading every word of her test result to respond, so Jin Liwei thanked his second brother on behalf of them.
"Second Brother, we owe you one," he said. "I know that your schedule is packed with surgeries but you still made time for us."
"You're welcome, Third Brother. Don't worry about it. We're family. But from here on, it's best for an OB-GYN to start looking after Xiulan now that we've confirmed that she's indeed pregnant. I'm a surgeon so prenatal care is not my specialty."
Jin Liwei nodded. "I understand. We'll do that."
"If you're not satisfied with Xiulan's current OB-GYN given that you haven't seen that doctor and came to me instead ever since you started suspecting that she might be pregnant, I can refer you to someone else who I'll guarantee will be very discreet."
Iris replied before Jin Liwei could do so. "Yes, let's do that. Thank you, Second Brother."
Since he was already there, Wang Yingjie gave Iris a general check-up. She suddenly remembered something and brought it up with a concerned expression. [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you're not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It's very discouraging to see thieves profitting from my hard work. Please read this novel on W e b n o v e l. Thank you! -Arria Cross]
"I sensed that Liwei had been suspecting that I've been pregnant all along, but the idea was completely erased from my mind because I thought I menstruated last week. Yes, it was very light but I still bled. It didn't concern me that time because my periods have been highly irregular since I woke up from my one-year coma. Now that I know I'm pregnant, I'm worried that I bled like that."
Wang Yingjie wrote on Iris' file. His calm demeanour didn't change as he reassured her. "Your baby twins look healthy when we checked them via ultrasound earlier. There's no need to worry, Xiulan. You and your babies are fine. Some women may experience light bleeding during pregnancy, especially in the first trimester, and it's usually not something to be too concerned about. But the next time it happens, have your OB-GYN check to ensure that you and your babies are safe."
Both Iris and Jin Liwei nodded. They listened like attentive students when Wang Yingjie began the mandatory doctor's lecture on the dos and don'ts during pregnancy. This was especially true for Jin Liwei. He even grabbed a hospital-provided notepad and pen on the bedside table to take notes. With how he was acting and asking all kinds of questions, it was as if he was the one who was pregnant and not Iris.
Wang Yingjie had his professional doctor's expression yet his eyes revealed his amusement at how his third brother was acting. He turned to Iris. "How about you, Xiulan? Do you have any questions that you want to ask?"
She thought for a moment. "Is it safe to have sex during pregnancy?"
Jin Liwei froze but quickly turned to face Wang Yingjie again and leaned forward on his seat towards him. It was obvious that he also wanted to know.
Wang Yingjie had to take a few seconds to control his expression. Fortunately, his professionalism as a doctor kicked in and he was able to prevent himself from snickering. This couple amused him to no end.
First, his third brother was acting like he was the who was pregnant with all his fussy questions. These questions were typically asked by the woman. Not always, but most of the time. And then when Iris finally decided to open her mouth, she asked the one question that a man would usually ask.
Their interesting role swap was tempting Wang Yingjie to tease the couple, but he eventually decided against it. He could sense the couple's nervousness, and in Iris' case, he could feel genuine terror. He didn't know exactly whyâthere could be a million reasonsâbut neither did he want to know. Yes, they were basically family but it was none of his business. And he didn't want to pry. He was certain that the couple could resolve their own issues by themselves without needing other people's interference.
When he was sure that he wouldn't burst out laughing, Wang Yingjie finally answered Iris' question. "You have a tendency to faint, Xiulan, so keep that in mind and be extra careful. But overall, you're quite healthy and fit, not to mention you're still young and have a lot of energy. So yes, it's safe to have sex while you're pregnant."
Both Iris and Jin Liwei looked relieved which only made Wang Yingjie more amused.
"Thank goodness," Iris said. "I'll probably go crazy if you told us that we can't have sex. Now that I think about it, I noticed that my sex drive has increased recently. I find myself craving for Liwei in the oddest of times. It's terribly distracting especially when I'm working."
Jin Liwei cleared his throat and shifted on his seat.
"That's normal. Some women experience either a decrease or an increase in their libido during pregnancy. It looks like you're one of those whose libido spikes up." On the outside, Wang Yingjie maintained his professional yet casual tone, but on the inside, he was enjoying his third brother's discomfort at his pregnant fiancée's straightforwardness. But regardless of his close relationship to the couple, at the end of the day, he was still a doctor and one who was always serious at doing his job well. Thus, he needed to be thorough like always in advising his patients. And in this case, his patient was Iris.
"I see no reason of stopping your sex life, but you also must not forget that you're pregnant now, Xiulan. You and Third Brother need to be careful. Just do it normally. Don't be too rough."
Jin Liwei opened his mouth but Iris beat him to it. She looked so serious when she asked, "Can you please be more specific on what you mean by 'too rough'?"
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Chapter 728 - How Rough Is Too Rough
"Xiulan, I don't think we need to ask that question," Jin Liwei said in a low voice while shifting on his seat and looking absolutely uncomfortable.
Iris faced him and tilted her head to the side. "Why do you say that? Second Brother said that we can do it normally but also not be too rough. But that's the issue, isn't it? We normally do it rough. You're quite rough in bed but we've always liked it that way. That's why we need to ask for clarification so that we know exactly how rough is too rough."
The couple didn't see Wang Yingjie's startled expression at Iris' revelation. He wasn't surprised by her bluntness because he already got used to it. What he was surprised about was discovering how his third brother was like in bed. This time, it took him longer before his expression recovered. His gaze became pensive when he looked at his third brother again.
As if not seeing Jin Liwei's stern warning glare at her, Iris faced Wang Yingjie again and insisted on continuing to talk about this topic. "You see, Second Brother, Liwei is like a wild bear in bed so I want to knowâ"
"Xiulan, stop it!" Jin Liwei couldn't take it anymore. He pulled her to him and locked her in his arms before covering her mouth with a hand. Then he turned to Wang Yingjie. "Second Brother, ignore what she's saying. You don't need to concern yourself about this stupid topic anymore. I know what to do."
Iris pulled his hand off that was covering her mouth, and then glared at him. "What did you do that for? I was just asking Second Brother who is a doctor a legitimate question. How rude of you to tell him to ignore my concern which by the way is both of our concern! You even went so far as to cover my mouth!"
He didn't back down. "I already told you that I don't like others knowing about our sex life."
"But Second Brother is a doctor!"
"I don't care. The details of our sex life are private. Others aren't allowed to know about it except the two of us. Do you understand, Xiulan?"
She pursed her lips and threw him an unhappy look. "I see. So this is how you treat me after getting me pregnant. Do you intend to scold me all the time from now on?"
Jin Liwei looked up at the ceiling in exasperation. When he faced her again and saw her teary eyes, the exasperation turned to helplessness. Although he understood that her hormones were the main culprit for making her act this way, he couldn't help but dread how he was going to have to deal with these extreme mood swings in the foreseeable future.
'Patience, Liwei. You need patience and compassion. Remember that she's now carrying your babies! You need to be patient and understanding as much as possible.'
Repeating these words in his head helped him somewhat calm down, despite his own temper not being the best right now because of his body's current battered state. But first things first.
"Don't cry, love," he murmured as he loosened his locked arms around her into a gentle embrace.
"I'm not crying. My eyes are doing it on their own. This is so annoying!" She huffed but her body was already beginning to melt in his arms.
"I know. It's okay. Don't worry about it." He continued soothing her, doing everything he could to prevent this onset of another mood swing. His current energy reserves wouldn't be able to handle it if she raged at him right now.
The two of them were interrupted when the forgotten Wang Yingjie cleared his throat to get their attention. [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you're not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It's very discouraging to see thieves profitting from my hard work. Please read this novel on W e b n o v e l. Thank you! -Arria Cross]
"Sorry that you have to witness us like this, Second Brother," Jin Liwei said.
Wang Yingjie only waved a dismissive hand, gesturing for him not to worry about it. However, he couldn't stop himself from thinking about what he just heard. Even if he was a doctor, he admitted that it was still quite a shocker to discover this much information about how his third brother was like in bed.
His third brother was like a wild bear in bed? Good grief!
Jin Liwei certainly didn't look like it. Wang Yingjie always thought that his third brother would be a thorough yet restrained lover, focused more on calculating the best way to pleasure his partner, because that was the way he was in his lifeâcold and in control of himself. Wang Yingjie never imagined that his third brother would actually be so untamed and fierce in bed.
Ah, it really was true that you discovered something new everyday.
Iris had also calmed after Jin Liwei's effective soothing. "Yes, please don't mind how impolite we acted in front of you just now. Liwei is just being shy again."
Jin Liwei's expression turned black but he pressed his lips hard together to prevent himself from retorting. He didn't want a repeat of the earlier scene in front of his second brother.
Wang Yingjie didn't stop himself from chuckling this time. Before this, "shy" was never a word he would use to describe his third brother. But seeing him now, Iris had it right if the red tips of Jin Liwei's ears were any indication. Who would've thought?
Although Wang Yingjie wanted to tease his third brother right now, they were still in his workplace. Iris' blunt and revealing words may be the most amusing thing he had heard today but he still needed to do his job as a doctor.
"There's no need to go into further details about your sex life," he said to both of them but was actually talking more to Iris. "But since you likened Third Brother to a wild bear, I say that's too rough. To be on the safe side, I suggest no rough plays at all for your entire first trimester."
"Oh. Okay." Iris looked disappointed, but she still turned to Jin Liwei. "Darling, you heard Second Brother. He says you can't be rough with me during my first trimester."
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Chapter 729 - Cancel The Wedding?
Jin Liwei's only response was a grunt. There was a part of him that wanted to argue against his baby girl's insistence that he was always rough in bed. What did she mean by that? It wasn't "always" but"most of the time". There was a difference.
It seemed that she was already forgetting that he had been quite gentle with her during their recent bouts of morning sex because he didn't want to exhaust her too much especially since she had such a busy schedule lately. Also, ever since his condom tore during their wild sex in his office, he had been extra careful with her not only in bed but also in their regular daily lives because of the possibility that he might have already impregnated her that time.
And he was right. She indeed became pregnant.
But if he argued with her right now using these points, she would probably just bring up what happened this morning when she woke him up inside her mouth. The scene of how rough he had her deep-throat him this morning in bed was still vivid in his mind.
There was no way in hell that he would give her the opportunity to discuss such private details of their sex life in front of his second brother even if Wang Yingjie was a trusted doctor and an extremely professional one at that.
If it was only general details that would help in necessary medical evaluations, then fine. That was acceptable. It was in the name of good health, after all. But telling his second brother about deep-throating and other explicit information about their bedroom activities was just too much!
Jin Liwei couldn't stomach divulging such details but he knew that his baby girl would have no problems with it whatsoever. If she really wanted to talk about their sex life so much, then they could discuss it all she wanted but only if they were alone. For him, it was their business and no one else's.
"Xiulan, please. That's enough," he said in a strained voice. Then he released a heavy sigh and began massaging his temples in exhaustion.
Iris finally shut her mouth upon seeing him like this. Worry was etched in her brows. [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you're not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It's very discouraging to see thieves profitting from my hard work. Please read this novel on W e b n o v e l. Thank you! -Arria Cross]
Now that his baby girl stopped talking about their sex life, Jin Liwei felt relieved. Good. The conversation finally seemed to be over.
Or so he thought.
Wang Yingjie, still wearing his neutral doctor expression, just had to say, "I almost forgot to mention that since Third Brother is currently injured, absolutely no sex is allowed until he heals first. This way, you can be assured that both of you will be safe from accidentally harming yourselves while in the throes of passion."
The couple froze.
Iris looked crestfallen. Jin Liwei's expression wasn't any better.
"Will I heal in time for our wedding and honeymoon?"
"Possibly, but only if you focus on healing," Wang Yingjie said.
Iris butted in. "Okay, that's it. You're taking time off from work, Liwei. Either you focus on healing or we'll cancel the wedding."
"No!" Jin Liwei glared at her. "Cancel the wedding? Absolutely not!"
"Not cancel. Just reschedule it, maybe next year."
"No. We're not cancelling or rescheduling it. We'll have our wedding on the day we planned it and that's final."
She pursed her lips at him. "It's not only up to you. Both of us need to agree. And I say that you need to heal from your injuries first. If not, then no wedding this year."
"Xiulan," he growled. "My babies are not going to be born out of wedlock."
Her face twisted in anger. She was about to call him out for being too old-fashioned when she remembered that she had an older brother who was much worse. So she closed her mouth and swallowed the words she was about to say.
Seeing her restraining herself, Jin Liwei's face and tone gentled. "Love, I want to give you a special and memorable wedding day, that's why we're having the ceremony and not just going to the Civil Affairs Bureau. I don't want to delay our wedding any longer, especially right now that you're pregnant. It is best for us to marry before we welcome our twins to this world. Don't you think so, too?"
She sighed, unable to deny him when he was so eager for them to marry. However, she still offered a compromise. "Fine, we'll marry this year. But let's keep our wedding date flexible. I'm sure that you'll heal before the year ends, right? We can marry, then. There's no need to marry on the exact date we planned. We can delay it for a few days, even a few weeks, as long as it's this year. Happy?"
"En. Sounds good," he told her but inside, he thought, 'I don't want to delay it even for a few days. I'll make sure to heal in time for our original wedding date.'
"I hate to interrupt again when you're having such a serious discussion but we need to finish up soon," the forgotten Wang Yingjie said. "Both of you need to rest. Xiulan, you're pregnant now. Remember that it's no longer just yourself you need to take care of but also the babies inside you. Third Brother, you need to focus on healing if you want to have your wedding as scheduled. And as for me, I honestly need to sleep soon. I have to wake up early because I have another big surgery scheduled tomorrow morning."
Soon after, they bid goodbye to each other. Iris and Jin Liwei left the hospital through a secret entrance. They rode in the car's backseat while Dom sat in the front beside the driver. Jin Liwei had someone send Xu Tian home earlier. He instructed his assistant to rest and granted him a temporary leave from work (paid, of course).
Inside the car, Iris showed Dom the printed ultrasound photos. Her fear of becoming a mother was drowned by excitement.
"Look. These are my babies! I'm going to have twins, Dom. Can you believe it?"
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Chapter 730 - Monkeys And Bulldogs, Gorillas And Warthogs
"These are OUR babies. WE'RE going to have twins." Jin Liwei corrected Iris but she and Dom didn't hear him in their excitement. Ignored to the side, Jin Liwei could only watch their lively interaction.
Dom burst into tears upon looking at the ultrasound photos. "Wuwuwu! Boss, I knew it! You're really pregnant! And with twins! Uwah! I'm so happy for you and sir boss. Look at them. Your babies are so tiny and so cuuuuuute~"
"Cute? Where?" Iris took the photos back from Dom and studied them carefully. She tilted her head to the side as her brows drew together in concentration. Even though she knew that they were her babies, all she could see right now were two indistinct little blobs. Tiny, sure. But cute? She failed to see that. At least, right now.
Still feeling confused, she showed them to Jin Liwei. "Are they really cute?"
"En," he immediately said with a nod. "Very cute."
His response made her even more confused. Dom asked for the photos again so she handed them to him. She contemplated on their reactions while Dom and Ketchup who appeared on the car's dashboard monitor oohed and aahed together at the "cute twins".
Were they seeing something that she couldn't? Or was this proof that she was going to become a bad mother for failing to see the cuteness of her own babies?
As if reading her mind, Jin Liwei pulled her close to him. "Wait until they come out. Then you'll see how cute our babies are. They're going to be so cute and beautiful, just like you, their mom."
His words immediately made her feel better. She nodded and smiled at him. "Maybe they'll look like you."
"Maybe." His lips curved up. "Or maybe they'll look like a mixture of the two of us."
She nodded and felt her excitement increasing inside her. "Or maybe one will look like you and the other will look like me!"
"That's possible."
"Oh, Liwei. Now I really want to see what they'll look like!"
He kissed her forehead. "Me, too. We'll meet them by next year. We're going to have beautiful babies, love. I just know it."
"No matter what they'll look like, I'll love them," she swore. "It's okay if they're not cute or beautiful. Even if they look like monkeys or bulldogs, I'll still love them because they're our babies. Yours and mine."
Jin Liwei glazed over for a bit. Monkeys and bulldogs? What the...? How could she say that about their babies? Even if it was only said in a hypothetical manner, it was still a bit too...unkind.
"What they look like doesn't matter. Right, darling?" Then she finally noticed his weird expression. Her face fell. "Or do you care that much about their appearance? You won't love them anymore if they're ugly?"
"Huh? What are you talking about?!" he demanded. Her words had forced him to regain his senses. Then he saw her sad expression.
Was she going to have another mood swing?
Shit.
"Of course I'll love them," he quickly said. "You don't have to worry about that. I guarantee that I'll love all our children, both cats and humans alike, no matter what they look like. Even if they look like...uh, like gorillas or warthogs, I'll love them all the same and raise them to the best of my ability as their dad."
He observed her, waiting for her expression to improve. But contrary to his expectation, her lips began trembling instead. WHY?!!!
"You're so mean, Liwei. How could you say that our children might look like gorillas and warthogs? You can't say that. You'll hurt their feelings!"
He stared at her open-mouthed and in utter disbelief. How did their conversation devolve to this? HOW?!!!
Tears glistened in her eyes. Then she looked at him with fierce determination. "I don't know how I'll perform as a mother, but I...I promise that I'll do my best to be a good one. I'm scared of failing...b-but I already know that I'll love our babies, even if you, their dad, think that they're ugly!"
What. The. Hell?
Jin Liwei couldn't believe what he was hearing. When did he say that their babies were ugly? Someone enlighten him, please. Wasn't he the one who said that their babies were going to be cute and beautiful?
And correct him if he was wrong, but he wasn't the one who started this whole conversation about loving their babies even if they looked like monkeys and bulldogs. He only followed her example and mentioned gorillas and warthogs without much thought, but apparently that was totally unacceptable. And now he was being branded as a shallow father who only cared about having cute children and despised ugly ones.
Also, why did she just focus on the part about the gorillas and warthogs? Did she not hear him declaring his love for all their children, cats and humans alike?
"Love, it's not like that at all!" He needed to defend himself. There was no way he would allow her to think like this. [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you're not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It's very discouraging to see thieves profitting from my hard work. Please read this novel on W e b n o v e l. Thank you! -Arria Cross]
A tear slid down from the corner of her eye, causing an immediate tightening in his chest. Shit. These mood swings were going to be the death of him.
He thought that he was already experienced in dealing with his baby girl's mood swings which happened a few times before when she had really bad cases of PMS. But starting from last night and today, her current mood swings went up on a whole another level. It was like expecting a fierce tigress but getting a fucking Tyrannosaurus rex instead.
Another tear slid down from her other eye. Shit, shit, shit!
He pulled her to his arms and embraced her tightly. To hell with his injuries which were starting to hurt like a son of a bitch again. What to do? His second brother said that upsetting a pregnant woman was a big no-no. He wracked his brain, looking for ways to comfort her.
'Kiss her!' a voice shouted inside his mind.
Yes! Finding the right words of comfort might fail, but seducing her with a kiss almost always worked in distracting her.
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