Simona scratched her fingernails and remained silent with her head lowered.
“Are you afraid that the baby will steal mummy’s and daddy’s love for you?” He cupped Simona’s flushed face.
Simona lowered her eyes, and tear stains remained on her long eyelashes. She remained silent. Yes, she was afraid that mummy and daddy would love the baby more than her and no longer wanted her. Cormac hugged Simona in his arms. He stroked Simona’s back with his wide palm, “You are the child of daddy and mummy. How can we not like you? Daddy can’t even wait to give you the best we have.” “Really?” Simona raised her head.
He kissed her forehead, “Of course.”
“But if mummy gives birth to a little sister, then you’ll like her even more, won’t you?” When thinking that the baby in Loredana’ stomach might be a little sister, Simona became sad again. Her eyes became increasingly red.
“Why will I like the little sister more? Aren’t you daddy’s kid? Cormac coaxed her with great patience.
“But you clearly cared more about the baby in mummy’s stomach just now.” Simona still didn’t believe in Cormac.
“I actually care about your mother. Of course, I love that little unborn baby as well. But do you know why I have to be careful?”
Simona sniffed and asked, “Why?”
“The baby is still very, very small. If daddy and mummy don’t protect him carefully, he will leave us at any time.”
“Leave?” Simona blinked her eyes, “To where?”
She didn’t know what did this leaving mean.
“That is, he won’t come to this world. We can’t see him, and he can’t see us too.”
Simona fell into deep thought, and she seemed to understand what it meant in her heart.
Loredana pushed the door and came in at this time. Simona buried her face in Cormac’s arms and refused to look at Loredana when she saw her coming in.
Loredana walked over and took Simona’s hands in hers. Simona tried to retract her hands, but Loredana held them so tightly that she couldn’t get them out of Loredana’ grip. Her eyes turned red again.
Loredana took Simona’s hand and placed it on her stomach, “Simona, you were in mummy’s stomach like this before.”
Simona clenched her hand in a fist and was not willing to touch it.
“You know? Neither you nor your brother was expected or blessed children.”
Simona cried but not loudly. She laid in Cormac’s arms and was stifling her sobs.
“But, both of you are mummy’s baby. With you two, I can feel that I’m still alive, that my heart is still beating. I just know that what I am living for after I have you two by my side. Because of both of you, my world has become more colourful…”
Cormac Mendelsohn lifted his eyes to look at her, his eyes filled with inexpressible sincerity and distress.
He wasn’t there for her when she needed someone to take care of her.
‘It must have been hard for her to raise them alone.’
Simona Flores’s little fist was looser.
Loredana Flores’s voice was softer, “Even if after I will have many other babies, it would never replace my Simona and Samuel, because I can’t live without you.” Simona turned the head with a lump in her throat and looked at her.
Loredana reached out to wipe her tears and stroke gently her face with the fingers, “Simona is my little baby, mummy wants her to grow up, mummy also wants her to be a strong and brave child, because daddy and mummy can’t be with you forever. The world is so wonderful, there is still a long way to go and you need to go your own way. Mummy loves you, so she needs to be strict with you.”
Simona let go of her hand and touched her belly. It was still early, so she almost didn’t feel him. She sniffed her nose, “Is there really a little baby inside?”
Loredana bowed her head, her eyes filled with tenderness, and hugged her daughter, “Yes, also Simona was in mummy’s belly before and she grew up little by little.”
The little child was curious and reached out to touch, but she still didn’t feel him.
“In the future, Simona will become a big sister. The baby will be very little, and he will need to be cared by you before he can grow up.”
The little child’s face pressed against Loredana’ belly and rubbed against her clothes, “Am I the big sister?”
“Yes, you are the big sister.” Loredana smiled and rubbed her daughter’s hair. “My Simona grew up, she will attend primary school soon and she’s going to become a big sister. I remember when you were born, you were small, not so big, and I was afraid that I couldn’t raise you.”
The little child hugged her tightly, “Mummy.”
“Do you remember what you ate to grow up when you were a child?” Loredana held her daughter’s face in her hands and looked at her.
“Remember?”
The little child nodded, “Yes.”
“Do you know what your brother ate to grow up?”
“Yes, I know. Mummy was afraid that I didn’t eat enough, so you gave breast feeding to me, and Samuel could only have milk powder.”
“So tell me, do you think mummy loves you?”
The little child laid silently in her arms and sobbed softly.
“Sorry…”
“You didn’t do anything wrong. I understand what you are worried about. No matter if it’s mummy or daddy, you are our sweetheart and nobody can replace you.”
The little child held Loredana’ hand more tightly.
Knock…
Victoria Forbis knocked on the door and stood on the doorway, “Dinner is ready, come to eat.”
Loredana hugged her daughter, “Okay, don’t cry anymore. You don’t look pretty when you cry.”
Simona wiped her face. “Mummy put me down. I don’t want the baby to leave.”
Loredana smiled and kissed her daughter’s face. “Mummy will be careful, but I want to give you a hug. You already grew up, so very soon I won’t be able to hug you. Now that I can still do it, I want to hug you again.”
The little girl nestled in her neck and felt so happy that her mum still loved her.
Cormac held her waist and told her, “Slow down.”
Loredana gave a sound of hum.
Victoria was also terrified. The signs of the miscarriage could easily reappear and she was afraid that she would have some accidents.
The study room was not too far from the dining room but Cormac’s heart still leapt with anxiety. The doctor told her not to go down to the ground, but not only she went down and walked, she was also holding that “little butterball”.
Although Simona was not fat, she was over fifteen kilos.
When they arrived at the dining room, Cormac took his daughter and put her on the chair.
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.