Chapter 379: Baby (3)
Everly felt that she hadn’t exactly been prepared to welcome a new life into the world. Yet strangely, whenever she thought about a baby hidden inside Kesuye’s brood pouch, her heart felt as though it had fallen into a pile of sun-warmed cotton. A warm, fluffy force seemed to hold her up, leaving her whole body light and buoyant, as if she might float away into the sky at any moment.
No matter what the baby looked like when it was born, she thought, she would love it dearly.
After all, it was the crystallization of her and Kesuye’s love.
Come to think of it, was their current home a little too small now? Should they expand it? Oh, right. Since they were going to have a baby, wouldn’t it be better to add another layer of railings around the balcony and windows? There weren’t any early-childhood books in the study. Maybe she could start buying picture books now. And clothes for the baby, too. She still didn’t know whether it would even be able to wear them, but there was certainly no harm in preparing some in advance…
The more she thought about it, the more urgent everything seemed. Everly suddenly sprang out of bed and spun around twice like an idiot. Then she checked the time.
Well, would you look at that—it was already ten at night.
And given how remote this gas station was, anything she wanted to do would have to wait until tomorrow.
So she climbed back into bed, leaned over Kesuye’s belly, and gazed down at it fondly for a long while. She carefully stroked it twice, then leaned over and gave it two little “mwah mwah” kisses. After that, she moved upward, gently tilted Kesuye’s pointed chin toward her, and planted several hearty kisses on the corners of his mouth.
She couldn’t help laughing as she kissed him.