Chapter 0314

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“There we go, little one.” he said in a soft voice. “We’ll have you all clean and comfy in no time.”

I must have made a sound because Noah looked up, his eyes meeting mine in the doorway. “Did you need something, Hannah?”

I shook my head, still trying to process what I was witnessing. I wanted to pinch myself to see if it was real. “How… how do you know how to do this?” I blurted out.

Noah shrugged, his focus returning to Olivia as he fastened the fresh diaper. “As soon as I found out you were pregnant, I started reading everything I could find. Books, articles, YouTube videos–you name it, I’ve probably watched or read it.”

“But it’s only been a few weeks.”

“That’s plenty of time to get my research done.”

He lifted Olivia into his arms, cradling her against his chest. She cooed happily, blowing little spit bubbles on his shirt, which–once again, to my utter surprise–didn’t faze Noah in the slightest.

“but I wanted to get a head start. I thought it

stared at him, open–mouthed, completely unable

“What?” he asked.

to

enough to learn all this.” I admitted. “I figured you’d just expect me or a nanny to

slightly, a hint of hurt flashing in his eyes. “Hannah, of course I care. It will be my child too. I believe a father should take on at least half of the childcare,

a pregnancy–the physical pain, the hormonal changes, and then there’s the matter of labor, which is some of the


a man can do is step up and make a mother’s life as comfortable and easy as possible. It’s the bare minimum for all that work she does bringing a child

embarrassment and shock washing over me. I didn’t know what to say–not that it mattered, anyway, because he was already brushing

steps stumbling behind him as I

wrap

my

resumed our places at the table, Lily looked at us with

felt my cheeks flush, the heat rising to my face as I mumbled, “He’s really good

preoccupied with the new side of Noah I was encountering. Was this kindness always there, hidden beneath his seemingly cold exterior? Or was this a recent

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