The news of Pierre's retirement offered Selena the solace she had been seeking, and that rendered her tantrum pointless.

A week later, she was discharged from the hospital, and life seemed to have gone back to normal.

It was a quiet night when Pierre pressed his right ear against Selena's baby bump, waiting patiently for even the slightest of fetal movement. However, the baby was adamant about staying still. Growing tired of being in that position, Pierre finally sat up and gave up on the waiting.

"What's wrong with the baby?"

"There's nothing wrong with the baby. Maybe he just doesn't like you," Selena teased, then quirked her lips in amusement.

The three musketeers had also taken a liking to listening for fetal movements. Jameson, for one, had dashed over to Selena and was gently caressing the baby bump while saying, "Hello, baby. It's Jamie here. Did you miss me?"

The baby quickened, and the movement could be seen beneath the skin of Selena's belly.

Delighted, Jameson let out a laugh as he exclaimed, "The baby misses me! The baby misses me!"

Juniper, on the other hand, whispered, "Baby, it's me, your sister. I promise we'll have a lot of fun together when you come out."

The baby moved as soon as she was done speaking, and she squealed happily. "It moved! It moved! The baby heard what I said!"

Then, it was finally Joaquin's turn, and he was gazing at the baby bump intently as he said in a tender voice, "Baby, it's me, your big brother."

the baby responded with subtle

this point, Pierre began to

she saw how crestfallen he looked. "Maybe the baby's not moving because it's not used to hearing your voice. I'm sure he won't be scared anymore after

back, the mission of tucking the kids into bed at night fell upon his shoulders, but while he treated

to get Juniper to fall asleep that he retreated into the bedroom, whereupon he saw Selena getting ready

a shower," she said when

me," he replied

brought it into the bathroom with him. As such, she got out of the bed to pass him the towel. "Pierre, you forgot your towel," she called as

moment, the shower curtain was drawn closed with a loud swoosh, making

you

all these years of being husband and wife, she could barely count the times they had seen each other's bodies. There was no need for

On the contrary, he was comfortable enough in his own to walk around the

sw novel

peeping at me," he

flatter yourself! As if I would

hand shot out from the corner

towel from her. She opened her mouth as though to say something but then thought better of it and decidedly left the bathroom

she sat on the bed, and she couldn't help but feel as

emerged from the bathroom, she saw that he

he said gently, burrowing into bed after drying his hair. He carefully pulled her into his arms and murmured, "I'll

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