His Wife (A Contract Marriage Story) by Heer Mangtani

Chapter 78

SOPHIA

3 days later:

“I know he’s just born, but he looks just like Gabriel,” Alice sighed dreamily, pointing at the glass of the incubator.

Tired as I was after a labor that lasted almost eight hours, I smile Even two days of rest wasn’t enough after that, because I spent every minute worrying about my little ones who were both in the NICU for being born early. The doctor reassured me saying the incubators were just a precaution and they were both going to be just fine, but I worried.

And, I was exhausted already.

As if understanding what Alice was saying, he blinks his brown eyes that he undoubtedly gets from his father. It wasn’t just the eyes, but also the nose, the jaw… two days old, and he looked just like his father already.

“He does, I pouted. I carry him for eight months and he comes out looking just like his father?

Well, at least I had my little girl. I smile at the thought, watching her sleep peacefully. She was the tinier one, the baby whose growth was restricted.

“You can name her Alice after me, you know.” My best-friend teases, “I would absolutely be honoured.”

1 giggle.

“I did think of names when I found out I was pregnant. I tell her “I’m just having doubts now.”

“Take your time.” She talks to me while cooing at the baby inside the incubator. “I can’t wait to hold you. Yes, you! I’m going to spoil you so much all the time. I love you”

1 giggle again. I was so utterly exhausted and I think this was the first time in the past two days that they were both resting. but I didn’t feel like sleeping. I wanted to bask in the quiet moments with them, in the loud moments with them, in everything, every second.

It still felt unreal that I had two little ones.

“I think I’m just going to go with the names I have thought.”

Alice’s eyes twinkle. “Finally, I wouldn’t have to call them baby boy and girl.”

say, eyeing my little girl. “Aurora Baker

repeats after me, “That’s

deepens.

Whitlock.” She smiles,

tells me, his wrinkled face displaying a rare smile. “Since it’s been two days and you and your

the moment his words register. “Why? Is she not

hand reaches mine, and I grip

1/3

just fine too,” he tells me, “But as you know, her growth was

nod, passing him

will stay here, I assume you wouldn’t

head. “Of

you like to be shifted to

this NICU room for the rest of the week, but Alex needed space too. Once he is out of the incubator, I couldn’t make him stay with me in this make-shift little

was just two days old after

bed while Aurora stays in the incubator so that I

dawns over me. I paid for this room and the birth with Gabriel’s card which he had thankfully not blocked yet, but I was sure he would have done that now that I made a transaction of thousands of dollars. I was so glad he didn’t call the bank

of me on my hospital bed, and I

I tell her, my

be by your side pomatter what and you

all night long when I was too tired

in

more, I’ll ju a loan or something.” I

were up me, I would cut him off and never speak to

know,” I bite my lower lip. “Do you really think he did that? That Cabriel really asked him to

my children of a father and me of my husband just because it was him who was selfish

for himself Alice was pissed at Sam, and if her theory was remotely correct, pissed

those thoughts. “Yes. Just call him

to have gotten cranky. Luna was sitting

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placing him back in the incubator that he