Lena stiffened momentarily, her mind in a daze. This was not the first time Chris had suggested going home to meet his parents and discuss marriage. Previously, when he had brought it up, she had found excuses to avoid the conversation. But this time, she did not know what excuse she could use.

Chris' gaze dimmed slightly. "Lenny, don't you want to come home with me?"

Lena bit her lip, her heart pounding. The more these moments came up, the less she could find the right words to say.

Chris was getting anxious. "Don't you want to marry me?"

Of course, Lena wanted to! She just was unable to say it.

Sometimes, she really disliked her personality—introverted, keeping everything inside, as if she were deliberately resisting communication with the outside world.

Chris took a deep breath and slowly let go of his hand around her waist. He turned away from her. When he turned back, he met her sparkling eyes. In those eyes, he glimpsed a moment of timidity, a side of Lena he had never seen before.

His heart clenched, and he stepped forward to hold her tightly.

"I know what you're worried about," he whispered gently in her ear. "Don't be afraid. I'm here for everything."

in Lena's eyes, and her hands

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newborn from before. She

her every day—even her effort while sucking on

smile exclusive to grandfathers. "Little Sephy takes after me! They say the apple doesn't fall far from

no longer wanting to argue with

moment, though, Linda

be like you? Our Sephy is a princess. How can it be

Nicholas and could not help

Zuko came

her meal had arrived. She pursed her little mouth and

to soothe

the beginning to now being able to handle it easily, he knew exactly how

a harder time than him. At most, he took care of the child, but his wife had

use a breast pump to store milk in preservation bags, ready to be heated and fed to the

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