My Extraordinary Wife

Chapter 1291 A Simple Life

Though she was already six months pregnant, she looked more radiant than the women in the village. Her skin was very fair, and only her belly was prominently raised. From the back, her waist was still slender, and only when you looked at her from the front you could tell she was pregnant.

Such a woman stood out like a sore thumb in their small village in the mountains.

Mitchell Waters was thirty-eight years old, yet he was still unmarried.

His family was destitute when he was a boy, and his parents were in poor health. It was not until he bid them both farewell that he became truly alone in the world.

They lived in a village by the river, where he made a living by fishing. He was diligent; owning a small boat, he would fish from dawn till dusk, and it earned him a decent income.

But time had slipped away. Those who should have settled down in the village already did so, and there were no more unmarried women his age.

Then, Sienna ended up in their village half a year ago. When he found out that the father of her child was no longer around, he started developing feelings for her.

Moreover, not only was Sienna beautiful, but she was also very kind.

Thus, his desire to spend more time with her grew stronger.

He often helped her by chopping firewood and delivering fish, flour, and oil.

the river were watching the two of them, and it made Sienna a little

to snatch the bucket from Mitchell. “You don't have to do this, Mitchell.

How are you going to carry water? I'm heading back anyway.

picked up the

either by drawing it directly or by carrying

water was crystal clear,

worse than when she was in the

honest, the village folks worked from

the idle chatter, she found it

preferring to spend her time alone in

she bought some fabric and sewed some clothes and a thin quilt for the baby—the

simple life in this backward little village from birth, filled her heart with waves

had taken away

stash of savings when she escaped. Dixon had never once mistreated her over her many years with the Haddock family, and she had managed

flaunt my wealth,

heart, however, was full of surprises. After running away from the Haddock family, she wandered, determined to settle in a remote

she was so exhausted that she passed out at the entrance of the village. It was the woman next door