The Bound Between Us

Chapter 576

The baby was definitely Julie's.

Joe stood there, frozen, clutching the tiny bundle with an expression of sheer bewilderment, terrified that any sudden move might send the little one tumbling to the ground. He looked more like someone handling a live grenade than a new father-utterly comical. Joe glanced down at the child in his arms, then over at Harry. "Are you sure this is my son?"

"Yeah, yeah, go back to wherever you came from," Harry said, shooing him away impatiently.

Now that the baby's identity was confirmed, Annie felt an odd sense of emptiness. The baby's arrival seemed to heal the ache of her own loss.

Jack chimed in, "You two are definitely related. It's late, and I've done my part. I'm outta here."

Joe frowned, utterly clueless about how to deal with this tiny human. He made up his mind and thrust the baby back into Annie's arms. "You guys can raise the kid. If you don't want him, do whatever you please."

words, Joe bolted, running faster than a

Harry were left in disbelief. Were they really being saddled with raising

baby over to Flynn when the baby burst into heart-wrenching sobs. Annie's heart twisted at the sound, and she relented. "Let's keep him for the night. We'll figure

feared that the longer the baby stayed, the harder it

who had come to deliver some papers, quickly made his exit after witnessing the scene. And

crying every time

Annie rocked the baby to sleep, then approached Harry, who was smoking on the balcony. She gently massaged his temples. "This child wasn't discarded by Julie. She hates us, sure, but even a tiger wouldn't eat its own cubs. She wouldn't dare give us her child. I think whoever left the baby wanted us to find him,

the child, he should have been taken to Joe or to

flesh and blood. If our son had lived, he'd probably be happy and healthy too, soon calling us 'mom'

a shared pain, and longing. They were parents forever grieving a baby who never got a chance to see