After Yvette tucked Noah in bed, she left the room. Xavier was already back in the living room, going through a book for the blind. "Is he asleep?" he asked.

She nodded. "Yeah. Why haven't you gone to sleep yet?"

"I was waiting for you." He closed the book and faced her.

She felt uncomfortable. "We should sleep separately."

"Why?"

Yvette blushed and said, "I'm pregnant now, so it's inconvenient for us to sleep together."

"The bed's six feet wide. There'll be plenty of space for us." After saying that, Xavier stood up and walked to her. Then, he grabbed her arm. His hand was so warm that she could feel it through her shirt.

"But I'm used to sleeping alone" Before she could finish her words, he picked her up.

When her feet left the ground, she started panicking instantly. Seeing how high up she was, she couldn't help grabbing his arms. "Stop fooling around and put me down now."

and carried her back to the bedroom. Then, he carefully

he pulled her into his embrace as he lay down with her. "That's enough. The rest of the house is still in a mess. It won't hurt to

struggling and closed her eyes, hoping that she could fall asleep soon. However, Xavier was breathing heavily, and his hands were warmer than usual. The more she wanted to sleep, the more

kept moving around. Xavier groaned a little and moved

and

don't you talk to me if you can't sleep?"

She looked up at him

me about what happened to you when you were

that she was a well-known composer and

didn't understand why he would suddenly ask about that and started thinking about the years she'd spent

taking care of the kids and working. There was nothing

the times she'd spent there, so she shut her

she'd been abroad. That night, he told Mark to continge with the investigation

the call, he stood on the balcony. Just then, he received

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