Unconscious Husband: Meet Her Love In Silence by Ken Slaner

Holden watched Sadie cradle Adele, and his eyes narrowed in suspicion.

He could sense something was amiss from the way they were both behaving. He turned over what Adele had just said in his mind, fathoming what she could have meant.

Suddenly, he became aware that Adele was crying and calling him. He snapped out of his thoughts. He quickly took Adele to his arms and comforted her cries. Then, he turned to Sadie and said, “I’ll take her upstairs to wash up.”

Sadie didn’t dare to object.

With Adele snuggled in his arms, sniffling occasionally, Holden carried her upstairs to clean her up. While washing, he squatted down and asked gently, “Adele, how much cake did you eat just now?”

Adele kept her head down and remained silent, twiddling her tiny fingers. Holden tried again softly and gently.

home, did Mommy give you a lot to eat? Is

expression passive as she played with the buttons on her shirt as if she had blocked out

persuade her to speak as gently as he could, but Adele remained

resignation and decided to stop. He gently wiped Adele’s face, washed his hands, and was about to help her dry hers when

Holden’s ears, it caused Holden’s heart to skip a beat, prompting him to

more. Despite Holden’s persistent inquiries, she refused to speak, merely extending her arms and

Holden understood that “down” implied a trip to the study.

and toddled to the desk to retrieve his phone. Her wide, expectant eyes glistened with anticipation, fixed unblinkingly

proffered the device to

his fingers tenderly grazing Adele’s