Despite thinking that, Noah still had to keep up appearances. “You’re the one who’s dead. Daddy isn’t dead!” Then, he cried, saying, “You’re a bad person.”
Xavier, already disliked children, especially the one in front of him. He felt impatient just listening to Noah cry. “Stop crying,” he warned.
“No!” Noah continued to fake crying. There wasn’t a single tear in sight.
Xavier couldn’t see that Noah was pretending to cry anyway. Worried that Yvette might get angry when she came out after her checkup and saw what was going on, he repeated, “Your father isn’t dead.” “But you cursed Daddy!” Noah cried louder.
Xavier grew even more exasperated. “Stop crying. I was just joking.”
Noah was surprised that his bastard father would lower himself like this. He glanced at the wall clock and realized that I was almost time for Yvette to return from her checkup.
It seemed that this bastard father was actually afraid of Yvette. He decided to use this to his advantage.
“You’re an adult. Adults don’t joke. Daddy is dead! I want to go back to Asnea with Mommy to visit his grave…”
Noah thought that since Xavier was now his “Daddy”, he was directing his crying about Xavier, not cursing Claude.
Xavier hadn’t expected Noah to take things so seriously. It would be a problem if Yvette found out.
He pinched the bridge of his nose. “I was just joking. What will it take for you to stop crying?”
“An apology. My teacher says you have to apologize if you do something wrong,” Noah explained, curious to see how his bastard father would apologize.
Xavier had only ever apologized to Yvette in his life. Considering that Noah was Yvette’s child with another man and had once peed on him, he was even less inclined to apologize. Seeing that Xavier wasn’t apologizing, Noah cried even louder. “Daddy is dead. I’m going to be a child without a daddy. My daddy…”
His crying drew the attention of the nurses outside.
“Noah? What happened to your daddy?”
Xavier was surprised to hear someone else intervening at this moment. “He’s fine,” he snapped.
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Xavier reluctantly repeated his apology.
Meanwhile, Yvette had completed all her tests. The doctor proceeded to call Xavier and Noah in.
Xavier grew anxious, worrying about Yvette’s health. Noah, too, stopped causing a ruckus as he paid attention to the doctor. “The baby is healthy. Moreover, the ultrasound shows two gestational sacs.” Two sacs indicated that Yvette was expecting twins.
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Noah spoke up first. “So I’m going to have two little brothers or sisters? I’m finally going to be a big brother!”
“That’s right,” Yvette said. She knew that Noah had always wanted to be a big brother.
After receiving some prenatal medication, Yvette and Xavier left with Noah.
With the New Year approaching, Yvette planned to take Noah home to live together. As the three of them arrived home and got out of the car, Yvette immediately saw Yara standing at the door.