It must be a lie to tell him that she did not have a hard time, so Wendy nodded honestly.
Charlie was suddenly burdened by guilt, feeling it heart-breaking to imagine how she had gone through the rocky times. He felt so sorry for her that he apologized, "I'm sorry!"
Wendy shook her head and raised to kiss him, stopping him from apologizing further.
It had been such a long time since they parted, so how could they be willing to separate from each other?
Charlie, cupping her face, kissed her deeply until both of them were out of breath. They only paused for two or three seconds before they hugged and kissed again. They finally found a way to express their yearning.
They kissed for more than half an hour, and finally, they ended the kiss reluctantly.
Wendy touched his delicate lips with her finger and said in a soft and tender voice, "Dear, don't say sorry to me again. I only feel grateful that you could come back safely!"
Charlie nodded, gazing deep into her eyes.
His big hand covered her round belly, feeling it a great pleasure to have a baby girl soon, and asked, "She about nine months old, right?"
"Yes..." Wendy softly replied. Her hand covered his as she muttered, "I thought that you wouldn't be able to see her being born!"
Charlie also thought so. He curled his lips and gently touched her belly by his palm, "Fortunately, I didn't miss it."
Otherwise, he might regret it for the rest of his life!
He missed his son's birth, which had left some emotional shadows in his heart, and because of this, he always felt very guilty for her. If he let her go through the pain of delivery alone again, then he really could not absolve himself from the blame.
"Honey, everytime I say something bad about you, our daughter will protest. Can you believe it? Feel her movement!" Wendy put his big palm on her belly side and lowered her head, deliberately saying, "Leilani, your papa is a bad guy. He let me wait for such a long time for him to come back."
As soon as she finished speaking, he felt a kick in her belly.
Charlie, joyfully surprised, raised his eyebrows high and smiled. He greeted his baby girl in his belly and said, "Leilani, dad's back!"
As if she was responding to him, he could feel that she kicked Wendy's belly again.
Wendy looked at the look of concentration on his face, feeling touched and relieved. She nestled back into his arms and said, "Honey, I didn't attend the funeral for you. In the past four months, I haven't been to the cemetery. Even if everyone said that the car was destroyed and you were dead, I still firmly believed that you would come back! Now, it has proved that I was right. You're back, safe and sound!"
She was not the only one who felt delighted to get what she had lost. He felt the same way.
Charlie pushed her against his chin and said in a calm but slightly trembling voice, "I was terrified."
Wendy's arms tightened about his waist while she listened quietly. She had never taken the initiative to ask, but waited for him to tell her. In the morning, she saw a shallow scar on his face side, but she did not ask him what had happened and pretended not to see it.
Only Charlie knew how difficult it was for him to survive and appear in front of her intact after such a terrible car accident!
"On the wedding day, I drove to the church. But when I arrived there, the staff there said that they didn't call me. I noticed that something was wrong. Unfortunately, no matter how careful I was, I still had the accident because I was in a hurry to go back in time to attend our wedding ceremony in the hotel!"
Charlie slowly described the situation he had experienced, "After starting the car, I found that someone was hiding inside. Just like as I thought, it was Madge. She hid behind my car when I got off it. I wanted to stop the car and drove her away, but I found that the brakes were not working so that the car could not slow down. Madge, totally out of her mind, climbed over from the back to the front seat to grab the steering wheel. She claimed she wanted to die together with me and put some bombs in the back of the car. The car had been completely out of my control. I could only try my best to avoid more damage and hit the pier of the road bridge..."
Wendy nervously pursed the corners of her mouth and hugged him even tighter, trembling with fear when she heard all of this.
"When I woke up, I found myself curling in the seat, and I couldn't move half of my body. I watched Madge climb down from the co-pilot seat. The front cover was covered with smoke, and I knew that there would be an explosion soon. Once the explosion happened, it would ignite the bombs behind... I was very afraid. Not only because I might die, but because I was worried about you, Larry, and Leilani. What kind of miserable lives would you have if I died there?"
Charlie asked himself in a hoarse voice. Even at this time, he still felt scared. He tightened his arms around Wendy and continued, "I had no other choices but to jump into the river in the moment of the explosion with all my strength left. Even if I feared water and my body kept sinking, I told myself that I had to live to see you again..."
They had spent the entire day together, immersed in the joy of the reunion, and forgot to tell the news to their families.
"Your dad thought you were dead. I heard from Aunt Ella that he rarely went out these days. The whole time, he stayed in the study and cried a lot with your mother's pictures in his hands. Only when Larry was with him would he smile a little!" Wendy said excitedly, "He must be wild with joy upon knowing that you survived!"
Charlie stopped her from getting up and said, "Don't worry. It's late. Let's tell them tomorrow!"
"Yes!" Wendy responded meekly.
It was indeed too late - it was almost 12 o'clock now. If the elders of the Hogg and Gray family were informed at this time, they would definitely come over tonight. At the thought of this, Wendy became a little selfish and did not want to spread the news now because she would like to spend this night with him only.
They hugged each other in silence for a while, and Wendy blushed and said, "Uh, I want to go to the bathroom!"
In fact, she wanted to long ago, but she did not do it, for she could not bear to leave his arms. However, she could not hold on any longer.
"I'll keep you company." Charlie curled his lips.
He pulled up Wendy and took her to the bathroom. When she closed the bathroom door, she could still see the outline of his tall figure under the light through the frosted glass and felt at ease.
Charlie stood outside. If she hadn't been shy, he would have followed her into the bathroom. He heard the sound of water rushing to the toilet and took out his hand from his trouser pocket, waiting to hold her hand.
But all of a sudden, there came a panic cry from inside, "Honey-"
"What's wrong?" Charlie pushed open the bathroom door with a nervous look.
Inside, Wendy was holding the toilet with one hand and covered her belly with the other hand. Her eyelashes trembled as she looked at him. "I, I think I'm going to give birth..."
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