Xante's expression remained neutral when she saw Sunny. Pushing up her gold-rimmed glasses, she said, "She's sleeping right now. Come back later."
Sunny was not stubborn enough to barge in. Instead, he asked gravely, "Has the baby been delivered? Is she okay?"
At the thought of the complicated situation at hand, Xante sighed and answered, "She's okay, I guess."
"Oh," said Sunny. He then went to sit in the hospital corridor to wait for Corinne to wake up.
Xante was actually surprised by that. 'Rare to see him cooperate like this. Is this the Sunny I know?' she thought.
She stared at him with narrowed eyes for a while before closing the door.
Corinne was awake by the time Xante went back to check on her. Sunny's knocking on the door must have woken her up.
She opened her eyes slowly, looked at Xante hopefully, and asked hoarsely, "Who was it?"
Xante frowned. "It was Sunny. Not Mister Jeremy."
Corinne's eyes dimmed. Even though she had fallen asleep before, it was not a deep one. "Xante, what time is it now?"
Xante checked the time. "A little past six o'clock at night."
"Oh."
The two nurses took turns to show Corinne her babies.
Corinne was so weak that she could not even raise her hand, so she did not dare hold the babies for fear of dropping them.
A rush of warmth flooded her heart when she saw the babies in the swaddle. They looked so small like some kind of hairless animal. They had taken after their stoic dad in terms of their eyes and noses.
Corinne's chest tightened again at the thought of Jeremy. She felt like she could not breathe.
Since the babies could not leave the incubator for long, the nurses picked them up again. "We'll bring the babies to you again tomorrow. They have to go back to the incubator now."
Corinne looked longingly at the babies before allowing them to bring the babies back with a nod.
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