A Naive Bride for the Sophisticated CEO novel Chapter 63

“You came all the way here and stayed till I gave birth. Come in already.” Amelia insisted on Elena coming in.

Elena slowly nodded and opened the door. She walked in, keeping her eyes locked on Amelia’s face.

She waited at the door so that the nurses could also clothe her with the gown too.

After they finished, she fiddled with her fingers in the glove and slowly asked to Amelia’s bed. She stood next to her and lowered her head.

Elena wanted to say something to her, but she was too scared to find the right words. After how much she hated Amelia, she really didn’t know any nice thing to say, as she was confused.

Amelia noticed how guilty Elena was and helped her out by starting the conversation.

“Are you not going to see her?” Amelia asked and turned her head to look at her baby’s cradle which was surrounded by James and Penelope.

Elena looked at the cradle and felt reluctant to move closer to it. Penelope looked back and saw Elena staring.

“Elena, come here, come and see your niece! She is so pretty!” Penelope waved at her.

Elena nodded and approached Penelope shortly. She stood next to the cradle and looked into it to see a gorgeous baby with a reddish-purple skin tone.

Immediately, a feeble smile lit up Elena’s face. She never thought she’d feel the warmth she felt when she looked at the baby.

“Move closer.” Penelope said, moving away so that Elena could move closer.

James felt quite uncomfortable and took a quick glance at Amelia. Amelia immediately understood why he did that, and she shook her head with a smile.

“It’s okay.” Amelia whispered, and James let out a sigh. Amelia waved at him to come closer, and he took one last look at his baby before leaving for the bed.

“Are you scared of what she could do to her?” Amelia asked in almost a whisper. He heaved another sigh and nodded. He sat on the bed and kept his eyes on Penelope and Elena.

“Shouldn’t I be scared? It’s Elena.” He responded in a low tone, and Amelia divulged a smile again.

“She seems harmless to me.” She added.

“Of course. She is the best at looking so harmless when she is a total disaster. I can’t believe you let her in.”

“I had to. She looked like she wanted to see our baby too. She was here too, right? She waited with you two. Can’t you see the smile on her face?”

Amelia and James looked at Elena and saw her smiling brightly. She was caressing her face, and she grasped her finger tight. She smiled at Elena, and Elena felt her heart light up with love for the baby.

“She smiled at me.” She muttered and looked at Penelope cheerfully.

“She likes you.” Penelope responded with a hearty smile too.

“I should go back to our baby. I’d try coming up with a name while I stare at her face. Or do you have one already? We weren’t so lucky to think of a name.”

“Giving her a name is no big deal. I have always had two names in mind. In case she was going to be a girl, I’d call her Alice. And if he was going to be a boy, William.”

“Really? Those are brilliant names. Well, she is a girl. Alice is her name then.”

“You don’t have any other ideas?” Amelia asked and he shook his head.

“Anything you choose is perfect. It’s no big deal.” He responded, he picked up her hand and planted a soft peck on it before standing up.

“I should check on Alice again.”

He walked to the cradle and when he got there, Elena got her finger out of Alice’s cute grip. She turned to look at Amelia, whose eyes were closed.

‘I need to apologize for everything I have done to her. This is the right thing to do, right? I don’t want to be an enemy to my niece.”

“You should go and talk to her.” Penelope said, and Elena looked at her. She exhaled softly and bounced her head.

She walked to the bed and sat on it, just like James did. When Amelia felt someone sit on the bed, she opened her eyes and saw it was Elena.

“How do you feel?” Elena’s voice was full of guilt and regret. She couldn’t even look at Amelia in the face.

“I’m doing alright. I’m a strong woman, you know?” She teased, and they both chuckled and smiled.

Elena’s smile faded off slowly and she lowered her head again. “I’m sorry for everything, Amelia.” She muttered and raised her head to look at Amelia.

“Why?” Amelia asked.

Elena sighed and raised her head.

“Honestly, I don’t know. But when I saw you struggling out of the mansion during your labor. I was so scared for you. At that point, I could only think of one thing.”

“What?”

“That I didn’t want anything bad to happen to you and the baby, even though I hated you. And when you were in labor for those hours, all I did was pray. I didn’t want to lose my sister.”

Elena’s face became full of emotions and her eyes heated up in no time. Tears streamed out of her eyes, and she hurriedly cleaned it off with her palm.

“And when I saw your baby. My Niece. I told myself that I don’t want to be an enemy to this beautiful and innocent girl. She held my finger and smiled at me, Amelia. I don’t want to hate her.” Elena uttered while she sobbed.

She held onto her thighs tightly and began to shake vigorously as she cried bitterly.

“I’m sorry.” She mumbled.