Holding the arm of Mary, whose belly was huge and bulging, William walked out carefully as if there were invisible threats in front of her. As they walked, he kept shouting nervously, as if they were facing a great enemy. "Be careful! Watch out! Slow down! There are steps in front of you!"
"I know! Don't be too nervous! I can do this!" On the other hand, Mary was calmer than he was. She waved her hand, motioning that she could handle it on her own. All of a sudden, she caught an aromatic whiff of meat. "It smells good. I'm going to eat barbecue!"
"Honey, let's go to the hospital after the barbecue party!" William said, overprotective of the baby in Mary's womb.
"It's not the due date yet! Why do you always urge me to go to the hospital? I don't want to go!" Mary frowned at him. In fact, she was tired of going to the hospital, having been confined for months before.
"What are you waiting for? It's almost due!" William glared at her. "One week, Mary! Only one more week! How can you be so careless about it? Be a good girl. I promise I'll leave you in peace after you give birth to the baby." Mary rolled her eyes at him. Recently, he had been very anxious. She felt that he was going through prenatal syndrome.
"Look!" Lucas shouted and pointed at the two evilly. "The treasure of the Lan family is finally released by someone!"
"Daddy Lucas," said Elissa while pulling Lucas's sleeve after running over from the pool, "are you talking about me? I came out early and was playing with Ray over there!"
"I'm not talking about you. You're the little treasure!" Lucas stuffed a piece of roasted meat into Elissa's mouth with a smile. "I meant your father's treasure."
"Oh! It's Mommy!" Elissa nodded her head immediately with a mouthful of meat.
"Elissa is so smart!"
With a big belly, Mary walked to the middle of the crowd. Before she could say anything, William fetched a rattan chair covered with a blanket and asked her to sit down. "Mary, you must be tired after walking all the way. Sit down and have a rest!"
"I walked from the second floor of the villa to here. The distance is no more than two hundred meters," said Mary in annoyed tone. "Why would I be tired? I don't want to sit down. It's not easy for us to get together today. I want to have fun with all of you!" "Don't you care about your belly now?" asked William like a wet nurse. "Just sit there and wait for me to get the barbecue for you."
"Gosh! Get this guy away from me! So annoying! " Mary roared to the sky exasperatingly.
"If my husband is like him in the future, I will definitely run away with the baby in my belly. I can't stand it," Jazlyn commented while shaking her head.
"Don't worry. I'm not like William." Lucas smiled and handed a piece of meat to her.
"Hmm... Huh?" Jazlyn was stunned. She gave him a playful punch in response and said, "You're shameless."
"Ha ha!"
Even after a long while, William could not change Mary's mind. He could only watch her chat and laugh with Selah and Aisha.
"Mr. Lan is so considerate!" Ena commented. "He really takes you as his treasure, Mary!"
Mary shook her head in disagreement. "I wish he could go back to the person he used to be before. I'm really not used to his current style."
"I think it's good," Aisha chimed in with a smile. "In the past few months, William has done a good job."
"Yes, indeed." Jazlyn nodded in agreement. "By the way, Mary, can you let Elissa live in our house for a few days?" Selah suggested while smiling. "Ray seems to like her very much. How about we talk about their marriage?"
Biting her lips, Mary snorted and laughed. "But that idiot Elissa always thinks Ray is her brother. In her eyes, Ray is the same as Alick. She wouldn't listen to me no matter how hard I explain to her. Oh, by the way, she likes the handsome boy who has just transferred to her class recently."
"Elissa is a playgirl!" Ena snickered.
"Ray has a rival in love at such a young age!" Jazlyn exclaimed.
"Only in danger can we survive." Meanwhile, Aisha nodded in amusement.
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