"Yes." Vera nodded and said, "We have already discussed it. We will let you both take care of the children. Also, about the names of the children, we haven't thought of good names yet. Quill meant to ask you two's opinion about it."
"Naming them?" Mabie and David looked at each other and then looked back at Quill.
"We'll leave it to you to name them," David said in a deep voice, "After all, a child's name will stay with him for a lifetime, so it's considered a big deal. We can help you take care of them, but we can't be dictating their name."
"Dad, that's not what I meant. We want to discuss about it with you and Mom."
Mabie immediately said, "Why don't you understand? Do you not think about how your name ends up sounding like this? It's all because your father and I are not very good at picking names. I just picked one at random at that time. If you ask us to give you names for the children, they won't be very good names."
Hearing that, the corner of Vera's mouth helplessly twitched.
Her father awkwardly stopped Mabie as she said
that.
"Don't make it sound as if we don't have much knowledge. As for the names, it's better for you two to choose them."
How could David be not knowledgeable? He was a graduate from a famous university back then, but it was just that he wasn't interested in words, so he chose a name that was simple and easy.
Anyway, for him, names were just codes.
He could name his daughter as he liked, but his two grandchildren then were different. They were the children of Quill and his daughter. It was better to let them name them.
Vera still wanted to say something, but Quill grabbed her hand.
"Since you have said so, I will name them."
In the dead of the night, Vera nestled in her husband's arms and asked while tugging at his T-shirt.
"Have you thought of a name for the kids?"
"I will leave it to you to name them."
"Huh?" Vera was confused when she heard that. He had clearly stated that he would name them when they were having dinner. Why was the duty on her then?
"You gave birth to the children after great hardships. Of course, you are the most suitable one to name them. You can call them anything you want."
He pinched her nose.
That was the quietest day for the two since the birth of their children.
In the past, when they slept with the two children in the same room, they would deliberately lower their voices when talking, for fear of waking up one of them.
As the two children were not in the room then, they didn't need to purposely lower their voices when talking anymore as it was only the two of them. The room was quiet and peaceful too.
She really missed that kind of feeling which she had not felt for a long time.
Vera kicked his leg under the quilt and said in a low voice, "Aren't you afraid of me giving them random names, and let the Hanover family's children end up having names that don't sound nice?"
"It doesn't matter if it doesn't sound nice. They're our children anyway."
Vera blinked her eyes and started thinking of names on the spot.
While she was pondering over different names, Quill did not say anything to disturb her thoughts.
He had originally thought that she would be able to think of two names right away that night.
Unexpectedly, after a few minutes, the soft, long and even breathing of Vera came from within his arms.
He looked down. Sure enough, she had fallen asleep. When she fell asleep, her hands were still grabbing his collar. She looked like she was feeling insecure.
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