Emily was surprised. "Why are we here?"
"We need to do some homework beforehand! Simon's brows arched.
Before she could protest, he pushed his way inside through the glass doors. The hour might be late and the shop was empty except for a pair of clerks who were going through the books for today and the sound of the glass doors swinging open made one of them scrambled to meet them.
"Welcome, sir and madam!"
The clerk peered at them, greeting them warmly. "You look like parents-to-be. Is there anything I can help you with?"
Emily grimaced at how composed Simon seemed to be. So flustered that she did not know where to place her hands, she gasped bashfully, "Maybe we can just walk around ourselves."
"Of course! Just holler if you need anything!" the clerk smiled.
Blue and pink plushies bedecked the interior of the little store. Everything for sale was small; ranging from little bibs, tiny milk bottles, little finger-like socks, and mini-sized shirts...
It was Emily's first time wandering in a shop like this and seeing everything here set her into a strange and inexplicable mood.
She tilted her head to try to get a good look at him. His almond-shaped eyes surveyed the wares in the store with a gentle look in his eyes. He reached for a little cap, holding it in his long and svelte fingers, clutching it while feeling its fabric brushing on his palm with a mellow look in his eyes.
She walked down the aisle between the shelves and noticed that he stopped whenever he saw anything pink.
She couldn't help but swallow her saliva. He really wants a daughter!
The clerk peered at their direction every now and then and Emily felt slightly embarrassed. She tugged at his sleeve and said, "It's too early to come here yet, Simon!’’
"I made a wish when I was at Sunzy Temple," Simon said pensively suddenly.
She remembered his vow and her face went pink. In his hands, Simon was still holding something pink - a little baby bodice. She bit her lip and asked, "What if it's not a daughter?"
Simon’s brows furrowed at that as if he really was contemplating that possibility.
He said suddenly, "Then we'll make more. I'm sure we’ll get a daughter in the end!"
Emily was stunned to hear that, remembering how he had called her a pig when he found her asleep in the hospital corridor. She muttered with exasperation, "What do you think I am? A female sow?!"
"Mmmhmm," Simon answered lazily.
Emily puffed her cheeks like an annoyed little lass. Before she could lose her temple, he coiled an arm around her waist to pull her into him and he bent down to whisper into her ears, "You're not a sow. You're my Mrs. Chin!"
He did it on purpose. He made her angry only to slip in something loving to sound romantic!
Emily looked up and her eyes met his alluring eyes and felt herself softened like a marshmallow.
The clinic of the private hospital.
Simon was sitting in front of his desk in his white lab coat, making some notations on a patient's file with a pen. He glanced at his computer screen. It was lunchtime, but he still had one more patient waiting for him. It was his duty as a doctor to see patients. 25.
His head was still down when the nurse led the patient and he asked customarily, "How are we today?"
But he waited for seconds and the patient gave no response.
Simon frowned and looked up. To his surprise, it was Addy Swan grinning at him.
"Simon!"
He was stunned and his fingers stopped. "What brought you here, Addy?”
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