Scrambling to Be the Father of His Ex-Wife's Kid novel Chapter 167

I did not say anything. It had always been difficult for women to give birth, yet it was rarely something men could empathize with. They always saw it as something simple, thinking that we just had to carry a n extra lump of meat within our stomachs for nine months.

Theo had always seemed like a chauvinistic male to m e, so I was surprised to hear him say that.

I soon fell asleep again with him holding me. It was nearly noon when I woke up.

"You’re awake. Are you hungry?” Theo did not seem to have slept. He was half-lounging on the bed, holding m e with one arm as he used the other to scroll through his phone.

I shook my head. He was truly rearing me the way one would rear a pig, getting me to sleep after eating and stuffing me with food the moment I woke up.

Craving the warmth of his arms, I lay still and did not move despite no longer feeling sleepy.

He put his phone down and turned around to hold me even tighter. After a long while, he said, "It was nice laying with you in silence. I'm preparing to let the others take over the company's operations for a while

so I can stay home with you and accompany you throughout this childbirth process."

"That’s okay. You're busy, and I still have to go to work." I did not hesitate to refuse. I had never thought about what it would be like for the both of us to stay at home every day, but I could already guess it would be something that would require a lot of adjusting to.

He raised his gaze toward me, an unreadable expression in the depths of his dark eyes. "Are you worried I won't have enough money to support you, or do you just not like spending time with me?”

"It's none of those reasons. It'll just be detrimental to the child’s development if we stay together all day like this," I said lightly.

"B*llshit. A child only grows up happily and healthily i f the husband and wife have a good relationship." As h e tucked a stray piece of hair behind my ear, he lowered his head and whispered, "I heard the doctor say it'd be safe after three months...”