Maybe Jerome had drunk too much. He was feeling angry and upset a moment ago, but he fell asleep the next second. He was even snoring lightly.
Cecilia and I, who were two pregnant women, could not carry a 183cm-tall guy. Hence, we left him to sleep on the sofa. We helped him take off his shoes to make him feel more comfortable. Cecilia covered him with the blanket that he covered her with just now.
She picked her phone up, glanced at it, and said, "It's almost one o'clock and you're not back home yet. Did Theo call you?”
I smiled helplessly and said, "My phone ran out of battery. He can’t find me.”
Cecilia furrowed her brows. She was slightly worried." Hurry up and get back home now. Don’t get into a fight with him again. I’ll be here to look after Jerome.”
"It’s alright. I told him that I’d be keeping you company before I went out.” I looked at Cecilia, realizing that she looked awful after not seeing her for a few days. "What happened to you these few days? Why do you look so bad?"
I remembered when I was picking her up at the airport, she had a rosy face and looked healthy.
"I don't know why either. I can’t eat or sleep well after coming back. I feel drowsy and sleepy all day. Maybe the baby likes the countryside too and doesn’t like it here." Cecilia massaged her temples and smiled bitterly.
"You'll just have to endure past this stage. I experienced it before as well. Get some sleep every time you're feeling sleepy. Otherwise, you'll only be more uncomfortable."
Women were such great creatures. Apart from everything else, being pregnant for nine months and experiencing different stages of pregnancy was a long and difficult process.
"It looks like he’s not waking up anytime soon. Let’s g o to the bedroom and get some sleep." Jerome was drunk. We dared not to leave as we were afraid that he might cause trouble in the middle of the night.
However, the two of us pregnant women could not just sit there for the whole night. Hence, we went into the room to get some rest.
It was late and both of us were tired. We lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
Early the next morning, Jerome was still asleep when we woke up. We did not wake him up so that he could sleep off the jet lag. We then left the hotel.
I had breakfast with Cecilia first before we separated and went back to our homes.
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