Little Gary did not know what else to say as he was stunned by Heinz's response.
Of course it was important for Heinz to give his mommy a massage.
He remained silent, but Heinz still wanted to tease him, "What do you think? Would you consider me as a busy man? Don't you think I should massage your pregnant mommy to help her feel more relaxed?"
"Okay fine, you win!" Little Gary glared at him, "You're always such a busy man with a packed schedule."
It looked like Heinz had no intention to help him out.
As soon as he said that, Little Gary turned away and walked towards his own room.
Heinz looked at him from the back and thought to himself with a smile, "I don't believe this little guy wouldn't approach me again."
After all, Heinz was an adult so of course he understood his children and their requests to a certain extent. He no longer felt stressed about it anymore.
Concurrently, Grace walked over as she noticed that Little Gary and Heinz seemed to be conversing just now.
She asked, "What was Little Gary talking to you about?"
Heinz immediately got up and held her hand, "Let's talk about it in the room instead. Ernest and Lowell, you two should head back to your rooms and get some rest too."
"Okay."
Five minutes later.
After Heinz shared about his conversation with Grace, she couldn't help but laugh about it, "That little guy must be trying to find out more about the situation from you. He might have sensed that I wouldn't leak out any information, so that's why he went to you instead. Did you sense that he was actually trying to please you?"
"He must have realized that I'm still useful in some aspects such as this. What a smart little fella," Heinz couldn't help but laugh as well, especially when he recalled how awkward Little Gary looked earlier.
"So what do you plan to do? Are you just going to keep playing cool towards him?" Grace asked.
"I can't just ignore him forever, otherwise Little
Gary is going to hold a grudge against me," he said. "But this is not the right time yet."
"Don't you think that this would be a good opportunity to make peace with him? Who knows if this might finally be the opportunity for him to start addressing you as his dad from now onwards!" She looked forward to seeing that happen.
Heinz shook his head, "No, I'm pretty sure he won't start calling me daddy so easily. Don't worry, I know what I'm doing, so let's just see whether he'll come and find me after an hour or so. I'll give you a massage in the meantime."
"No thanks," She shook her head. "I'm not tired."
"A massage would still be nice. Pregnant women deserve as much pampering as possible," Heinz persuaded.
Grace was startled and couldn't help but feel touched upon hearing what he said.
She looked up at him.
He happened to be staring at her too.
The both of them exchanged glances with one another.
He held her hand and said gently, "This time, I'll be by your side throughout the entire pregnancy."
She could feel that his promise was genuine, so she held his hand in return while feeling warm and even more touched.
She snuggled up against him.
Heinz also hugged her gently in his arms.
After cuddling for a while, he gave her a relaxing full-body massage.
Grace felt really comfortable afterwards.
Completely relaxed, she laid down on the bed with her eyes closed, "You're going to spoil me. What if I get addicted to being pampered like this?"
"Then I'll be your personal masseuse for the rest of your life," he answered.
She opened her eyes and caught him staring at her as well.
She held her breath.
"Are you being serious about it?"
Heinz nodded seriously as he leaned closer towards her.
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