"Ah! It feels so good!"
Elizabeth rubbed her bloated belly and sighed with satisfaction.
Staring at Elizabeth's forced smile, Leo was silent for a while before he said, "Look at you! It seems that you haven't eaten anything for a long time."
Elizabeth waved her hand, "No, to be more precise, I haven't eaten something like this for a long time."
"James didn't let you eat such food?"
When Elizabeth heard James's name, the smile on her face faded a little, and then she shrugged her shoulders, "Yeah. He said that the food in the restaurants is unsafe and said that I'd better not eat this food casually. However, I'm quite satisfied today. Although I didn't eat the food bought by Jane, it's good to eat here. I can go out for a walk, by the way."
Hearing this, Leo smiled gently and then lowered his head slightly. After a while, he raised his head and said to Elizabeth with tender eyes, "It has only been two months since I last saw you. But you have become a
mother after I came back." Time went by really fast.
Hearing this, Elizabeth smiled shyly, "Yeah, I didn't expect that I would get pregnant so fast. But..." She looked down at her belly. After a shot while, she couldn't help but chuckle, "Since the baby has come to me, I'll try my best to protect it."
Leo could be considered as her older brother. He had helped her before, and they had much in common, so she wanted to talk a lot with him, though she was not in a good mood that day.
She looked at Leo with bright eyes, "I experienced a lot during this period, so I've changed my mind. Perhaps I didn't feel the wonderful feeling of being a mother in the past, so I didn't want to get pregnant so soon. In that way, I could fulfil myself and live a free life for a few more years."
"But..." She curled her lips, "It's different now. Maybe it's because of the maternal instinct or something else. When I knew I was pregnant, I was overjoyed. When I knew that it didn't get hurt when I was kidnapped, I felt that there was nothing more important than this. This child is the best gift in my life."
"Leo, perhaps you can't understand my mood now. However... let me put it this way. Perhaps you will be very happy when you have a girlfriend in the future, but this kind of happiness is different from the joy of having a child. Your experience in childhood... is similar to mine, right? Many times, I was thinking that if only I had a younger brother or sister. In that case, I would have a close relative at any time. Can you understand my feelings now?"
"Yeah." Leo nodded blandly, "I understand."
"So..." Elizabeth smiled, "Thank you for saving me at that time today."
"You don't have to thank me. You gave me the chance to be a hero, didn't you?"
"Oh, don't tease me. I'm serious."
"Shall I talk something serious with you?"
Elizabeth nodded, "Of course!"
"I contacted you before, didn't I? Why didn't you tell me that..." He coughed lightly and then continued, "You're pregnant?"
"Well..." Elizabeth scratched her cheek, "I was a little embarrassed at that time because I was younger than you. Besides, didn't you know it after you came back?"
"Could it be the same? You are younger than me indeed, but you also got married earlier than me. Why were you not embarrassed when you got married?"
"The situation was different at that time, wasn't it?"
Leo raised his eyebrows, "If I didn't come back, wouldn't you tell me about your pregnancy until you gave birth to this child?"
"Don't be so angry. Anyway, you've known it now."
Leo wanted to say something more, but looking at Elizabeth, he bit back what he wanted to say. The feelings in his heart were somewhat complicated. If he hadn't gone abroad with his parents in the early years, would Elizabeth become his wife?
Alas! But it was impossible to change the past!
Before she could answer her question, Leo said, "Didn't I say that it was something of the past? What's wrong? Do you want to make me sad again?"
"That's not what I meant."
"That's good. So, stop talking about this topic, okay?"
"Mm." Elizabeth heaved a sigh of relief and didn't say anything else.
"Now, you've eaten what you want to eat. Do you want to go back?" On the way here, he roughly knew what she was thinking.
Elizabeth remained silent for a while, and then shook her head, "No."
"Then where are we going?" If she didn't want to go back, he wouldn't send her back. He only wanted her to be happy.
"I don't know."
"Well... let's not go back today. You two fought in the hospital, but no one came to have a look. How about me contacting a better hospital or booking a hotel for you?"
Elizabeth still shook her head.
"But we can't sit here all the time, right? This is a critical period of your pregnancy, and you're tired today. You should have a good rest, shouldn't you?"
"I know, but I don't know where I should go."
Looking at Elizabeth's hesitant expression, Leo frowned, "Are you... still angry with James? Or, are you very angry?"
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