Pregnant and Favored: See You in the Morning, Young Master novel Chapter 1238

What was Mark doing here this early in the morning? Standing amidst the dewy grass, Mark looked like the epitome of a ‘brother next door’… and the way he currently was reminded Xavia of how they had first met…

At the time, Xavia had only been six, and her foster mother kept chastising her for being immature and not doing house chores properly… In the end, that woman ended up forcing Xavia to clean the yard overnight without any dinner as punishment… By morning, her frozen little hands were all red, and she only snapped out of it when she heard the courtyard’s doorbell ring…

Upon opening the door, she saw a boy about her age dressed in a black down jacket and a grey scarf wrapped around his neck. From his wide grin, it was clear even back then that he was the friendly type… Regardless, he had come over to deliver some dessert that his mother had prepared.

As the young Mark was handing Xavia the dessert, he had frowned and commented, “Gee, your hands are freezing! Here, take my scarf and enjoy the dessert while it’s hot!”

Before Xavia had even been able to reply, the boy had wrapped his scarf around her before running off! Unsure how to even respond to that, she ended up choosing to return to the house… only to hear him yell, “Oh, wait a minute!”

Upon turning around, she saw him handing her something that she wasn’t familiar with as he said, “Here, take my hand warmer too! If it starts getting cold again, just charge it for about ten minutes and it’ll be all toasty again!”

Back then, Xavia hadn’t heard of electronic hand warmers. Hell, she hadn’t even learned of regular hand warmers! After all, where she lived, they simply filled glasses with boiling water before wrapping a layer of wool around it to keep their hands warm... Regardless, that was the first time they had met… and boy was it a memorable event…

She could still recall how kind his smile was, and how warm she had felt after receiving his scarf and hand warmers… Her train of thought was finally cut short when she heard Mark softly say, “…Vee?”

After shaking the thoughts off, Xavia replied, “Um… Yeah… Why are you here again…?”

“Oh, I’m here because there may be an opportunity for us to work together. For context, I’ve contacted Miss Bianca before this, and she stated that your input was needed before she could make the decision. With that said, I’ve been waiting for you to return for a while now. As for why I came this early… Well, I have something to deal with at around nine.”