<Episode 148: Side Story (12)>
Time flew by, and a few more months passed, and Emily's belly grew as round and swollen as Marlene's.
Emily took a walk in the garden twice a day, following the advice of her doctor, Payne, who said that she shouldn't just lie down too much.
Every time, Killian stood next to Emily and gave her a cool drink of water or put a sweet and sour fruit in her mouth.
And, because the child felt secure when he heard his father's voice, he never forgot to read a storybook to him every night before going to bed.
'What kind of polarity is that?
Even without that, he was so desperately in love with his wife that he was about to die, and there was no way he could have been this extreme.
The Starr family working at the Velvet Mansion was astonished at the level of Killian's incompetence that kept renewing every day.
Today, Killian and Emily went on a trip to Lake Yvette, where construction was finally completed.
Emily blushed as she looked at the villa where she had spent her passionate first night with Killian. Killian found Emily's shyness endearing and gently pressed his lips against hers.
Emily tried to push his shoulder slightly as the kiss became more intense, but he instead hugged her neck and waist, preventing her from escaping.
But Emily's swollen belly prevented them from holding on for long.
Eventually, Killian decided to give up on the kiss and walked to the bench in front of the lake, holding Emily's hand.
Even as they walked, Emily glanced at him as he kept gently stimulating the tender skin on the inside of her fingers and soles with his fingertips.
That sight was so cute that Killian kissed Emily's eyes too.
“I heard there’s a lake on Shantia Island, too?”
Emily asked, sitting on the bench, admiring the lake. Killian's expression hardened at the mention of Shantia Island.
In fact, Killian failed to purchase Shantia Island.
However, the reason why Shantia Island could be named after Daniel was because someone had purchased the island and given it to him as a gift.
'I thought you were living an ordinary life, but you hit me in the back of the head with such success.'
Killian gritted his teeth.
“Are you still jealous?”
Emily smiled and asked about Killian's murderous gaze.
“Doesn’t it look like you’re not going to do it?”
The person who gifted the island to Daniel was none other than Charles.
“Look at the gift I gave you first when I heard about your pregnancy, and it was in the baby’s name. And it was exactly what I was planning to give you.”
'But I held back because it was a gift for a child, Charles.'
If it was a gift for Emily, he was going to find Charles right away and return it, no matter what.
“They say the color of the lake on Shantia Island is the same blue as my eyes.”
"Yes..."
So he wanted to buy it himself so his child could swim in the lake while feeling the warmth of his mother's love.
“I wish the three of us, you, me, and Daniel, could go there to play soon.”
'A family of three.'
Just imagining it washed away the anger from just a moment ago, and a smile formed on his face. Killian couldn't believe the happiness that had come to him, and his heart swelled with excitement.
“Honey, don’t make Mommy sick and come out quickly.”
Emily also smiled happily as she watched Killian talking to the baby on her stomach.
Cezanne blindfolded Emily and led her to the nursery.
“Madam, are you ready to be surprised?”
Killian, standing behind, frowned at Cezanne's words. "You're risking your life by startling someone with a child?"
'Here we go again.'
The Starr family members who saw that all shook their heads and spoke in unison as if telling them to keep quiet.
“Don’t worry, it’s not something that will make you drop your baby!”
"Yes!"
Only Emily, who knew nothing, had a bright, cheerful face, full of joy and happiness.
"Yes, then. Now, let's reveal Daniel's room. One, two, three!"
Cezanne, having finished counting, took his hands away from Emily's eyes.
“Wow, ah-ah.”
Emily opened her eyes to the sound of people's applause and saw the baby's room that they had been working hard to decorate.
“...I like it so, so much.”
Emily said with tears in her eyes.
Above the crib hung a mobile made by Cezanne, Chili, and Roxy, and above the headboard was a mural of Killian and Emily, as if protecting the baby.
All the furniture in the baby's room was expensive, but the bed, where Daniel would spend most of his time, was the most expensive.
The bed frame, including the headboard, was made of oak, and the canopy posts were made of cherry wood and covered with soft-touch fabric.
“And this is the sofa where Your Excellency and Madam can rest with Daniel.”
The low sofa was wide enough for the baby to practice rolling over on it.
“Is this a sofa I’ve never seen before?”
“Yes, it was made by special order.”
Traces of their worries were evident throughout the room.
"Oh..."
Emily, sweeping the sofa, opened her clear eyes wide. The texture was so soft that she couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
Killian also praised his family with a satisfied expression.
He might be shocked to know how much it costs to decorate this room, but he wasn't the type of person to be stingy with money when it came to his family.
That was when.
“Ugh.”
Suddenly, Emily grabbed her stomach and let out a short moan.
“Why are you like that?”
A flustered Killian approached and examined Emily's face. Meanwhile, her stomach felt better again, and she tried to reassure everyone.
“It’s nothing. I just had a stomachache.”
When Emily smiled and said that it was okay, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“Madam, this is the areca palm that Alvin and I brought.”
Ivan said, putting the heavy flower pot down on the floor.
“It purifies the air and is said to have a good humidifying effect.”
Alvin also intervened and explained without giving in.
“And they say that touching these leaves is good for babies’ perceptual development.”
Since he was kicked out of decorating the baby's room, he had to get some decent interior decoration items.
In fact, even this was Chili's advice, but what's the big deal? They had to go through the trouble of airlifting plants from another country that weren't even available in the Vancent Empire.
They thought that with this level of sincerity, they deserved to be praised.
It was just as Emily was about to say thank you to both of them.
“Ugh.”
She held her stomach with a face that looked even more painful than before.
“Madam, are you in a lot of pain?”
Killian's face turned pale at the sight of his wife in pain.
But now, Emily, who was sweating profusely and unable to answer his question, screamed even louder than before and tried to collapse.
“Ugh!”
Killian quickly picked her up and hugged her, shouting to the people.
“Quick! Call a doctor!”
Emily's labor pains lasted for quite some time.
Killian, who was biting his lip in impatience, could no longer bear it any longer and got up from his seat.
“Where are you going?”
“...I was just going to walk around the hallway.”
He couldn't just sit still, worried about his wife. He wanted to rush into the delivery room right away and give birth to Emily instead.
“Today wasn’t the scheduled day, but I guess Daniel was in a hurry.”
“It’s all because I showed the baby’s room too early.”
Payne tilted his head at Killian's seemingly self-reproachful words.
“What does that have to do with the due date being brought forward?”
"He realized it was his room and tried to leave. Seriously, he's my child, but he's so smart, I'm often surprised by him."
“Ah... Do you feel that he is smart even though he is still a fetus?”
"Of course."
Payne wore a trembling expression. Where had all the rational and cool-headedness of the boss he once admired vanished?
“How much labor pain does a mother usually have?”
"That varies greatly from person to person. Some people give birth in minutes, while others take several days. It's a very wide range."
"What?!"
Payne, startled by Killian's shout, sat up straight.
“So, does that mean Emily might be in labor for a few days?”
“...Well, it’s not that common. There are mothers like that occasionally, so don’t worry too much.”
But such words did nothing to alleviate Killian's anxiety.
Time flew by, and a few more months passed, and Emily's belly grew as round and swollen as Marlene's.
Emily took a walk in the garden twice a day, following the advice of her doctor, Payne, who said that she shouldn't just lie down too much.
Every time, Killian stood next to Emily and gave her a cool drink of water or put a sweet and sour fruit in her mouth.
And, because the child felt secure when he heard his father's voice, he never forgot to read a storybook to him every night before going to bed.
'What kind of polarity is that?
Even without that, he was so desperately in love with his wife that he was about to die, and there was no way he could have been this extreme.
The Starr family working at the Velvet Mansion was astonished at the level of Killian's incompetence that kept renewing every day.
Today, Killian and Emily went on a trip to Lake Yvette, where construction was finally completed.
Emily blushed as she looked at the villa where she had spent her passionate first night with Killian. Killian found Emily's shyness endearing and gently pressed his lips against hers.
Emily tried to push his shoulder slightly as the kiss became more intense, but he instead hugged her neck and waist, preventing her from escaping.
But Emily's swollen belly prevented them from holding on for long.
Eventually, Killian decided to give up on the kiss and walked to the bench in front of the lake, holding Emily's hand.
Even as they walked, Emily glanced at him as he kept gently stimulating the tender skin on the inside of her fingers and soles with his fingertips.
That sight was so cute that Killian kissed Emily's eyes too.
“I heard there’s a lake on Shantia Island, too?”
Emily asked, sitting on the bench, admiring the lake. Killian's expression hardened at the mention of Shantia Island.
In fact, Killian failed to purchase Shantia Island.
However, the reason why Shantia Island could be named after Daniel was because someone had purchased the island and given it to him as a gift.
'I thought you were living an ordinary life, but you hit me in the back of the head with such success.'
Killian gritted his teeth.
“Are you still jealous?”
Emily smiled and asked about Killian's murderous gaze.
“Doesn’t it look like you’re not going to do it?”
The person who gifted the island to Daniel was none other than Charles.
“Look at the gift I gave you first when I heard about your pregnancy, and it was in the baby’s name. And it was exactly what I was planning to give you.”
'But I held back because it was a gift for a child, Charles.'
If it was a gift for Emily, he was going to find Charles right away and return it, no matter what.
“They say the color of the lake on Shantia Island is the same blue as my eyes.”
"Yes..."
So he wanted to buy it himself so his child could swim in the lake while feeling the warmth of his mother's love.
“I wish the three of us, you, me, and Daniel, could go there to play soon.”
'A family of three.'
Just imagining it washed away the anger from just a moment ago, and a smile formed on his face. Killian couldn't believe the happiness that had come to him, and his heart swelled with excitement.
“Honey, don’t make Mommy sick and come out quickly.”
Emily also smiled happily as she watched Killian talking to the baby on her stomach.
***
Cezanne blindfolded Emily and led her to the nursery.
“Madam, are you ready to be surprised?”
Killian, standing behind, frowned at Cezanne's words. "You're risking your life by startling someone with a child?"
'Here we go again.'
The Starr family members who saw that all shook their heads and spoke in unison as if telling them to keep quiet.
“Don’t worry, it’s not something that will make you drop your baby!”
"Yes!"
Only Emily, who knew nothing, had a bright, cheerful face, full of joy and happiness.
"Yes, then. Now, let's reveal Daniel's room. One, two, three!"
Cezanne, having finished counting, took his hands away from Emily's eyes.
“Wow, ah-ah.”
Emily opened her eyes to the sound of people's applause and saw the baby's room that they had been working hard to decorate.
“...I like it so, so much.”
Emily said with tears in her eyes.
Above the crib hung a mobile made by Cezanne, Chili, and Roxy, and above the headboard was a mural of Killian and Emily, as if protecting the baby.
All the furniture in the baby's room was expensive, but the bed, where Daniel would spend most of his time, was the most expensive.
The bed frame, including the headboard, was made of oak, and the canopy posts were made of cherry wood and covered with soft-touch fabric.
“And this is the sofa where Your Excellency and Madam can rest with Daniel.”
The low sofa was wide enough for the baby to practice rolling over on it.
“Is this a sofa I’ve never seen before?”
“Yes, it was made by special order.”
Traces of their worries were evident throughout the room.
"Oh..."
Emily, sweeping the sofa, opened her clear eyes wide. The texture was so soft that she couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
Killian also praised his family with a satisfied expression.
He might be shocked to know how much it costs to decorate this room, but he wasn't the type of person to be stingy with money when it came to his family.
That was when.
“Ugh.”
Suddenly, Emily grabbed her stomach and let out a short moan.
“Why are you like that?”
A flustered Killian approached and examined Emily's face. Meanwhile, her stomach felt better again, and she tried to reassure everyone.
“It’s nothing. I just had a stomachache.”
When Emily smiled and said that it was okay, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“Madam, this is the areca palm that Alvin and I brought.”
Ivan said, putting the heavy flower pot down on the floor.
“It purifies the air and is said to have a good humidifying effect.”
Alvin also intervened and explained without giving in.
“And they say that touching these leaves is good for babies’ perceptual development.”
Since he was kicked out of decorating the baby's room, he had to get some decent interior decoration items.
In fact, even this was Chili's advice, but what's the big deal? They had to go through the trouble of airlifting plants from another country that weren't even available in the Vancent Empire.
They thought that with this level of sincerity, they deserved to be praised.
It was just as Emily was about to say thank you to both of them.
“Ugh.”
She held her stomach with a face that looked even more painful than before.
“Madam, are you in a lot of pain?”
Killian's face turned pale at the sight of his wife in pain.
But now, Emily, who was sweating profusely and unable to answer his question, screamed even louder than before and tried to collapse.
“Ugh!”
Killian quickly picked her up and hugged her, shouting to the people.
“Quick! Call a doctor!”
***
Emily's labor pains lasted for quite some time.
Killian, who was biting his lip in impatience, could no longer bear it any longer and got up from his seat.
“Where are you going?”
“...I was just going to walk around the hallway.”
He couldn't just sit still, worried about his wife. He wanted to rush into the delivery room right away and give birth to Emily instead.
“Today wasn’t the scheduled day, but I guess Daniel was in a hurry.”
“It’s all because I showed the baby’s room too early.”
Payne tilted his head at Killian's seemingly self-reproachful words.
“What does that have to do with the due date being brought forward?”
"He realized it was his room and tried to leave. Seriously, he's my child, but he's so smart, I'm often surprised by him."
“Ah... Do you feel that he is smart even though he is still a fetus?”
"Of course."
Payne wore a trembling expression. Where had all the rational and cool-headedness of the boss he once admired vanished?
“How much labor pain does a mother usually have?”
"That varies greatly from person to person. Some people give birth in minutes, while others take several days. It's a very wide range."
"What?!"
Payne, startled by Killian's shout, sat up straight.
“So, does that mean Emily might be in labor for a few days?”
“...Well, it’s not that common. There are mothers like that occasionally, so don’t worry too much.”
But such words did nothing to alleviate Killian's anxiety.
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