Chapter 242


    When the sound of the door closing came, Ste nestled under the covers for a few more minutes.


    After making sure that he had gone back to his room, she poked her head out from under the covers


    and took a deep breath of fresh air.


    She lifted the quilt, got out of bed, and went to the crib to check again. The baby was still sleeping


    soundly and showed no signs of waking up at all.


    Ste carefully opened her suitcase and took out her pajamas before quietly heading to the bathroom.


    Afraid of disturbing the baby, Ste did not dare to use the hairdryer, so she just did not wash her hair,


    but pulled it up and tied it at the back of her head.


    After the shower, Ste came out of the bathroom and saw the baby smacking his lips. His eyes were


    still closed, but his little hands were waving wildly in the air.


    Ste quickly walked over to him. Just as she reached her hand out, the baby grabbed her fingers.


    Seeing this, Ste smiled gently, then sat down on the bed andy down on the edge of the crib. She


    just looked at him quietly with gentle eyes.


    In the middle of the night, when Ste was drowsy, she suddenly heard the baby grunting and crying in


    the crib next to her.


    She hurriedly turned on the light and sat up. Seeing that the baby looked hungry, she lifted the quilt and


    got out of bed, opened the thermos to make milk powder.


    The baby got energized after he ate his meal. He opened his round eyes and looked around curiously.


    At that moment, the door of the room was suddenly opened.


    A gentle male voice came from outside, "What are you doing in the middle of the night without


    sleeping?"


    Ste turned back with the baby in her arms, "The sound I made should not be too loud... Mr. Conrad,


    am I disturbing you?"


    rence lowered his eyes and looked at the baby in her arms who was in high spirits and quietly licked


    his lips. Then he walked in and whispered, "Give me."


    Ste was puzzled.


    rence repeated, "Give him to me. You go to sleep."


    Ste obviously wasn''t expecting him to say that. She froze for a few seconds before slowly saying,


    "No, I''ll take care of him myself. Mr. Conrad, you can just go to bed."


    "You''re polite to me now?"


    Ste was speechless.


    Without waiting for Ste to continue to refuse, rence had gone to hold the baby in her arms.


    Ste didn''t dare to wrestle with him for fear of hurting the baby, so she let him carry the baby over.


    rence turned around, sat on the sofa, and then without looking up, said to Ste, "You go to sleep."


    Ste opened her mouth but didn''t know what to say.


    rence was obviously doing something that did not fit in with him, but the scene before her looked


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    And the baby obviously didn''t want him to hold him. He pouted and looked like he was going to cry out.


    However, rence whispered, "Shut up."


    The baby sniffed with his little fists clenched, looking very aggrieved.


    Ste couldn’t bear to look at it, "Mr. Conrad, you''d better give him to me. He''s notfortable with you


    holding him."


    rence said, "Don''t spoil him."


    Ste’s mouth twitched. She didn’t know when he spoiled the baby, and obviously, he scared the baby.


    But surprisingly, the baby stayed reluctantly in his arms for a while, then slowly closed his eyes and fell


    asleep.


    rence put him back into the crib and said softly, "He will only wake up once in the middle of the


    night. You can go back to sleep now."


    Ste looked at him, tilted her head, and suddenly asked, "Mr. Conrad, how do you know he will only


    wake up once in the middle of the night?"


    rence paused, looked up to meet her eyes, and said slowly, "You''ll know if you ask Ms. Beckham."


    "Oh."


    She didn''t expect him to be quite attentive and actually thought to ask Evelyn how many times the baby


    would wake up during the night.


    rence stood still for a few seconds before speaking, "I''m leaving."


    Ste looked at him, feeling a little puzzled.


    He could go now! Could it be that he still thought she would ask him to stay?


    Seeing him standing there without moving, Ste said tentatively, "Well... Mr. Conrad, good night?"


    rence''s thin lips curled, "Good night."


    After saying that, he lifted his leg to leave.


    Ste looked at his back and suddenly felt funny.


    He was so childish.


    After midnight, the baby really did not wake up again, just like rence said.


    Stey in bed, but tossed and turned, and couldn''t fall asleep. She didn''t know what was going


    through her head.


    She just drifted off and looked quietly at the crib next to her in the hazy moonlight.


    She didn’t know how long it took for her to fall asleep.


    By the time Ste woke up from a good night''s sleep, it was very light.


    She sat up in a hurry and looked at the time. It was eleven o''clock in the morning.


    Ste rubbed her head and turned her head to find that the baby was no longer in the crib.


    She changed her clothes and went downstairs. In the courtyard, the baby was lying in his crib and


    ying happily with his toys by himself. And next to him, rence was sitting at the desk working.


    Ste asked, "Where''s Ms. Anderson?"


    rence didn''t even look up, "She went to the hospital with Ms. Beckham."


    Ste was sitting in a chair and staring at a potted nt not far away. Obviously, she just hasn''t woken


    up yet.


    "What do you want to eat? I''ll have Nathan send it over."


    After a few seconds, Ste slowly came back to her senses, "No. There should be some food in the


    fridge. I''ll go cook it."


    At that moment, there was a knock on the door.


    Ste went over to the door and a young boy was standing outside, "Excuse me, does Mr. Conrad live


    here?"


    Ste nced back at rence and nodded gently, "Yes."


    The boy took out a gift box from his bag, "I''m a staff member of Yue Lao Temple. This is the gift that we


    said we would give youst night."


    Ste reached out and took it, "Thank you."


    "You''re wee. I''ll leave then."


    When the boy left, Ste closed the door, turned and ced the box in front of rence, and then went


    straight into the kitchen.


    There were a lot of vegetables in the kitchen that Dolores had bought at the marketst night. After


    steaming the rice in the pot, Ste wanted to make a spicy rabbit, but then she remembered that


    rence didn''t eat chili and had to give up the idea.


    Halfway through making the dish, Ste felt that something was wrong again. Why should she give in


    to his ideas?


    Thinking of this, she deliberately took the rabbit again, but just as she picked it up, she put it down


    again.


    Forget it. If she cooked too many dishes and they couldn''t finish them, it would only be a waste.


    Ste propped her hand on the dishwashing table, feeling as if she was a fool.


    In the end, Ste made two dishes and a soup, which all tasted light.


    By the time she got out, rence had put away theputer and the gift box had been opened. On


    the table were the photos they had takenst night at Yue Lao Temple.


    The photos were in a frame unique to Yue Lao Temple. On the left side of the frame, it read "Wishing


    you a long and happy marriage" and on the right side, it read "Wishing you lots of love and happiness".


    At the top was a row of heart-shaped patterns, and at the bottom was a miniature cartoon image of Yue


    Lao.


    As the saying went, “Being tacky to the extreme is fashionable.”


    Ste looked at the frame and the photo and instantly had the urge to fly back to City N


    overnight.