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Two weeks had passed since Erin attacked the little girl. Everyone was worried that Mackie would be traumatized and needed a psychiatrist’s help.
But once she was sent to the child psychiatrist, the latter said that Mackenzie was in good health, physically and ntally. She was a tough girl who had been well-positioned to endure ntal shock. Chloe was ashad to tell the truth to Kate because it was a traumatizing event for her and her daughter back then, but it was Vernon who hinted sothing at Kate.
"Chloe and Mackie went through a lot before... and after eting ," Vernon said. "That’s why I’m going to spend the rest of my life making sure they’re happy and healed."
Chloe elbowed Vernon, "D—Don’t talk too much about it. I don’t have many fond mories of that man."
Vernon smiled, wrapped his arms around Chloe’s waist, and pulled her closer, "Good, he is the past, I am your present and future."
Chloe panicked, she tried to separate herself from Vernon because there was Kate sitting in front of them. They were watching TV after dinner. Chloe ensured that Valerie slept in her crib while Mackie was studying in her room.
"T—There’s soone else here. You’re so shaless!"
Vernon laughed freely, "Surely, you won’t mind, right, Kate?"
Kate smiled, seeing Chloe and Vernon looking so harmonious, "You two are a perfect couple. I’m glad Mackie and Valerie have parents who love them so much and rarely fight."
Kate said the last one because she was projecting.
She wished that her relationship with Henry could be as harmonious as Chloe and Vernon’s. Based on her stay in this mansion, Vernon and Chloe rarely argued. Even if they did, it’d be solved in less than five minutes with just a warm kiss or a hug.
’If only things would get better between Henry and I with just a simple kiss, life would be so much better...’ Kate thought while caressing her belly. She missed her man a lot and dread of Henry a few tis in the past month.
Kate glanced at the empty spot next to her on the sofa and sighed.
She wished that Henry would be here, hugging her and sharing his warmth. She had been feeling cold lately because she got used to Henry’s natural body heat.
Chloe and Vernon glanced at each other when they saw Kate’s sad expression while caressing her belly.
She was probably only a few days before going into labor, and Chloe noticed that Kate had grown increasingly depressed.
She smiled a lot less even though she was expecting the birth of the baby she waited for so long.
Chloe had also seen her spacing out on many occasions, sotis murmuring the na of the man she vowed to hate for the rest of her life.
Unfortunately, as a fellow woman who was already giving birth to two daughters, she understood Kate’s feelings.
Chloe also experienced growing uneasiness when she was in the late stage of pregnancy. She kept thinking of her man, wishing he could always be with her. She craved the safety that Vernon provided.
So Kate must’ve desperately wished for Henry to embrace her by now.
They focused on the lighthearted rom-com on the mansion’s mini theater until soone opened the door without knocking first.
Kate, Chloe, and Vernon turned their heads at the sa ti, and Kate’s eyes widened when she saw the intruder.
"Whoa, am I too late for the movie?" Henry smiled wide until his teeth were showing. He was carrying four pizza boxes and entered the mini theater as if it were his house.
He put the pizza boxes on the small table and sat right next to Kate without hesitation.
Vernon and Chloe smiled at Henry and said, "We’re just starting. You’re not too late."
"Yeah, it’s been a while since we had a movie night together, right?"
"Oh, is it a rom-com this ti? Damn, maybe we can watch horror after this," Henry said while looking at the big screen.
Kate glared at Henry the whole ti. Her lips thinned, and she tried to scoot away from him.
But Henry quickly wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer, "Where are you going, Kitty? Need sothing? I’ll do it for you."
"Why are you here?" Kate asked ruthlessly. She tried to push him away, but Henry was strong, so she stopped struggling once she realized that it might harm her baby instead.
Henry smiled at Kate when she finally stopped struggling, "Calm down, okay? You might hurt our baby."
"Stop acting like a clueless idiot, Henry. What are you doing here?"
"What am I doing here? To watch movies?" Henry continued his relaxed and casual act. He pointed at Vernon and Chloe. "We do movie nights at least once a month. Did they not tell you?"
"S—Sorry, Kate, I forgot to tell you today," Chloe said, though that was just a lie. She planned this because she knew that Kate felt lonely, so she hoped that Kate would accept Henry, even just for one night, to ease her loneliness. "Why don’t we let him stay for a night? I an, he’s just here to watch a movie, right?"
"Yeah, don’t worry, I’ll kick him out personally if he dares to do sothing that will upset you," Vernon added, hoping it would ease Kate as well.
Kate looked at Vernon, Chloe, and Henry, respectively. She couldn’t believe that everyone in this room colluded just so she couldn’t reject the idea.
Kate understood that Chloe must’ve noticed her loneliness and her constant craving for Henry’s presence.
But she never told Chloe about this and never planned to because she knew Henry’s presence would only weaken her resolve to leave after giving birth.
She stared at Henry, who stared back at her with hopeful eyes. He said nothing, but his eyes told her everything about his desperation and how much he wanted Kate to give him a second chance.
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