"I'll arrive in ten more minutes!" Marley Hughes did not know what happened, why she sounded so happy. She seldom used this type of tone to talk with him, he was infected, hoping that she could be happy every day!
Sylvie hung up the phone, waiting for Marley.
She was thinking if later she told him about the news of her pregnancy, would he be happy or unhappy?
However, she also recalled that her grandfather wanted to name 'Mccarthy', she was unhappy with that! If this was not a deal, maybe it was possible to have 'Mccarthy' as the child's surname, but...
Thinking of that, she was a bit melancholy. The child's surname would not be 'Mccarthy', she just considered that she owed her grandfather!
Ten minutes later, as expected, Marley's car parked at the place which was mentioned by her, she looked up and saw Marley who got off from the car. He dressed in a stiff dress shirt and pants. Marley's handsome face looked like the eminent God in Greek mythology, with pronounced facial features, masculine line, the deep black eyes under the thick black eyebrows, and now, when he saw Sylvie, there was a gentle smile on his face, he got off from the car and strode towards her.
Sylvie also went over there.
"Have you been waiting long?"
"I'm alright! You're driving very fast!" She was talking while walking towards him, she could not hold back the excitement that was shown on her face.
It was not confirmed before, she also did not trust him fully, so she had never talked about it. Should she tell him now?
He reached out his hand to embrace her. "Darling, what makes you so happy?"
She seldom had that kind of expression, shy and coward, her small face blushed, she was stunning! His heart fluttered when he looked at her, could not help but want to kiss her.
"Marley, I want to ask you!” Sylvie was a bit worried, she looked up to glance at him, she discovered that he was lowering his head to look at her. There was full of affection in his eyes. He was not pretending, she could feel his love, she was seemingly relieved. She asked, "If our child in future must have 'Mccarthy' as its surname, what shall we do?"
Marley was startled, his body was a bit tense, he did not understand her words. "We have already said that the first child can have 'Mccarthy' as its surname! Never mind, although I feel that it is hard to accept it at first. But after thinking about it thoroughgoingly, it is not that excessive, as long as both of us love each other, it doesn't matter that our child follows whose surname. Isn't that now many children follow their mother's surname? It's okay, I'm not a stick in the mud."
Speaking of which, he suddenly realized something, his eyes also opened widely. "Uh! Sylvie, are you?"
"What do you want to say?” Sylvie felt funny and looked at him, and it was the first time she found that he was silly throughout, such a slowpoke, she was so worried about him, actually, sometimes she found that this man was pitiful!
"Sylvie! You have a baby, right?” Marley felt incredible but seemed like he confirmed that, glaring at her in his embrace, she smiled brightly like a flower, her small face reddened, seemingly waiting to see his silly looks. "So you come to the hospital to confirm? Where is the slip? Darling, give me a look, are you having a baby?"
He was talking, his excitement was indescribable, his body moved backward, his hand gently stroked her belly, seemed like he had really seen the baby.
"Why are you stoking? Ha-ha, you get it right! You're going to be a father!" Sylvie smiled shyly, she sank into his embrace obediently. "I haven't done B-scan but the blood index has come out, two weeks later I will come back to do B-scan."
"Really pregnant?" Marley raised his voice like he was dreaming.
"Ha-ha, this is the slip!" Sylvie passed the slip to him. "Here, you see this rising arrow!"
She pointed at the arrow to show him, he already could not control his trembling hand. "Really pregnant, I'm going to be a father, I'll be a father!"
He was whispering, there was uncontrollable joy on his face.
Sylvie sighed, perhaps she should not keep him in the dark before as actually he was the same as her, yearning for the birth of the baby! My baby, you were blessed, as only the baby who was wished by its parents to be born would be happy, did not be like mom, at that time no one wished me to be born!
Thinking of herself, Sylvie could not help to be a bit sad, she was not welcomed, these years, she was always alone, she did not want her child to have such a misfortune at all! Even if everyone did not like the baby, she would try hard to let it live splendidly!
"Sylvie." Suddenly, Marley shouted in a low voice, yet lowering his voice immediately, he was afraid of shocking her, putting away the slip, he lowered his voice and embraced her to ask, "Why don't you let me accompany you to do a checkup? What if you encounter the reporter? What if they push you down? Last night, are you doubting that you're having a baby, so that last night you don't let me touch you?"
"Um! Yes!" She laughed and nodded her head. Feeling that he was too tense, was it the devotion of the expectant father? But he was right, she had to be more careful afterward!
"But you didn't tell me during the day, why didn't you tell me?" Marley recalled that time during yesterday morning when he was lingering with her gently, luckily, luckily yesterday he was gentle, could not imagine what if they hurt the baby?
"I forgot during the day!" Sylvie blushed and said it softly.
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the writing is quite childish, but maybe it's just the translations...