"Mellie, are you serious?" He rubbed his ears to make sure that he heard it right.
"We can have a try, but... Senior, I'm pregnant with Jonas's baby now."
With eyes closed, Melinda said. At this moment, she felt that she was too selfish, but Kent was not as shock as she thought. On the contrary, he unfastened his seat belt, walked excitedly to the back seat and hugged her tightly.
"I don't mind, Mellie. I can be the father of our baby." Kent was so excited that he was incoherent. He wanted to hold her tighter, but when he remembered that Melinda was pregnant, he carefully loosened his grip.
He held Melinda's hand and told her how he felt at this moment. "Linda, I feel like I am dreaming at this moment, a surprise fell from the sky and hit my head."
"Are you so happy?"
Melinda asked in confusion. But she felt sad when she recalled the time when she knew she could be with Jonas, she also felt excited as well.
Melinda could not help but feel the same feelings as Kent now.
"How old is the baby now?" Kent's eyes fell to the abdomen of Melinda. Though it was the child of Jonas, it was also the child of Melinda.
This woman was his favorite. He wouldn't mind at all.
"More than three months."
When it came to the child, Melinda always wore a smile on her face. Seeing how satisfied she was, Kent could not help but grin. Then he got a bit shocked.
"Now that you're pregnant, you can't eat these food. Sit in the passenger seat." Kent looked at these snacks in disgust. They were all junk food now.
From now on, he had to be nice to Mellie. If she really liked it, he would try his best to learn to cook for her.
Kent pulled her to the front passenger seat. The speed he drove all the way was even lower than that of a motorcycle. He was so cautious that Melinda could not help laughing.
"Senior, are you too nervous? I'm just pregnant. Nothing serious,"
Melinda said. Till now, Kent still thought that Melinda was the first class national protected animals and he had to be careful.
When they arrived at the Vern's house, Kent took Melinda's hand while walking. Melinda didn't say anything. Kent would get used to her pregnancy.
Vern had just woken up. He was really shocked to see that Melinda and Kent arrived home hand in hand.
"Dad, are you all right?" Melinda released her grip on Kent's hand, walked forward and hugged Vern. Her tears, which had been restrained for a long time, fell down again. Vern was instantly stunned.
"What happened? Why are you crying?" Vern was at a loss. It had been a long time since she acted like a spoiled child in front of him.
He hadn't had this feeling for a long time, and he didn't know how to face it.
"Let's go inside, Mellie."
In the end, Kent got Vern out of the trouble. Melinda was obedient to him, but she hung herself on her father all the time, almost clinging to him.
"Sir, I told everything that happened today to Mellie,"
Kent explained to Vern. Vern understood, patted Melinda on the shoulder, and said, "You're going to be a mother. Why are you still a crybaby?"
It seemed that her daughter had grown up.
"Dad, I'll come back and take care of you, okay?"
asked Melinda expectantly. Her tearful eyes were like broken stars, so bright. Vern could not refuse what she said.
"Hey, this is your home. You can come back if you want,"
Vern said very bluntly. However, Melinda did not mind. She continued to play the coquetry with her father. Now, the expression on Vern's face could not maintain.
The pleasure on his face made Melinda realize that her father still doted on her as before.
Melinda decided to look after her father, but the two men stared at her belly for a long time, and finally pressed her on the sofa.
"You can talk to your father. I will help you with the housework."
Kent volunteered to take over the housework. Seeing them getting along with each other, Vern felt something strange.
"Well, Kent, you don't have to do that. An hourly worker will come here to clean the room tomorrow,"
Vern yelled at Kent, but the latter didn't stop. Instead, Vern turned to look at Melinda and said with reproach, "Mellie, how could you be so selfish? He is our guest, how can you let him work?"
Melinda was eating fruit and stopped. Then she smiled at her father and said carelessly, "Let him do it. He is my boyfriend now."
"What did you say?"
Vern liked Kent and had a good impression of him, but he had always regarded his son-in-law as Jonas.
So when he knew they were together, he was surprised first and then disagreed.
"Mellie, are you out of your mind?"
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