“She must have stopped crying because she’s tired,” Austin refused to admit Anastasia was better than him. After all, he had tried tirelessly to calm the baby down, and she hardly needed to do anything.
“Yeah, right!” Anastasia scrunched her nose. Her mood improved after seeing the baby lying peacefully in her arms. The babies’ smiles seemed to have made all their recent troubles disappear.
“Wow, she knows how to hold a baby better than you,” Mike said, “Why’d you mention giving the baby a shot? Don’t you know children are scared of getting shots the most?”
Austin mumbled, “I was just saying. The baby wouldn’t understand, would she?”
“Don’t think they wouldn’t. They know if we say nice or bad things about them. When Nicky was little, he would look sad if I scold him.” Mike probably could not stop thinking about his son. That was why he kept mentioning Nick.
However, Austin did not stop him because he noticed Mike did not look as sad as before whenever he mentioned Nick. Austin thought it was a good way for Mike to channel his longing.
At that moment, the nanny returned with two feeding bottles. “Here, let me handle them.”
She took the baby from Anastasia. “Ladies first, all right?”
“That’s so sexist!” Austin exclaimed.
Anastasia chuckled, “She’s the younger sister, right?”
Her arms felt slightly sore as she handed the baby to the nanny. Anastasia already felt it after only holding the baby for a while, yet Mike did not seem tired as he cradled the other one.
Anastasia could not help but say, “You’re so good at this.”
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