Michelle smiled, but secretly sneered internally. Although she was only a young, vibrant woman in her early twenties, she had matured a lot for her age ever since she got married. She had learned to be calm in her mind when tough situations arose. Like a wintersweet blossom in the harsh winter, she remained soft yet tough in the cold.
She didn't want to cause any troubles for anyone, and was not pleased when other people found fault with her. She clearly knew that she wasn't that innocent girl anymore. She was a wife now, and that was her new identity. In other words, she behaved as if it was not just her own business anymore, but rather intertwined with Luke's.
Leena's head was spinning with the amount of tasks she had done and had to do. She definitely needed a break but she was extremely busy these days. There were tons of things she needed to prepare and required her attention. Although she couldn't exactly take care of each and every single one of them, she at least had to finish the things she had promised.
When nighttime fell, Leena was resting tiredly with her head on Kevin's lap and asked, "Kevin, do you like the kids?"
"Yes." Kevin carelessly replied in a monotonous voice, not looking down at her from the news report he was watching on the TV. It slipped him why she had asked such a strange question out of the blue.
"How many kids do you want to have?" Leena pressed her lips into a thin line and asked again.
"Girl, are you pregnant?!" Suddenly, Kevin turned to her and asked surprisingly, shock written all over his face. This did not escape Leena's gaze and she couldn't help but feel bad for herself.
"Ahh... No. I'm just asking." Seeing Kevin reacting like that, Leena couldn't bear to tell him the truth. It would greatly disappoint him. She had to swallow the bitter pill all by herself, but of course someday he would eventually know about it. One couldn't hide a secret forever, after all.
"Well, I'm going to think about it carefully. As long as you are the mother, it doesn't matter how many kids I want to have. I'll love them all anyway. But it is probably not allowed to have too many children as a soldier. What about this? What about twins?" Kevin suddenly became interested in this topic. He stopped watching the military channel he liked on TV and started to discuss the issue of children with her.
"Sure," Leena replied sweetly, but deep inside her heart was filled with sadness. The more he was getting into the conversation with her, the more her heart ached. He liked kids so much, but she couldn't make his dream a reality for him. People without such experience didn't know how painful that was. Her heart was bleeding with sadness and despair.
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