The Divorce That Brought Us Back novel Chapter 338

Shouldn't Parker be criticizing her while simultaneously praising Seraphina and lecturing Maloney?

He was acting so normal that it completely unsettled her.

"That's great," Nora offered dryly.

"Yeah," Parker agreed, his gaze never leaving the incubator. "It's all thanks to Cassidy."

Leaving the observation room.

Nora and Maloney walked hand-in-hand down the hospital corridor, her mind continuously flashing back to Parker's bizarrely tender and normal demeanor.

It was unbelievable.

She couldn't suppress a full-body shiver.

"I had someone look into it," Maloney said, pocketing his phone as he walked beside her. "The premature birth had nothing to do with the physical health of the mother or the baby. It was most likely triggered by extreme mental stress, combined with the trauma from her previous threatened miscarriage."

Maloney squeezed her hand reassuringly. "Don't worry. They're both safe. She just needs some time to recover."

"Yeah," Nora nodded. "I was just thinking... Parker has changed so much."

Maloney paused for a second. "Having a child tends to force a man to mature."

"Does it?"

"It does," Maloney said. "Once a man has a child, he steps into the role of a father. If he shows absolutely no growth or change, it just means he's inherently devoid of any sense of responsibility."

Nora puffed her cheeks out slightly. "But when Cass was pregnant, he wasn't mature at all. He just constantly pissed her off."

Early on, Parker had even questioned whether the baby Cassidy carried was actually his.

"Maybe it didn't feel real to him until the baby was born. The shift in mindset only happens after."

"He only cares about the baby, not Cass."

At that, Maloney's expression faltered slightly.

"Nora," he began, "whether a man loves his child or not often depends heavily on the mother."

Nora looked up at him.

Maloney quickly clarified, "I'm not defending Parker, obviously."

Nora thought about it. "So you're saying it's like back in ancient times, when an illegitimate son was favored over the legitimate heir. It's just a man playing favorites. Whichever woman he loves more, he loves her child more."

The second they got home, Maloney impatiently scooped Nora up and carried her to the bedroom.

Blinking her bright, shining eyes at him, Nora whispered, "The big bed or the small bed?"

Pinning her wrists above her head, Maloney answered, "The big bed."

By eleven o'clock that night.

The hospital room finally quieted down.

Leaning against her pillows, Cassidy let out a silent sigh.

Having a baby felt exactly like birthing a stock option.

Just as she was finally preparing to rest, Parker strolled into the room. A smile played on his lips as he approached her bedside, his tone conspiratorial. "Do you want to go see our daughter?"

"I can help you into the wheelchair and push you over to her. How about it?"

Cassidy stared at him in silence, reached into the drawer of her nightstand, pulled out a document, and handed it to him.

"Read this first."