Xyla Quest and Stanley Batton got into bed together after freshening up, hugging each other in the dark.
It was a peaceful moment.
No matter how tough Xyla acted publicly, she seemed to be as vulnerable as a child with her husband.
She presented herself as a strong woman in public, but Stanley allowed her to be herself at home.
“I wonder if the children are asleep,” she said, unable to stop smiling whenever she spoke about them.
He reacted the same way. “They’re probably asleep. They’ve always been sound sleepers.”
“Yeah. I just realized how wonderful it is to have a son and a daughter. They can grow up together and accompany each other. They would never feel lonely,” she sighed in contentment.
“Yeah.”
Xyla chuckled and began thinking about the future. “I wonder what they'd look like when they grow up. And would they still be as obedient as they are now?
“I wonder if they’d still be so thoughtful,” she added.
Stanley smiled. “I think so. I believe they will grow to be kind and decent people.”
She nodded agreeably.
It was what she hoped for her children.
She didn’t wish for success or wealth for them, but more importantly, she hoped they would have the moral values and be full of optimism.
She wanted them to be like the sun, always shining bright and bringing warmth to the world.
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Time went by quickly, and now fifteen years had flown by in a blink of an eye.
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