Maisie was on the sofa, while in her arms, Ezio was holding a bottle, gradually getting sleepy.
Ezra put on a pajama and sat gently beside her.
They remained silent in case the child should be waking up. They simply put their attention on the little kid who gradually fell asleep.
Maisie continued to hold Ezio in her arms to make sure he was completely asleep.
Then Ezra murmured abruptly, "Does it hurt when you were giving birth?"
People always say childbirth was scary. Ezra, too, had read on the news how painful it was to give birth. It was kind of beyond his imagination as to how she conceived the baby.
Maisie did not expect him to ask such a question. She thought a while and said, "It's not so painful for me. The whole process was smooth. So it was okay."
It was altogether a smooth process. Though the contraction was excruciating, the dilatation and giving birth were quick, unlike others who could not give birth even after trying for a long time.
Her recovery was also quite speedy, which may have something to do with her regular working out.
"I'm sorry…"Ezra hated it when she treated everything like they were not a big deal. He'd rather she cry or blame him when mentioning those pains so that the pressure in his heart could be alleviated.
Maisie looked at him and said seriously, "You don't have to say that. How should I put it… It was my choice to keep the child. And I will keep him no matter how much pain I'll have to suffer."
Her calm and ration upset Ezra even more. Why couldn't she show him her weak side, so that he could comfort her and care for her?
But he knew Maisie would never do that.
Ezra continued, "Then did you puke and couldn't eat anything when you were pregnant?"
He remembered Emilia used to vomit so bad during her pregnancy that Julian became worried and racked his mind to get her to eat more every day.
A huge wave of guilt washed over Ezra when he was thinking about how considerate Julian was to Emilia, and how Maisie managed to deal with everything all alone in Grafstin at a most tiring time when she had just become the leader of a branch company.
To make things worse, she had to go through a car accident arranged by his evil father…
Ezra could understand now why David hated his father so much. It was because Maisie meant a lot to David. She was so important that any grievances of hers were equally painful for David, just like Ezra was today.
Maisie answered honestly, "It was okay. The vomit thing was not extremely bad."
The situation varies as everyone had a different condition. Some would vomit a lot, but some barely vomit. She was the latter. Occasionally after getting up, she would retch, but soon she would feel better.
Thinking of that, Maisie could not help looking down tenderly at the little thing sleeping in her arms, "It suddenly strikes me that he's a real angel to me. He has always behaved so well whether in pregnancy or giving birth, or raising him."
The little boy seemed able to sense how uneasy it was for her to raise him alone, so he was good as early as when he was in her womb. After he was born, he was much easier to raise than other children. Once he was full and slept well, he would be smiley all day.
Maisie was so grateful.
While Maisie was looking at the child, Ezra was staring at her affectionately.
She looked even more attractive under the night light. Ezra said gently, "It must be because he resembles you."
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