Chapter 424 - Four Hundred And Twenty-four: No One Told Him (2/2)

”Cecil love, tell me what is wrong?” Emerald needed to understand her a bit.

But she would not hear that from him, ”Don't call me love when you did this to me?!” She poked him on the chest, tears filling her eyes.

”Did what? Explain to me, what did I do wrong?” Emerald pleaded desperately. He was almost on the point of falling on his knees to beg if she wanted him to.

”Why did you put this baby in me?!” Asked Cecil. She didn't even understand why she was crying as well. All she knew was that the tears kept falling.

”Huh?” Emerald was stupefied. Was that the reason for the tears? He couldn't comprehend what was going on anymore.

”Why did you give me a baby? Why didn't you stop the baby from coming?” She wept bitterly to the extent Emerald didn't know where or how to comfort her.

This becoming a father of a thing came too suddenly to him as well and this was his first time. He had never experienced a scene as bewildering as this one in his entire life. How was he supposed to stop the baby from coming? He had no control over that.

”Alright Cecil, don't cry anymore, we'd sort this out together alright?” he attempted to comfort her but the hormonal mother took it the wrong way.

”You don't want me to cry? A pregnant woman doesn't deserve to cry, is that it?” she wept harder.

At this point, Emerald was exhausted. If he had known that the surprise breakfast would turn out this way, he wouldn't have bothered at all.

Then out of the corner of his eye, he saw Pedro make a hugging gesture that made his brow raise. What? The boy wanted him to hug her?

”Just do it!” Pedro communicated the words with his eye and Emerald had no choice but to bring Cecil into his arms, hugging her tight.

It was at that moment that the doctor's words crossed his mind. The woman had told him that as the fluctuating levels of estrogen and progesterone in Cecil's bloodstream ramp up, it can make her especially moody during the first trimester. But he never took it seriously until now.

Who knew mood swings and crying spells are a normal part of pregnancy? None of the missions he had ever partaken in scared him as much as this pregnancy.

Emerald simply thought Cecil's stomach would swell up in the coming months and he would help with alleviating her back pain, then boom! The baby pops out from wherever it comes from when the time comes - no one told him there was much more work to pregnancy than it looked.

But then, although he dreaded the months to come with its increase of anxiety levels, Emerald could not wait to welcome his child into this world.

So bring it on, pregnancy!