Chapter 597 - Five Hundred And Ninety-Seven: He Would Not Abandon His Own (2/2)

Even with that, nobody made a sound until the baby released its first cry. Like mad women, the rest of them - Reina, Emily, and Camille - screamed in excitement. They did it!

They jumped and hugged each other, almost infecting Lisa with their happiness. However, Lisa kept her cool and simply brought the baby up onto Cecil's chest and wrapped him in a clean towel as skin-to-skin contact will keep him warm and calm.

Cecil was in the middle of delivering the placenta when the EMT arrived and took over everything. By the time she was done, her eyes closed in exhaustion. But not without smiling down at her baby… her beautiful baby… and a he. But she didn't mind, whether a boy or a girl, all that mattered was that he was her baby….her child...Sleep finally crept up.

Emerald barged into the room as if the devil was on his heels, his gaze searching for one, no, two persons. His gaze landed on Cecil with her eyes closed and his heart stopped dead.

Oh no.

The saliva in his mouth turned bitter and his leg became wobble, the giant almost stumbled to the ground had Sakuzi not caught.

”N-no…” He croaked out

”No, what?” Reina and the others were confused. That was not the reaction they expected from the husband of their friend who just gave birth.

But then, it clicked on their head. Did he think….? Everyone turned to Emily with an accusing look, what the hell had she told the huge man to turn up this way.

Sakuzi was the one who slapped the stupid fool on the back of his head, ”Come on, stop thinking nonsense! Your wife is merely resting!”

”Huh?” Emerald asked, and then the air that felt suffocating at first returned as his eyes widened. She's alive?!

Emerald covered the distance between him and Camille with heavy strides that Reina made a mental note of the ground shaking under those powerful stomps.

A wave of relief washed over Emerald when he saw the rise and fall of her chest. He almost thought he lost her… for a moment there, his life had almost lost meaning.

Then he heard a cry from behind and Emerald saw Lisa approaching him with a warm smile, a baby in her arms. She handed him to her saying, ”It's a boy,”

How he was not able to crush such a little thing in his arms, Emerald wondered. He was so small and fragile and he felt this desire to protect him. He had his hair, that he could see and the other distinct features. He now had his own. His family. He was now a father and unlike his parents, he would not abandon his son.

To everyone's horror, Emerald burst into tears. It was super awkward yet heart-melting.

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