A Second Chance at Forever

Chapter 1436

“Cedric, sorry about that, Bernard has never been much of a smooth talker.” Eleanor gave Bernard a reproachful glance as she finished speaking. “Why don’t you head on home, and I’ll stay here with the babies.”

Bernard, already settled on the couch, lifted his heavy-lidded gaze slightly, “I’ll stay with you.”

That meant if Eleanor didn’t leave, neither would he.

Cedric’s pleading eyes turned back to Eleanor. With a sigh of resignation, and a heart full of reluctance, Eleanor handed the baby back to Latonia.

Taking the baby, Latonia suddenly realized that the child was, indeed, not the cutest.

Frowning, she glanced at the baby, then at Cedric and Hailey. They weren’t bad-looking, so why did the babies look like this? The more Latonia stared, the less cute the baby seemed, so she quickly passed the child back to Eleanor, “You’re the baby’s aunt, why don’t you stick around and cuddle them some more?”

Eleanor, all smiles, took the baby back in her arms. “I’ll hold them a little longer, then I’ll head home.”

was the only one who found the children adorable. Everyone else had their doubts but chose to stay silent.

“Babies that aren’t so cute at first often grow up to be stunners. Don’t

Cedric’s face relaxed into a smile. “Of course, Hailey and I are lookers. There’s no way our babies won’t grow up

him off, “Bernard, if you

dare’ look, he swallowed the ‘kind and gentle’ words he was

atmosphere lightened again, mainly because the elders had come up with a list

for both a boy and

for a while, they were at an impasse until the

and uninterested, casually glanced at the list and quickly settled on the first two names on

so randomly, Cedric and Hailey were nearly floored. It took some serious arm-twisting from Cedric to get Bernard to agree to ‘Elwood Laurence’

so mad at Bernard’s audacious choice of names and could only hope that his twins would outshine Bernard’s children in looks, learning, talent, intelligence, and every other aspect.

didn’t expect Bernard’s children turned out to be the

that’s a story for another day. Right now, the children were still