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.”

probably was the only one who found the children adorable. Everyone

tiny head, reassured Cedric, “Babies that aren’t so cute at first often grow up to

a warm hug, and Cedric’s face relaxed into a smile. “Of course, Hailey and I are lookers. There’s no way our

chin propped on his hand, was about to comment when Cedric cut him

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

again, mainly because the elders had come up with a list of suitable names, and everyone crowded around.

names for both a boy and a

had their preferences, and for a while, they were at an impasse until the old man handed the final decision to the head of the Laurence

and quickly settled on the first two

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

his twins would outshine

children turned out to be

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