Hired a Gigolo, Got a Billionaire

Chapter 730

Chapter 730

Gwen’s POV

There was a kind of silence that only existed in the middle of the night.

A comforting silence.

Even with the lights on and the hospital still running, the world felt stripped down to the essentials.

The low hum of the air conditioning.

The distant beep of a monitor.

The soft shuffle of nurses moving through the halls like they were carrying the balance of the world on their shoulders.

I sat in bed with Clara in my arms.

Her tiny face was a collection of details I tried to memorize, even though I knew I couldn’t.

The little mouth.

The skin still carrying that just-arrived-into-the-world tone.

The delicate nose.

The heavy eyelids opening and closing like she was testing out her own body.

Nick sat beside me, leaning against the headboard, his arm stretched behind me in a quiet, protective gesture.

He didn’t say much.

He just looked.

Like silence was the most honest way to say, I don’t believe this and I do at the same time.

"You okay?" he asked softly.

I could’ve answered with a whole list.

‘I’m tired.

I’m sore.

I’m scared.

I’m whole.

I’m happy.

’ Instead, I looked at him and said the only thing that fit.

"I am.

" Nick rested his face against my hair for a second, and I felt his breath loosen, like something inside him had finally unclenched.

Clara made the smallest sound, a soft murmur, and my hand tightened around her instinctively, like I needed to confirm she was real.

The door opened gently.

A nurse walked in with that same professional tone that manages to be kind without getting personal.

"How are we doing?" she asked, her eyes going straight to the baby.

"Good," I answered.

She came closer, checked a few things, made sure Clara was calm.

"Time for Clara to get some sleep," she said, firm but gentle.

"And you both need to rest too.

" I made a face without meaning to."I can’t," I admitted, looking down at my daughter.

The nurse smiled, understanding.

"No one can the first night," she said.

"But your body will make you.

" She held out her arms.

176 "I’m going to place her in the bassinet, right here beside you.

" +25 Bonus The idea of letting go of Clara bothered something irrational inside me.

Like even a foot of distance was too much.

But I let her.

she was made of glass and miracles, and laid her in the

adjusted the blanket, checked her

anything,

a great

" I almost laughed.

giving birth was a task you

"Thank you," I murmured.

closed, the room slipped back into

adjusted the pillow

"Lie down," he said.

lying

was, but my mind

out a quiet

"Gwen.

looked over at

the world

I watched her.

And watched.

could be so perfect without having done anything

only the soft glow of

sleep," he

"I’ll try," I promised.

I closed my eyes.

Opened them again.

Clara was still there.

was still

them again, this time a

it was like falling into something

woke up, it was to the soft sound of

had already slipped into the

gentle light filtered through the window, and for a second, it

Bonus Then I

And remembered.

of a man

slept," he said, like

little," I answered,

and

he told

"Now?" "Now.

as best I could, not fooling myself into

in my arms, and I

The door opened.

Christian walked in first.

Zoey right behind him.

at the entrance, like the room

didn’t say anything

looked at Clara like he was seeing something

one," he

Zoey covered her mouth.

started, then

"Oh my God.

" I smiled.

to the beautiful chaos," I

his hand on my

family

by in the next few

visit you at

because the idea of too many people in the hospital already

gave a

Grandpa is over the moon," he

meet his newest great-granddaughter as soon as

tugged at something sore in my body, reminding

wants us to build him a soccer team," I

raised both hands

"I’m out," she declared.

already a full-time

Christian let out a short laugh, and Nick did

felt a simple kind of

didn’t come with

Just belonging.

Then Zoey’s tone softened.

this moment," she

"It’s magical.

I looked down at Clara, at her tiny

"I’m trying," I said.

a

try," she corrected

"Just enjoy it.

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