Mission To Remarry

In the scorching summer heat of August, the temperature in Horington had risen to thirty degrees Celsius since the early mornings. The entire city felt as hot as a bun in a steamer if it wasn’t for the occasional sea breeze.

In the obstetrics and gynecology department of Flora Verba Hospital, Roxanne felt wave after wave of contractions squeezing her abdomen. The sweat dotting her forehead, the deep crease between her brows, and her tightly-clenched jaw showed her fight to keep the pain from showing on her face.

Lucian held her hand tightly with his right hand.

From his wife’s iron grip, he could guess the intensity of the pain racking through her. Lines of worry etched on his face. His eyes were filled with distress.

Lowering his head, he brushed his lips against Roxanne’s forehead, trailed it to the tip of her nose, and finally stopped at the corner of her lips.

“Darling, hold on. You can do it. Archie, Benny, and Essie are all waiting outside. They’re all shouting encouragements at the top of their lungs,” Lucian kept cheering her with a gentle tone.

Roxanne nodded. A blissful smile stretched across her face. “I know. Don’t worry. It should be faster this time.”

Beside her, doctors and nurses stood alert and ready.

baby, so the pressure on

after, the doctor gently urged, “We’ll be pushing

turned around, left the delivery room of the

and down. Their

Mommy in pain?” Estella ran toward her father with tears streaming down her cheeks. Her worry was

knowledge about a delivery, Archie and Benny were nervous too. Their

since she’s the best. You’ll get to see your brother and sister before long!” Lucian comforted, trying his

the seaweed soup now! Roxanne can have some right

“Can she drink it immediately after giving

can. I even prepared some mushroom soup for her. She will have to replenish all the nutrients her body has lost as quickly as possible. A natural birth is much easier than

the children and did his best

Jonathan also arrived at the

been in there, Lucian?”

just two