Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 414

Seeing the two little ones, Ryan and Faith broke into smiles.

Faith, in particular, seemed overjoyed as she went over to the stroller and lifted Serena into her arms. Her eyes were brimming with affection.

Serena seemed content in Faith’s arms, too, not crying or fussing. Her big round eyes watched Faith, and she’d occasionally babble something incomprehensible Faith was delighted, cooing back at her, “What a lovely little girl you are! So adorable!”

Both Neil and I looked on, not quite sure what to say.

Finally, Neil stepped forward and took Serena into his arms. “She’s not your granddaughter. Stop bothering Irene with this.”

Neil had almost picked up Serena a few times before but was constantly interrupted. Never did we imagine that today, under such circumstances, he’d finally hold

her.

Serena, dressed in a pink onesie with tiny flowers printed on it, looked incredibly soft and delicate in Neil’s arms.

The contrast between the burly man and the tiny baby was striking.

“Be careful! Babies have weak necks. You need to support it!” Faith immediately pointed out, noticing Neil’s awkward hold on Serena.

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His eyes flashed with panic, and he quickly adjusted his grip. But his inexperience was evident, and his hasty movements only made things worse. Finally, he ended up holding Serena upright, even though she couldn’t yet support her own head.

I was startled and quickly took Serena from Neil’s unsure grasp.

Under normal circumstances, Serena would have started crying if someone held her awkwardly.

it was different with Neil. Despite

but feel a strange sensation in my heart,

said, looking a bit helpless. “I’ve only held a baby a few times at

looked genuinely regretful. Especially since he’d

hold a baby? Your father learned to do it when you were

sentence, leaving an awkward silence hanging

so why

Serena as Neil’s child.

interrupted,

said earnestly, “consider what Ryan and I have said. If you agree,

to refuse, Hiram suddenly shouted, “My mom

then saw him holding up his wrist. He was wearing a smartwatch, one that could make calls. He was yelling into it, “Mom, I’m opening the

and

Karina during our

didn’t like Karina, I didn’t think they wanted to

Her face was calm, showing no

apologize. Hiram didn’t hang up the call, so I came over,” Karina said as she approached us, sounding apologetic. “I didn’t mean

conversation.”

she had

speechless. Was Hiram

glances,

yet they’d come to me, insisting that my children were also their grandchildren,

understand their feelings, but I wasn’t sure

truly have no relation to Neil, why don’t you agree to a paternity test and let Ryan and