Mom only loves the new baby in her belly now!

Irwin's eyes filled with resentment at the thought. He was determined not to let Mom have that new baby!

They had dinner just a block away from the hotel that evening.

It was classic Cloudcrest City cuisine, and honestly, the food was pretty good.

But Briony had little appetite. Even though she'd napped on the plane earlier, it

was only seven-thirty and already she felt drowsy again.

She barely touched her meal, stifling several yawns during dinner.

Stewart finally noticed something was off.

"Tired?" He set down his fork and poured her a glass of warm lemon water, pushing it gently across the table. "Here, have some water."

Briony just glanced at him, her expression unreadable, and didn't take the glass.

Stewart didn't seem to mind-he simply left the cup in front of her.

Irwin, on the other hand, had eaten his fill. Noticing Briony hadn't touched her rice, he asked with concern, "Mom, don't you like the food?"

a little jet-lagged," Briony replied, not wanting Stewart to get suspicious, so she

a long look

back, as they passed a pharmacy, Stewart told the

few minutes later with

Stewart handed the bag to

then looked up at

you weren't feeling well, right?" Stewart's

her pregnancy. Keeping the medicine would

the bag and said quietly,

smile tugged at

poured herself

box, and promptly flushed a

James, gazing at the city lights and chatting softly. Before ten, sleepiness overtook her, and she returned

surprise, she slept soundly through

jolted awake by the sound of Irwin

upright, instinctively darting out of her room and straight into the

still wrapped in his blanket, hair a wild mess as he cried his

was obvious-he'd fallen out

helped him up, checking him over carefully until she was sure he wasn't hurt. Only then did she breathe a

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