The Runaway Groom

Both Zachary and Lulu hurried into the room, where Erma had Luna in her arms and was coaxing her to sleep.

Lulu scowled at the sight of Erma, storming angrily toward her.

"What are you doing?!" Lulu demanded accusingly while taking Luna off her arms. "Can't you get some training? Why can't you hold the baby right? She's so young!"

Luna had been crying for so long her voice was hoarse, and Lulu actually felt the impulse to cry upon seeing Luna.

She finally got to see her baby—the baby whom she had carried for ten difficult months and thought of every waking moment.

On the other hand, Erma was left stunned—that was how she always carried her children, and no one told her that it was wrong!

"Mr. Slate, I..." she stammered, left awkward and unsure what to say. "Go back to cleaning the house!"

her off dismissively, his eyes fixed

she acted just like a childcare worker...

Erma left, Zachary leaned against the window, watching as Lulu gently patted

spill in, illuminating Lulu as she coaxed the baby softly, "Good girl... Good girl... It's alright

flashbacks of another person even as he watched her from behind. It was such a shame that the woman before him was

spacing out. "Her forehead's a little warm. Do you have a thermometer for children?" She had

now that Luna was crying for over a day—she

forehead's warm?" Zachary appeared taken aback and

when she saw it—it was for general use, and Lulu would rather her baby not share it with adults given her weaker antibodies. “That's for adults... Oh, forget it. You probably don't have