Novel Update
Chapter 1434
Kevin spotted the photographer lifting his camera and quickly pulled his girlfriend to the side.
But Everett intercepted him, even tugging him closer, "Let's take this photo together."
"Mr. Lopez, this... this doesn't seem right?"
Jeffrey and Karen were their close friends, family almost; taking a photo with them made sense. But Kevin felt out of place, he was just an employee... "There's nothing wrong with it, I think it's great."
"But..."
"Just stand here."
Kevin felt a lump in his throat, almost shedding tears, "Okay!"
The photographer positioned in front of them, gestured with his hand, "Everyone, look this way and smile!"
With a "click," the moment was captured.
The smiles on everyone's faces were genuine.
The journey to this wedding, to this photo, was not easy for anyone involved.
But it was the difficulty of the journey that made the moment all the more precious.
...
The day Dorothy went into the delivery room, a thunderstorm unexpectedly hit.
Just yesterday, the sky was clear, but today, thunder roared and lightning flashed!
In the hospital, the doctors and nurses moved with a gravity not suited for the occasion. It wasn't because the labor was dangerously complicated, but... The father of the baby was Everett!
Outside the delivery room, he had been standing still for nearly an hour, not eating, not drinking, and barely speaking, his gaze fixed on the delivery room door. Soon, a nurse came out.
Everett stepped forward, stopping her, "Why can't I be in there with her?"novelbin
The nurse, startled, quickly explained, "Mr. Lopez, it's not that we don't allow you in, but your wife doesn't agree!"
Consent from both parties was needed for a partner to be present during childbirth!
Everett's face darkened, "Why wouldn't she agree?"
"Maybe... you should text Mrs. Lopez and ask? She has her phone."
The nurse hurried back to her duties.
Everett frowned, looking at his phone screen displaying their WhatsApp conversation.
Everett: [Let me be there with you, I don't want to wait outside!]
Dorothy: [No.]
Everett: [Why?]
Everett: [Give me a reason. Why won't you let me be there? Honey, please let me in! I want to be by your side.]
Everett: [Honey, I promise not to disturb you if I come in!]
Dorothy: [No.]
He was about to barge in regardless when another message from Dorothy popped up.
Dorothy: [If you dare sneak in, I'll never speak to you again! Just wait outside!]
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Behind him, Karen paced anxiously, much like a cat on a hot tin roof. Having recently given birth to her second child, she knew all too well the pains of childbirth!
"Why won't Dorothy let him in with her?" Everett suddenly asked Karen.
She paused, instinctively responding, "Who wants their husband to see them in agony, face contorted, straining? I didn't let Jeffrey in the room when I was giving birth either!"
"Apparently, some men who witnessed childbirth found it so gruesome, they were traumatized for life, unable to even think about being intimate with their wives again!"