Seeing Kennedy pondering in anguish, Rachel decided to nudge her nephew and said, -And what would you think if you were Alice? Where is your business acumen?
Kennedy didn’t answer.
-All right, mission accomplished, I’m going home, your grandfather sent me a message.
The room was quiet at night.
The couple lay quietly in bed, Alice with her back to Kennedy, who didn’t know what to do.
When Kennedy entered the room, it was dark and the curtains were drawn.
Then she asked quietly, -Why didn’t you turn on the light?
Alice immediately said, -Blinder.
In fact, she was not in the habit of sleeping with the lights off at all, and since she was pregnant she always had to go to the bathroom at night and the lights were always on.
Although she had talked to Rachel, Alice was still not completely relieved.
Kennedy said nothing and lay down in the dark.
Alice was not really asleep, Kennedy had done nothing wrong, it was she who had brought it on herself and she felt aggrieved.
Suddenly, Kennedy brought her warm body close to Alice’s, breathing on her neck, and Alice unconsciously shrugged her shoulders.
-What’s the matter? -said Kennedy.
Alice shrugged again and stepped forward, and Kennedy immediately leaned toward her.
-Did I do something wrong?
Kennedy put it down to having neglected Alice because he was too busy with his work.
-Is it because I’ve been too busy? I had an important meeting last week, but I’ll be back later. If you don’t like that, then I will concentrate on being with you.
The more reflective he became, the more aggrieved Alice felt, because Kennedy had been quite kind to her. But Alice, like a wayward child, didn’t want to see him again since she looked in the mirror.
Sure, pregnant women can be eccentric.
Alice had always thought of herself as a confident woman, but she hadn’t expected that….
-It wasn’t because of that,” Alice shook her head.
All this time, Kennedy had devoted himself to making it up to Alice, as well as attending particularly important meetings. He kept his promise when he asked her to marry him.
Kennedy was going to have a wedding, but Alice didn’t want to wear a wedding dress with a big belly, but no one expected her to gain weight.
-And why?
Kennedy simply leaned forward more, pressed against her back and put her hand gently on Alice’s belly.
-We’re the closest, honey, you know you can talk to me about anything,” she spoke in a patient, soft voice.
Alice slowly relaxed her guard and whispered her apologies to Kennedy.
Kennedy froze for a moment and then laughed.
-You’ll never have to apologize to me.
-Actually… -Alice hesitated for a moment. The other day, looking in the mirror, I realized I’d put on a lot of weight….
-Yes?
Kennedy didn’t understand how much women cared about their bodies and how important they considered weight loss. Although the efforts of many of them to lose weight ended in failure, they didn’t give up.
-Will I still be as ugly after I have the baby?
-Of course not, I remember how quickly you got back in shape after Jack.
At that time Kennedy couldn’t say she was a woman who had given birth.
And Alice was the same to him as she was then.
-I don’t know… -Alice was a little upset. But she wasn’t like that at all when she was pregnant with Jack.
Then her legs and arms weren’t fat, and her belly was just a little bigger.
But she wasn’t sure she’d get her figure back this time.
-What if I still look like this later? What about the wedding and the wedding dress? And more importantly, people will laugh at me if I’m standing next to you?
Kennedy was silent.
He hadn’t expected Alice to have so many worries. If she hadn’t said anything, he would never have known what his wife was worried about.
Putting himself in Alice’s shoes, Kennedy could finally understand her.
After all, if one day he became less handsome than before, he would probably feel inferior, too.
-No one will laugh at you because that would be going against me,” Kennedy promised her firmly. If there’s anything else I can do, then I’ll be ugly with you.
Although it wasn’t what Alice wanted, she asked curiously, “In what way? Not having a baby anyway?
-I can disfigure myself or eat non-stop.
Alice was horrified to hear this, but Kennedy didn’t seem to mind at all.
Alice then rebuked him, – Nonsense! Do you want to do something to your face?