A few days later, Bastien was lying on the bed with Addy in his arms, talking and playing with her. Kate came out of the shower.

—Do you feel better, love?

—Yes, it was a long day.

—How’s the shop doing?

—Excellent, we have lots of wedding dress orders. I don’t know how you predicted that and ordered so much bridal material.

—Hahaha, I knew it. Every day there’s a wedding and a funeral, so there will always be weddings.

—Haha, you’re a genius, love —Kate crawled onto the bed toward him, kissed his lips, and kissed the baby’s forehead.

—How’s she behaving?

—Wonderful, our baby is perfect.

—Honey, did you ask Lucca how Ara is?

—Yes, she’s been having some contractions, but that’s normal in the last week of pregnancy.

—We’ll be an aunt and uncle soon, I’m so happy… a little friend for our Adeline.

—I would have preferred it to be a girl. I don’t want a boy hanging around my princess.

—Bastien, come on… what if my father had said the same thing? You’d never have come to my house, and our