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Chapter 18 : A Girl's Girl

Penulis: Mercyogochi
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Henrietta’s POV

It was already past noon and the aroma from the muffins I had made earlier still filled the house.

Kristine and I sat in the dining area for lunch. Thankfully, the baby was asleep in her bassinet, her tiny chest rising and falling. Her entire wardrobe was color matched, it was mostly pinks, whites, pastel and every other joyful color one could think of.

We weren’t speaking so the only sound in the room was the clinks of our cutlery against our plates.

The room was quiet but I could already feel the weird shift in the air like there was a pressure to speak and I knew she would strike up a conversation soon.

She finally spoke up, quicker than I anticipated.

“I just wanted to say thank you, for last night.”

I wasn’t surprised but I tried to sound nice. “You don't need to thank me.”

“Actually I do,” she insisted, her voice soft. “You don’t need to help me, you could have watched us scamper up and down and stood back but you knew what to do and you jumped in and hel
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