Wang He Di closed the door of Shen Yue's room behind him and waited a few seconds before turning to face the girl.  He was sure he was going to suffer her fury.
"Are you going to sit still longer? Explain to me what the heck is going on! Why is your mother convinced that I am your girlfriend ?! What does she know about this situation ?!"  Yue exclaimed, hands on her hips.
"Listen... I can explain ..."
"Then do it!"
"A few days ago I called my mother to... To give her the news that I will become a dad. You must know that when Hu Lian Xin and I decided to have the baby, we were going to pretend to be a couple in front of my parents. But after what happened, our plan went up in smoke. Before I called her I had prepared a speech ... I wanted to tell her the truth. Tell her that I will be a dad, but only a dad. Not a husband.
But ... Then ... I heard her voice and ... I couldn't do it. She was so happy!  She started talking about my future, my family ... She was so proud of me!  So ... I told her about you.  I made up a romantic story about our first meeting and I made her believe that you are ... My girlfriend, "explained Dylan.
"Do you realize what you've done ?! Why did you do it ?! I'm not Hu Lian Xin! I have nothing to bind me to you! I have nothing to do with you and your family!"  yelled Yue.
"You are the mother of my children ..."
"Yeah! And I wish it wasn't so! I knew it! I knew you would only bring problems! What are you going to do now, huh ?! Lying to that poor woman for the rest of your life ?! What kind of son are you?! What..."
"She is sick!"  Dylan suddenly shouted.
Yue stopped abruptly.
"She is sick. A serious illness that is slowly consuming her. I don't know how much time she will have to live. I only know that for me she has always dreamed of a happy family like ours and that is why I decided to have a child. I wanted  her dream come true. I wanted her to have a grandchild and see him before ... Before ... "
Yue saw him look around to try to hold back the tears, unable to finish the sentence.
She sighed and tried to calm down.
She finally understood why he wanted a son so much.
She admitted that it was strange for her to see a man so eager to have a baby ... She often thought it was simply because he loved Xinxin.  Now it was all clearer ... And somehow she felt tenderness for that man who often looked like a child playing as an adult.
"I'm sorry I involved you in this situation, really ... I'm sorry ... But ... I didn't know what else I could do," Dylan said, lowering his head.
"You could have told me about it," Yue replied.
"You're right. I'm sorry."
A few minutes passed in which they both said nothing.
Shen Yue rubbed her temples, trying to think of any other solution to that situation ... But with no results.
"What will you tell your mother when the babies are born? How will you explain to her the fact that we won't live together?"  she asked suddenly.
"We will pretend to break up, to have understood that we are not made for each other."
"Don't you think this will make her suffer?"
"But she will have two wonderful grandchildren and this will make her feel better. I will be happy, the children will be happy ... She will have no reason to worry."
After a long sigh, Yue nodded.
"Okay, I'll help you."
"REALLY?!"
"I only do it for your mother, clear?"
Dylan ran over to hug her, but stopped as soon as he saw her upset face.
"Ok ... Er ... I'm going to put on my pajamas," he said.
A few minutes later, he returned to Yue's room with a pillow and a blanket in his hand taken from the sofa and he found her already lying on her bed.
She wore a knee-length white T-shirt and gray leggings, while he wore a green T-shirt and black shorts.
He placed the pillow and blanket on the floor and then hesitated a few seconds in front of the bed.
"What's up?"  Yue snapped.
"I ... Well ... You know ... The children ..." he stammered, pointing to her belly.
It was the moment of the caresses.
"You know that for what you did with your mother you wouldn't deserve it, would you?"  she muttered.
"I know but..."
"Come here".
Happy as a child, Dylan jumped on the bed next to Yue and waited for her to give him permission to touch her.
Yue lifted the shirt up to reveal her belly and she nodded.
Dylan began to gently caress her.
"Hi, champions! It was a hard day, wasn't it? Mum got angry a lot today ... I'm sorry, partly it's also my fault," he whispered.
Yue thought back to the moment she met her ex-boyfriend.  She came back to every time he promised her that he  would be there for her ... Every time he promised her the world ... And every time she believed him.
A lump formed in her throat and she tried to take long breaths to avoid bursting into tears.  But then she thought about what Wang He Di had done for her that evening and could no longer control herself.  She wiped her eyes quickly.
Dylan noticed it and looked up at her, without stopping from caress her belly.
"Yue ..."
"It's okay, sorry."
Dylan's heart tightened when he saw her so vulnerable ... He thought she was still thinking about that bastard of her ex-boyfriend.
"Turn towards me," he said.
"What?"
"Trust me. Turn towards me."
Yue looked at him suspiciously ... Seeing his steady gaze, she decided to try to listen to him.
She turned to him.
In a second, she saw him lie down next to her and surround her with one arm.
He pulled her towards him, so close that her face was against his chest.
"What are you doing?"  she asked, alarmed.
He stroked her hair tenderly.
"I'm taking care of you. And of our babies"
Hearing those words, other silent tears streamed down her face.
The scent of Wang He Di, mixed with the warmth of his body, made her feel so damned safe...
That feeling was frightening her to death, but she just couldn't get away from him at the moment.
Dylan smiled satisfied to see that Yue had not rejected him ... And when he realized that her belly touched his, his smile widened even more.
It was as if their children were also holding on to him, just like Yue against his chest.
Yue noticed it too and blushed.
Slowly, hesitantly, she raised an arm and tried to hug him.
Dylan's eyes widened in disbelief.
Feeling him stiffen, Yue tried to retract her arm, but he stopped her and repositioned it around his waist.
Then he barely moved away from her to kiss her on the top of her head and he started stroking her back.
Every movement was slow and uncertain ... He was afraid that Yue would suddenly wake up from that spell and push him away.
But she didn't ... Soon, however, he felt her completely relaxed in his arms and he smiled as he realized that she had just fallen asleep.
Trying not to wake her up, he covered them both with the sheet and went back to stroking her.  It had truly been an emotionally complicated and tiring day for her.  First that idiot who had abandoned her and then his request to pretend to be his girlfriend.
He closed his eyes and breathed the scent of her silky-smooth hair.
For a moment, he allowed himself to imagine a possible life together with her ... He thought about what it would be like to go shopping with her ... Take the children to the park with her ... Cook for her ...  And then sleep embraced to her, as in that moment.  Every night embraced to her ...
"What are you thinking about, you fool ?!"  he said softly, shaking his head.
"Dylan?"
He was frightened to hear her voice.
"Sorry, I woke you up ... Keep sleeping" he smiled at her.
"I'm too hot in my belly in this position," Yue whispered.
Like the time she asked him to kiss her belly two more times, she didn't seem fully awake.  This side of her was adorable.
"Oh ... Wait, I'll leave you the bed."
Dylan tried to move away from her to get out of bed, but Yue turned away and taking his hand she made him hug her from behind.
With his hand on her belly, his fingers intertwined with Yue's, Dylan blushed as he felt her shapes against him.
"Yue ... I should sleep on the floor ..."
"Tomorrow," she muttered.
Dylan sighed and smiled.
"Tsk ... I'll try to wake up before you in the morning or you'll slap me when you realize you've slept with me."
He heard her grinning and this tore yet another smile.
How many times had he smiled that night?
He leaned his forehead against her back and he closed his eyes.
It was an absurd and surreal situation ... But he didn't have time to think about it further, because he soon fell asleep.

The following morning, Yue was the first to wake up.
Keeping her eyes closed, she smiled as she felt wrapped in a warm and strong embrace.
She sighed, blessed in that numbness.
"Wait ... What ..."
She had completely forgotten who she has by her side, why and how he ended up there!
She opened her eyes wide and looked down at the hands that held hers, on her belly.
"Damn it, Shen Yue! What comes to your mind ?!"  she scolded herself, blushing.
Sleeping with a man!  A man like any other!
She jumped up and she was surprised to see that with her abrupt movement she had not awakened the boy next to her, who was still sleeping like an angel.
She took a second to look at him ...
"Is he really an ordinary man? A man like everyone else?"  she wondered.
The day before he had consoled her in one of the most difficult moments for her.
And that night he had held her close and cuddled her in the most affectionate way ...
"I'm taking care of you. And our babies," he said.
Of you.
Shen Yue felt stupid, but her heart beat faster every time she thought about those two words.
"Stop it now. You absolutely don't need this," she said to herself sternly again, before leaving the room.
When she entered the kitchen for breakfast, she immediately rushed into the arms of Wang Yu Zheng, who was preparing coffee.
"Good morning, Yueyue!"  he smiled, kissing her on the forehead.
"Good morning! Hey! Have you been training lately? Where do those muscles come from ?!"  she exclaimed, pointing to his arms.
He grinned and made a funny face believing he was cool.
Yue hadn't realized that sitting at the kitchen table, Wang He Di's mother was watching them closely.
After a few seconds, her son also appears in the room.
"Good morning," he said, going straight to the refrigerator to get some milk.
"Good morning" the other two simply answered, then continuing to joke.
"Er er!"
Ms. Wang's voice made all three jump.
"Oh! Good morning ma'am! I didn't see you!"  Yue exclaimed, mortified.
"I noticed. Good morning, guys! Wang He Di! I am so upset!"  snapped the woman, angry.
"What ?! What have I done ?!"  he asked, amazed.
"What have you not done, you mean! Is that how you greet your woman when you wake up ?! Do you think that just because she is pregnant she is not worthy of even a kiss in the morning ?!"
All three guys widened their eyes.
"Your woman?"  Yu Zheng asked Dylan.
"Shhh ... Later," Yue cut short.
Wang He Di noticed the suspicious look of his mother and he hurried to approach Yue.
He wrapped his arm around her shoulders and hugged her.
"Good morning ... Sweetheart " he said softly, then he gave her a loud kiss on her cheek.
Her mother's face wasn't satisfied yet ...
Yue understood this and muttered internally.
She stood on tiptoe and returned the kiss on Dylan's cheek, who blushed slightly.
"Good morning ... Honey" she said trying to smile.
After the night before, having him so close had a strange effect on her ...
And she lost herself in his chocolate-colored eyes ...
"Awww you are so cute!"  squeaked Ms. Wang, bringing her hands to her heart.
Dylan stroked Yue's back before leaving her.
"Mommy!"  he laughed.
Yu Zheng watched the scene with his mouth open.
Were those two really pretending to be a couple?  Or something was suddenly born between them ...
Naaah!  Shen Yue was still far from opening the doors of her heart again, he was sure.
"Um ... I'm going to wake Xinxin up" he said, feeling uncomfortable in that strange situation.
"And so ... That boy is Xinxin's boyfriend?"  asked Ms. Wang curiously.
"Er ... Yes! It's her boyfriend ..." Dylan replied.
"I saw he has a good relationship with Yue..."
"He's my best friend," explained Yue.
"Oh I see..."
The girl had the impression that the woman was studying her carefully.
Maybe she suspected there was something between her and Yu Zheng?
One thing was certain: living with her "mother-in-law" would not be easy at all.
She felt Dylan's gaze on her and turned to him, who gave her a reassuring smile.
"I hate you," she mouthed to him.

Author's Corner
Ciao!
Here's a new chapter... ❤️ Hope it's not too boring 😅
Now... Chya, take the ball! 😘
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A big hug,
Lucrezia