Journey to Happy Ending

Chapter 1545 The Quickening (Part One)

"Hey! Get a room, willya?" Leena cracked a joke to try to calm things down. She knew Duke liked

wrangling with Belinda, but some words were hurtful.

"Just eat, and mind your own business," Belinda said, giving Leena a grateful wink. Leena winked

back, meaning "no problem."

Duke noticed the secret interaction between the two women, but didn't say anything. At least they got

along with each other. That made him happy, because they were the two most important women in his

life.

"Did Tom say when the dude would wake up?" Duke asked with a frown, staring at Kevin who was still

in a coma.

"Don't call him dude. He has a name!" Leena pouted.

"Chill, alright? I call everyone dude." Duke was a little uncomfortable when he heard Leena defend

Kevin. He had always done his best for her, and he thought he would always be her "go to" person. But

now, it seemed that he was wrong.

"Come on! If Kevin calls you dude, will you get angry?" Belinda snapped. She just couldn't understand

why Duke always had to make trouble. When Kevin had been in the operating room, Duke had been

scared to death. Now that Kevin was out of danger, Duke changed back to Mr. Cold.

"Do you always have to argue with me?" Duke rolled his eyes at Belinda. Other wives would always

stand by their husbands' side, but it seemed like Belinda was always finding fault.

"I always believe in justice," Belinda said with a proud expression. Duke's anger meant nothing to her.

"Oh really? Then I'm Justice Leng from now on." Even though he was really frustrated by Belinda's

attitude, he could do nothing but glare at her. He really wished the baby could pop out right now, and

then he could spend the whole night teaching her a lesson.

Leena sighed, rubbing her temples. 'Can't they just get along with each other like normal couples?

They love each other so much, but they always argue. They're so weird!' Leena thought to herself.

After bidding goodbye to Leena, Duke and Belinda walked to their car in the underground car park.

Belinda pursed her lips as she really felt hurt by Duke's attitude.

"Stop pursing your lips. You look like a duck." Duke strapped Belinda in and sighed with profound

resignation. Since she had gotten pregnant, she had changed a lot. She used to be blunt and strong,

but now she was too sensitive. He wondered if he should take her to the doctor and get her checked

out.

"Just stop," Belinda said coldly. She was acting like a spoiled child now. 'He's getting on to me for

everything!' she thought.

"You're my wife, and I'd prefer you not act like that." All of a sudden, Duke bent over and kissed her on

the lips softly, in an attempt to calm her down.

"Mind your own business." This time, her voice was much lower. Obviously, Duke's kiss worked.

"I don't think you want that! If you don't want me to mind your business, then I will mind other women's

instead. Look! That chick is stacked!" Duke pretended to be attracted by a woman not far away from

them. She was trotting their way and looked beautiful.

"If you dare lay a finger on her, Edward would take your hand and mount it as a trophy!" Belinda

taunted and laughed out loud. As the woman came closer, Belinda discovered it was Daisy, who had

just come back from work.

"I didn't mean her." Duke rubbed his nose to hide his embarrassment. As the light was dim in the

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"Quit trying to weasel your way out of it." Belinda was glad to see Duke make a fool of himself, and a

big grin spread across her face.

"I hate you," Duke said resignedly. He rolled his eyes at her and got out the car. Obviously he didn't

hate her, but he wasn't too happy right now.

"Hi, Duke! What are you doing here?" Daisy had just come from the capital city, and directly came here

without returning home. She was so worried about Kevin.

"Daisy, I thought you were in the capital city?" Duke asked in reply. He felt a little embarrassed by what

he just said.

"Oh, I just got back. How's Kevin?" Daisy was too anxious to notice Belinda, who sat in the car.

"He hasn't woken up yet, but Tom said he should be okay." Duke respected Daisy a lot, so he always

talked to her politely.

"Leaving? Or did you just get here?" Daisy cast a glance at his car, wondering whether he was coming

or going. Then she saw Belinda sitting in the passenger seat, smiling at her.

"I'm leaving. Belinda's in the car," Duke said with a smile. As Belinda was almost nine months along,

she couldn't get in and out of the car easily.

"I see her." Daisy walked towards Duke's car, and Belinda pressed the button and the window hummed

as it rolled down.

"Hi, Daisy! How did your test go?" Belinda greeted her casually. It tickled her to think of what Duke had

said earlier. If he really wanted to mind Daisy's business, Daisy wouldn't let him. Nor would Edward.

"Not bad, I think. How about you? You look ready to pop. Does the baby keep you up?" Daisy had a

son herself, so she was fully aware how much physical and mental distress pregnant women would

suffer in the third trimester.

"Yeah. I'm always worried about that, like I'll roll over and squish the baby. So I don't get a lot of sleep."

To be honest, what Belinda worried about the most was the so-called labor pain. On the one hand, she

was looking forward to meeting her baby. On the other hand, she was really scared of the pain. And

would she be able to tell the difference between contractions and bad food? She was both physically

and mentally under pressure.

"Don't worry, Belinda. You won't hurt your baby by sleeping on your belly. Believe me, you won't want

to. Really, if you sleep on your left side it's better for the kid. And relax. It's important to be happier."

Daisy hadn't thought about all these when Justin had been growing in her belly. She had been a single

mother at that time, and she could only depend on herself. She had been so busy to support herself

every day that she had had no time to think too much.

"I know you're right, but I just can't help thinking about all of it." Belinda stroked her belly softly. Maybe

the baby got bored because they had stayed here too long, so it began to give Belinda some hard

kicks.

"I think you need a way to kill time, to stop you from overthinking everything. It's late. You should go

head home. I need to check on Kevin." Daisy rolled her eyes at Belinda. After Belinda had gotten

pregnant, Duke stepped in and essentially took over her company. As a result, Belinda had nothing to

do. If she had been still busy like before, she wouldn't have had the time to worry.