Chapter 383

Jealous? Of course not. At least, that’s what I told myself. But deep down, I had to admit, maybe I was. Just a little bit. The first thing he did since coming out of the shower was to check on Minnie, then Mickey, not sparing me a glance as if I wasn’t even in the room. Ashton bent down and kissed me lightly. ‘Don’t worry. You’re still my favourite.’ ‘Childish,’ I said, though I couldn’t stop smiling. Favourite or not, it was nice to hear. ‘Go to sleep,’ he said. I shifted closer, settled against his chest, and fell asleep. Sometime in the night, I vaguely heard Minnie cry. But after one short wail, the sound stopped. I blinked my eyes open just a little and saw Ashton holding our daughter while talking on the phone, asking the night nurse to bring in the bottle she’d just prepared. I meant to keep watching, but I was too tired and drifted back to sleep. When I woke in the morning, Ashton was already feeding the babies again. He started with Mickey, who hadn’t cried all night, then mo