Chapter 38

Dionne's POV:

I wake up the next morning and

Xavier's up with Christine, holding her and kissing her face lightly. He looks down at her with amazement in his eyes, a big smile on his face as he runs his fingers across her silky, smooth hair. She has her yellow blanket around her, so I know Xavier had to reswaddle her. I smile looking at how happy he is to be a dad. She starts to squirm and cry and I sit up and I start to feel for the clip to unclip one side of my bra, my eyes still halfway closed.

"Yeah, she's probably hungry. She's been up and down, fussing. I just didn't wanna wake you." he says, kissing Christine as I unclip my bra to feed her.

"I'll be fine. We're parents to newborn after all." I say, trying to get Christine to latch on. When she finally latches, I sit back, monitoring her as her eyes close again.

"She didn't sleep in her nursery?"

"No. You went to sleep as soon as your head hit the pillow. I wanted some time alone with her so I kept her in here every time yo